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badc0ffee said:
I love this, but again, it would be nice if we could see this kind of development surrounding an actual C-train station, and not just places like UD, West District, Springbank Hill, Currie, etc.
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It is frustrating that we are literally getting suburban style townhomes at the first C-Train station west of the downtown area (Shag Point), while we're getting a 30 storey tower in West Springs. The way the city is developing, at some point we may need to rethink where we build primary transit.
 
Albertasaurus said:
It is frustrating that we are literally getting suburban style townhomes at the first C-Train station west of the downtown area (Shag Point), while we're getting a 30 storey tower in West Springs. The way the city is developing, at some point we may need to rethink where we build primary transit.
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Ya think...
Look at the alignment for the Blue Line expansion (at the current moment at least, we could advocate for better). Just totally avoids all of this, and goes out towards low-density sprawl and a private school.
I get the feeling that our Administration are prioritizing "future investment potential" over just servicing existing investment reality.

Hopefully we see this start to spin around in the next year or so, with that TOD fund passing council.
 
Likely an extension with it just simply terminating east of 85th, at the doorstep of all of the density being proposed in Springbank Hill. Although, I wonder if Transit will consider that too close to the 69th Street station, and thus, not worth doing.
 
konradiical said:
Will West District ever expand past its initial boundaries. I love the whole project but feels weird its a small pocket around SFH
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The only land left to be developed in the area is the giant parcel directly west of this area, that houses the CBC broadcast tower (hence the streetname Broadcast Avenue). I have no idea what, if any, plans the CBC has for that area. It would be great if the tower could be relocated to a more rual area (or perhaps in the TUC somehow?...) and it would make the perfect extension west for West District.
 
MichaelS said:
Likely an extension with it just simply terminating east of 85th, at the doorstep of all of the density being proposed in Springbank Hill. Although, I wonder if Transit will consider that too close to the 69th Street station, and thus, not worth doing.
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The extension to 85th was (by my analysis) the lowest priority investment. From the city's numbers, 1500 incremental riders, $5 million a year in operational costs, $213 million in capital costs. For an (my analysis) NPV of ops costs of $105 million, for a total neutral investment of $318 million, or $212k per rider.
 
2nd crane going up at Oak & Olive today. This is the 5th crane now up in the district:
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Easily the nicest tower outside of downtown save for Mackimmie Tower. West District is really crushing it. How tall is the shorter tower of this development? Looks about 14 storeys? Then the 8 storey podium.
 
Rail transit is an amenity. That's it. A community with a 560 unit housing complex contained in one block should be one in which you don't have to leave it for play and work. Canada is building vertical subdivisions with 50 storey clusters with minimum spacing and mixed usage with rapid population growth and housing crunches and calling them communities. Vancouver is better off than Toronto. However, recent suburban masterplanned development arer a far cry from Vancouverism which is built on human scale with high rises.

560 units in one block may not be a step forward for the West District. It will be dependent on following blocks if they continue similar scale and densities. Vaughn, Mississauga, Burquitlam, Brentwood are at their best in skyline view. That's not a compliment.
 
maestro said:
Rail transit is an amenity. That's it. A community with a 560 unit housing complex contained in one block should be one in which you don't have to leave it for play and work. Canada is building vertical subdivisions with 50 storey clusters with minimum spacing and mixed usage with rapid population growth and housing crunches and calling them communities. Vancouver is better off than Toronto. However, recent suburban masterplanned development arer a far cry from Vancouverism which is built on human scale with high rises.

560 units in one block may not be a step forward for the West District. It will be dependent on following blocks if they continue similar scale and densities. Vaughn, Mississauga, Burquitlam, Brentwood are at their best in skyline view. That's not a compliment.
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The fact that the blue line doesn't even go near WD really tempers any excitement I feel for it. Unbelievably that most of our multifamily buildings are being built as far away from transit as physically possible
 
What is the projected population for this when it's fully built out? The main barrier that I see preventing this community from getting a Blue Line extension is the costs to go underground from 17 Ave up to Broadcast Ave on 85 street. I don't believe any other grade alignment would be supported by residences in the affected area. So ridership from a hypothetical WD station would have to be (very) high enough to pay for it.
 
There does appear to be enough (?) space in the 85 Street row to accommodate a trenched or surface level lrt. I could be wrong, just a quick observation on Google. The main issue is how far up 85th West District is. Would be pretty sick to be able to take the train up to the Paskapoo Slopes.
 
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