General Construction Updates

[DougB]

That was the HQ of Voodoo Computers. It made custom, high end PC's. HP ended up acquiring Voodoo and driving it into the ground. I had a Voodo tshirt and hat back around 1999.

 

[Mountain Man]

Centre street and 13 Ave is definitely the most "American" section of Calgary: nothing but abandoned buildings and parking lots encircled by barbed wire and chain link fence. Such a shame for the intersection of Calgary's "main street" and the 13 Ave Greenway.

Cash Corner probably dissuades most redevelopment there, lots of super sketchy people around there. I had one guy screaming at me about "where the bugs went in" one time, that was interesting, dude was clearly on meth.

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[Surrealplaces]

Flyover park update

https://twitter.com/mcmillan_ali

 

[1875]

 

[haltcatchfire]

Flyover park update

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https://twitter.com/mcmillan_ali

Someone get this crew over to Century Gardens.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

I wonder if they're deepening the north channel of the Elbow for rafts?

 

[BrandedBlue]

I wonder if they're deepening the north channel of the Elbow for rafts?

They definitely dredged it out at least - I floated down that channel on the south side of Elbow Island a couple of times early this summer. It was almost like going through a long tunnel with the big trees overhanging.

 

[Disraeli]

They probably opened up the channel to help with brown trout spawning. They move up the Elbow from the Bow in the fall

 

[GoVertical]

More on that house I found on the City's inventory (glad its somewhat protected):
https://www.calgary.ca/pda/pd/herit...oric-calgary-resources.html?dhcResourceId=343

 

[You Need A Thneed]

There’s an office building (Remington) across Metis Trail from MKWW train station that has been stalled for many years (12 years?) - with just the elevator cores built.

Today it had two giant “For Lease” banners hung up on the elevator cores.

perhaps Remington is finally intending to finish it?

 

[gsunnyg]

For the longest time as a teen I thought it was public art. Will be glad to see it get finished one day.

 

[DougB]

For the longest time as a teen I thought it was public art. Will be glad to see it get finished one day.

An exposed concrete elevator shade looks better than most of Calgary's government mandated and approved public art

 

[FCC1982]

Anyone know if there is something going on with the lot at the SE corner of 10th & 10th SE ?(east of Vantage Pointe). Was by there yesterday and it’s fenced off.

 

[GoVertical]

"The District"