Whatever is being built there must've had a permit that's too old for the DMAP. I guess we won't know what's going there until it gets built.
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General Construction Updates
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CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
I'm finding the DMAP has some permits drop off very quickly and other stick around for years.
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Happy to be of service.
Chowda7
Active Member
RioCan REIT pauses new construction starts amid high interest rates
TORONTO — High interest rates and rising costs have pushed RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust to put a halt to starting any major new construction projects. The company is pushing on with existing builds, but the timing isn't right to put shovels in the ground on any new ambitious projects...
GreenLine Community Event - Former Lilydale Site Demolition — Ward 9 Great Neighbourhoods Calgary – Gian-Carlo Carra
As the GreenLine project continues towards the start of main construction, communities along the future LRT line will start to see changes as Early Works projects are undertaken. These projects pave the way for future GreenLine transit infrastructure, help minimize project risks, and create efficien
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Coffee, treats and demolition at 9 AM on a Wednesday.
JoeUrban
Active Member
Just imagining the aroma of demolition + dust suppression water spray + chicken factory.GreenLine Community Event - Former Lilydale Site Demolition — Ward 9 Great Neighbourhoods Calgary – Gian-Carlo Carra
As the GreenLine project continues towards the start of main construction, communities along the future LRT line will start to see changes as Early Works projects are undertaken. These projects pave the way for future GreenLine transit infrastructure, help minimize project risks, and create efficien
Coffee, treats and demolition at 9 AM on a Wednesday.
Glad it's not a summer demo.
Better keep the lids on those coffee cups.
JoeUrban
Active Member
In all seriousness though, this is a landmark event. That site has been stinking up Ramsay for many decades and before that it was industrial storage. What ever goes there in the future will be an improvement over every previous use as long as Calgary has been a place.
niteryder
Active Member
Some progress on the Peace Bridge rail replacement with posts and handrails installed except at the start and end of the bridge:
Touristy shot:
Touristy shot:
Mountain Man
Senior Member
It's really unfortunate we have to move away from the glass railings, people suck sometimes.
The Familia
Senior Member
The guy who smashed all the panels should be forced to help rebuild the new railings.
In this case I don't know how much it would help. IIRC, the guy was semi homeless and mentally ill, but I know what you mean. It would be nice if vandals were held accountable by helping fix the stuff they break, or having to help pay for the repairs.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
I would be interested to know how every city in history has dealt with this problem. It's hardly like Paris, Rome & Tokyo haven't dealt with issues of crime, property damage, vandalism or even wars, in their thousands of years of history, yet they have many nice public spaces in great quality (and many examples where the quality could be better too).
- Do they just not use glass and fragile materials very often?
- Do they just accept higher costs in designing public spaces - more durable materials, engineering, monitoring for damage and repairing?
- Do they have fewer places accessible to the public of high quality so #1 and #2 are less of big deal?
- Do they have higher enforcement cultures that reduces the volume of property damage that occurs?
Part of it could also be that in a large city, there wouldn't be as much opportunity to do something like this. There would be no significant stretch of time where nobody was on the bridge or even watching it from a distance.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
I think a large part of it is that the area around the Peace Bridge is so quiet an night whereas old cities have far more people in their main areas all times of the day and night. San Francisco is in a death spiral because of issues like this, and they haven't figured out the solution yet.