General Construction Updates

[CalgaryTiger]

McLeod the new destination for every US fast food chain.

MacLeod is the most American of our stroads. For those of you that have seen those jokes on social media about returning from Europe and being depressed about coming back to our North American Power Centres and Strip Malls, I always think of Macleod as this place for us.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Was the east side of Mission Bridge always cantilevered like this? Or did they add that? Because if so, Bravo! Haha

 

[haltcatchfire]

Streetview says it wasn't.

 

[adamyyc]

This is a great pedestrian upgrade! The sidewalk was really narrow before.

 

[boreal96]

MacLeod is the most American of our stroads. For those of you that have seen those jokes on social media about returning from Europe and being depressed about coming back to our North American Power Centres and Strip Malls, I always think of Macleod as this place for us.

Fun fact, coming from Europe my first time on Macleod amazed me

 

[MacMathuna]

MacLeod is the most American of our stroads. For those of you that have seen those jokes on social media about returning from Europe and being depressed about coming back to our North American Power Centres and Strip Malls, I always think of Macleod as this place for us.

It's immediately seeing the sheer volume of pickup trucks on Airport Trail/Deerfoot that does it for me.

 

[DiscoStu]

Coming home from Europe (or visits to my in-laws in NY), I always basically have two reactions.
1) It sure is quiet and spacious here.
2) Thank jeebus for the dry air.

On one hand, it's a bit of a letdown coming home from a more vibrant and culturally-rich destination... but on the other, life just feels more comfortable here. Coming back to Calgary is like taking off your designer suit and putting on your worn-in pair of jeans (or for our Edmonton readers, your stained-in pair of sweatpants).

 

[conductordove]

New Marda Loop sign! I’m curious to see if it lights up at night.

Edit: city representative says it will be lit.

 

[thecivilengineer]

 

[CallmeCatbread]

It's immediately seeing the sheer volume of pickup trucks on Airport Trail/Deerfoot that does it for me.

Whenever I come home from being out east (Maritimes) the pickup trucks are always the first thing I notice. The sheer volume is insane.

 

[badc0ffee]

I noticed this apartment building in Windsor
Park/Britannia is about to be renovated:

 

[trtcttc]

New Marda Loop sign! I’m curious to see if it lights up at night.

Edit: city representative says it will be lit.
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I sit just me or it looks very 90s cartoon. And how did they remake a logo without any nod to the streetcar that used to run there.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

a logo without any nod to the streetcar that used to run there.

It is weird to not answer the question, what loop? $200,000 for this thing... oh man I cannot believe the penny pinching on some City things and subsequent extravagance at others.

 

[DiscoStu]

Honestly it looks like some leftover signage from a 90s power centre.

 

[DiscoStu]

I noticed this apartment building in Windsor
Park/Britannia is about to be renovated:

Hopefully they can still keep the mid-century vibe.