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The Familia said:
Seriously? That’s the light standards they are going with for a “historic” district? Utter garbage. Does anyone ever think before they make decisions? I’m just curious who thought to themselves, “hmm…I think a very basic, minimalist, sleek, lamp post will go perfect in a historical district made of sandstone and brick.”
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That’s exactly how I feel about the grey pavers too. Why the hell wouldn’t they have gone with red and yellow(sandstone)??? And the light standard type they used on 17th avenue would have been perfect. These are trash.
 
Seems like they went the cheap and available route on the Stephen Avenue redo rather than the elegant and historical route, which would have been much more preferable. What a shame!
 
Calgary simply sucks when it comes to public realm improvements. I honestly can’t even think of a single public realm renewal that tbis city has executed that I am in awe of. River walk is probably their best. I completely expect Olympic Plaza to follow suit in the realm of mediocrity.
 
Didn't the City of Calgary use some famous Scandinavian firm for the Stephen Ave redesign? I've been very underwhelmed by the redesign and agree with the points made by others about how it lacks character but I wonder if the City got pitched a minimalist design and because it was by a famous firm there was no pushback on what was being proposed and so they essentially got led down the garden path.
 
On the street light standards, I’ve heard the City’s internal lighting group fights tooth and nail against any new type of light pole - even in downtown. They don’t want to have to have more types of poles in stock in case of repairs. Same with any custom colours / shades of pain on the poles.

I wish they had started with the west end of Stephen Ave first (11 Street to 8th or 7th street) as it would have cleaned up the area that needs the most love and also tied in with the 8th Street SW project
 
BrandedBlue said:
On the street light standards, I’ve heard the City’s internal lighting group fights tooth and nail against any new type of light pole - even in downtown. They don’t want to have to have more types of poles in stock in case of repairs. Same with any custom colours / shades of pain on the poles.

I wish they had started with the west end of Stephen Ave first (11 Street to 8th or 7th street) as it would have cleaned up the area that needs the most love and also tied in with the 8th Street SW project
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The easy fix woukd have been to use the same ones that were used on 17th Ave. Those would have fit in perfectly on Stephen Ave and allowed the city to have similar light standards in different areas.
 
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