15 unit infill going in at 12th St. and 20th Ave., Northwest
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Infill Development Discussion
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Alex_YYC
Senior Member
Townhouses in Currie.
Stylish apartments in 33rd.
A typical, small infill on 33rd, but I like the fact that they’re using something other than the standard hardy board we’re used to seeing everywhere.
Stylish apartments in 33rd.
A typical, small infill on 33rd, but I like the fact that they’re using something other than the standard hardy board we’re used to seeing everywhere.
trtcttc
Active Member
The DP for 114/118 19th Street has been approved. The all white facade has changed slightly to black/white with a mural. The black is supposed to be stucco and the white is brick.
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JoeUrban
Active Member
I'm loving what's happening on 19th St.
I wish there was some way to improve the south side of Kensington Rd, to improve the strip between Kensington Rd and Westmount where most properties just have ugly fences facing Kensington Rd.
Some sort of multifamily with underground parking with like 6 stories with ground floor retail on Kensington and 3 stories of residential only facing Westmount could be interesting.
I wish there was some way to improve the south side of Kensington Rd, to improve the strip between Kensington Rd and Westmount where most properties just have ugly fences facing Kensington Rd.
Some sort of multifamily with underground parking with like 6 stories with ground floor retail on Kensington and 3 stories of residential only facing Westmount could be interesting.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
My thoughts on what to do for this quirky stretch goes to Montreal. It's a completely different context but an interesting example of a place having kind of "two fronts" on a narrow lot between a main street and a secondary. The street is a row of retail between Rue Jean Talon (the main street) and the Jean Talon Market. Over time the narrow back alley became the main entrance given the way the market spills into the alley and attracts so much activity throughout the year.
Here's a few street views to poke around at how it looks from different angles link
From Rue Jean Talon:
From the Alley:
Obviously there's a different context here, but shows a dual-sided approach is totally possible. I think the mistake we made is to essentially protect the residential character of Westmount area at the expense of anything on Kensington Road. As the residential was prioritized, Kensington Road was allowed to transition to a car sewer with no active frontages in this stretch. If we had reversed the protection (i.e. Kensington Road must be fronted on no matter what), we'd just have to remove all our setback and use separation rules, apply no parking minimums and let 100 years go by in a valuable location and Kensington retail strip would eventually spill over down this road.
Urb
Active Member
Dear RNDSQR - please build 100 of these! Thanks
trtcttc
Active Member
19 St itself is a pretty good example. A large reason why the street has turned into a nice commercial street because of the laneway on the west side. The east side only has a lane until 2nd ave, so most of the development has been between Kensington and 2nd ave. You can see from this aerial from 1948, the corner store and Dairy Lane Cafe created a commercial frontage that still exists today. The challenge with the south side of Kensington is how do you create that street frontage when it doesn't already exist, especially with the houses oriented south. However, Kensington N between 19th and 20th looks promising as a future development.
bgarneau
Active Member
trtcttc
Active Member
Sharing an article on infill development/appeals process. The development isn't that bad in my view, but I can understand the complaints from residents on the process and the lack of transparency on the land sale and relaxations. The writer is also a journalism professor at MRU.
livewirecalgary.com
Perspectives: Calgary appeal board rejection reveals the lengths of developer relaxations
Calgary’s development appeal board has ruled against a 10-townhouse development on a uniquely difficult site causing relaxations “beyond what is reasonable” and preventing neighbours from “use and …
livewirecalgary.com
CKDevMan
New Member
Is it just me, or are those Currie townhouses not the most aesthetic? I would be depressed living there. There's zero originality to those.
I obviously love the idea of development and density, but those do not hit the mark for me.
IanBray
Active Member
Agreed. Incredibly bland and plane for townhomes that will be $1M+. Way nicer townhomes in the deep burbs these days such as Alpine Park.
Albertasaurus
Active Member
Yeah they look like something that you'd see in one of the new communities. Certainly not something I'd expect to pay top dollar for.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Currie as a whole is a major disappointment.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
Wow that latest 19 Street development revision is actually stunning. Very chic, hopefully the mural as rendered is the actual one we’ll be getting.