AJX
Active Member
They’ll do great in Marda Loop. Central has a good system and they have it down pat. The rooftop patio will crush it.
Marda 33 | 12m | 2s | MoDA
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CalgaryTiger
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Early 2025 feels like a bit of a tight turn.
shermanator
New Member
Cannot wait for the Central Taps. That rooftop patio is going to be an absolute hit in the neighborhood.
JTron
Active Member
100% agree. The place will be packed.e Hell, I’d go up there just for the views.
1875
Senior Member
lousy picture but here goes
shermanator
New Member
The existing building is being demolished today. Was about 80% gone when I walked by at lunch.
adamyyc
Active Member
That’s weird. When I spoke to someone at their booth during Marda Gras, they said they were going to reuse a significant portion of the existing building. I told them I was surprised by this based on the renderings.
1875
Senior Member
was by there, its gone
1875
Senior Member
potatopizzafan
Active Member
Hmm weird that they spent all that time and money putting up signage and advertising just to tear it down
Doynk
New Member
They didn't tear it down, the wind from last weekend's storm blew the signage over. Fire fighters were there on Saturday morning cleaning it up.
MoDA
New Member
This exactly. We looked at many different ways to eliminate the 33rd Ave access, but there are a number of issues at play here. First, the city does not support collection vehicles backing into or out of a site, especially on a main street. Second, there was no way to create enough space on-site for a vehicle to turn around and front out again. Third, is that the east-west "lane" is actually private property, making any potential modifications to it (e.g., introducing a hammerhead) virtually impossible. So after a lot of back and forth, we felt that maintaining the existing curb cut on 33rd and creating access from the private "lane" keeps pedestrian disruption at a minimum. Even then, the mutual access agreement to use the lane was a big hurdle. So in the end, it's not perfect, but it's workable. Strange and challenging little site with its grade change and no-lane.
shermanator
New Member
Looks like this one is underway. Kind of hard to tell with all the mainstreets work going on in the block surrounding but it seemed they were excavating when I walked by at lunch.