Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

[Patrick.1980]

Yeah, it's not the belle of the ball that's for sure.

I'm all for density replacing that shitty automotive shop but that's straight out of Laval!

 

[Cowtown]

Results of the Mayor's Urban Design Awards

Mayor's Urban Design Awards - 2019 winners

www.calgary.ca

 

[Colinfill]

Results of the Mayor's Urban Design Awards

Mayor's Urban Design Awards - 2019 winners

www.calgary.ca

Not sure if this has been posted but detailed renderings of the Rivers District landscaping design by Civitas:

Source: Civitas

 

[UrbanWarrior]

The skyline view there is real bad. But I like the massing at least. Hope to go they don't allow 20 storeys right on the riverbank. 4 storeys is perfect.

 

[Silence&Motion]

Wow... a train station built next to an open urban plaza, forming the centre of a neighbourhood? North Americans probably haven't built something like this since the 1930s. These days we typically jam trains into random corners of the city and surround them with chain link fences and parking lots.

 

[Mountain Man]

I just got back from a few days in NYC, and that Rivers District reminds me of there, great looking design!

 

[gsunnyg]

Lets hope they activate street retail frontage all along 11th ave and where ever else they can. That will help drive foot traffic throughout the day into the night. Sort of like Robson street(Van), Granville(Van), Saint Catherines(Montreal), etc. If you just build a bunch of condos with unit entrances leading up with stairs then thats not an incentive for people to walk down that street scape.

When I envision the Entertainment district, its gotta be the most vibrant part of our city where ever space is used to its maximum potential, similar to central areas in big cities across Europe and Asia.

 

[JonnyCanuck]

I agree. The Entertainment District needs to have a close-knit neighbourhood rather than 'wide open space' feel. Rarely does a city have a blank canvas like this over such a large area. They have one chance to do it right.

 

[MichaelS]

Not exactly an urban development, but this project is at the sales stage on the large land parcel to the south of Quarry Park at 18th and 24th St SE:

Les Jardins by JAYMAN BUILT

jayman.dev.zgm.ca

Based on the name, seems to follow the QP French Colonial theme ?. When I left Calgary in 2001, that parcel was owned by Telsec, the same company that developed the Douglasdale Business Park, and was zoned for warehouse. I believe the same site had a condo proposal around 2006-2007 so it has been in limbo for a long time.

The DP for this one is in:

DMAP

 

[Surrealplaces]

I noticed there's another new DP for a multi-family project on 10th ave and 14th street. This time across the street on the south side of 10th. Retail included.

DMAP

 

[Stephen Ave]

So developments proposed for both sides of 10th ave at 14th? That's great, the area could really use it.

 

[1875]

I noticed there's another new DP for a multi-family project on 10th ave and 14th street. This time across the street on the south side of 10th. Retail included.

DMAP

the light store on that block has been having a clearance sale for a couple months, maybe its a go.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

That would be pretty awesome. If this goes ahead, we could see 4 towers on that intersection going up simultaneously. The only corner that doesn't have an active proposal is the SW corner, and it already has a substantial building on it.

 

[1875]

bring on the 10th ave canyon!

 

[Surrealplaces]

bring on the 10th ave canyon!

Bring on anything that gets rid of those crap lots! lol.