Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

[jdixon]

The only things I would like to see there:
1) Fill in the gaps between the homes with thin townhomes.
2) Bury the overhead power lines.

 

[Cowtown]

The city's DP site shows the development on second street encompassing both the brick house and the small apartment building I would be extremely annoyed if in this time of down-turned economy, covid19 and stalled projects, this project went ahead. Same for the proposal at Red's.

Is there some kind of secret bylaw in Calgary that says you can't building on an empty lot, it has to involve tearing down cool old buildings

 

[Disraeli]

The city's DP site shows the development on second street encompassing both the brick house and the small apartment building I would be extremely annoyed if in this time of down-turned economy, covid19 and stalled projects, this project went ahead. Same for the proposal at Red's.

Is there some kind of secret bylaw in Calgary that says you can't building on an empty lot, it has to involve tearing down cool old buildings

No but the city could pass a bylaw registering the buildings as municipal historic resources giving them legal protection.

 

[UrbanRED]

Maybe it's just me, but would love to see them recycle the historic facade and build a condo on top... Toronto does this a lot (some rather successfully, some in incredibly tacky manners). Would obviously prefer them to get rid of a parking lot first though, but so it goes.

 

[Mountain Man]

Keep the Apartments at least, would love to see the house kept as well but would sacrifice that to keep the apartments.

 

[JonnyCanuck]

Riddel Kurczaba just applied for a development permit at

211 14 St NW

211 14 St NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6, Canada

www.google.ca

...mixed use including 168 residential units.
Anyone know anything about this?

Update: I did some research. It appears this application is a repeat of Sola by OCgrow

 

[UrbanWarrior]

Oh hell yeah. That’s dope.

 

[outoftheice]

Keep the Apartments at least, would love to see the house kept as well but would sacrifice that to keep the apartments.

If this proposal were to go through I would love to see the house moved to the park across from the Stampede where the Enoch Sales House was located. It would be a great way to preserve some history and follow through with the original concept to turn the Enoch Sales House into a cafe for the park.

 

[Mountain Man]

That's a really good idea!

 

[MichaelS]

Riddel Kurczaba just applied for a development permit at

211 14 St NW

211 14 St NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6, Canada

www.google.ca

...mixed use including 168 residential units.
Anyone know anything about this?

Update: I did some research. It appears this application is a repeat of Sola by OCgrow

Thread for that project is here:

SOLA | 26.21m | 9s | Ocgrow | Riddell Kurczaba

Ocgrow is proposing to develop an 8 storey mixed-use development on the site of the current yellow National Transmission building on the west side of 14th St NW between Kensington Road and 2nd Ave NW. 22,500 sq ft total 12,600 sq ft retail 140 Residential units...

calgary.skyrisecities.com

 

[FCC1982]

That’s terrible. The potential loss of a quarter block of beautiful history when only a block or two away is nothing but an ocean of parking lots. Come on...

The ocean of parking surrounds a future subway station even! Just build there for shits sake.

But developers can only build on properties they own.

 

[Mountain Man]

But developers can only build on properties they own.

This! people always seem to forget this...

 

[Habanero]

The best solution is for the city and or province to be more aggressive about protecting heritage buildings. We have so few left, it wouldn't kill to protect them. If protected, developers would choose other lots to develop.

 

[darwink]

The city can buy them with citizens tax dollars if the citizens want to freeze them.

 

[Disraeli]

They don't need to buy them. The city needs to get their legal tool box out if they are serious about heritage preservation