Mountain Man
Senior Member
Evan Woolley just shared this on Facebook, arguments sound familiar!
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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion
- Thread starter Surrealplaces
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Nimbus
Active Member
Amazing that the one guy thought the CBD only had 20 years of commercial capacity left. Here we are 39 years later with so many vacant spots/parking lots that can still be developed in the commercial core.
cameronhowe
Active Member
Just saw this proposed building for a luxury condo tower posted on the McKinley page. Looks like the location is where the bounce basketball courts are in EV. (sorry for the grainy shot, it's a screenshot from IG).
Mountain Man
Senior Member
More of this, less Cidex lol.
gsunnyg
Senior Member
Wait will we lose the courts or is this next to it? I like the courts, that place has got NYC vibes.
If you have the link to the IG page where it was, post it and i'll pull the fill sized image. 
darwink
Senior Member
Perhaps we could push for the park to be recreated on the CPA lots right next to the library when the temporary one closes.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Take some of the surface lots by the CPR and make them into urban courts / sports fields, this lot is too good to leave undeveloped.
cameronhowe
Active Member
If you have the link to the IG page where it was, post it and i'll pull the fill sized image.
you bet, attached is the link:
CCF
Active Member
The Bounce Park has always been a temporary intervention for that site. Just as EV Junction, which was there previously, was too.
As for the proposal, I'm pretty sure that the intention is for senior's living (unless that has changed recently).
As for the proposal, I'm pretty sure that the intention is for senior's living (unless that has changed recently).
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October
Guest
Maybe they can move the bounce courts else where if this ever gets built. Those courts were a slam-dunk (pun intended).
gsunnyg
Senior Member
What ever the case is, I like the tower development but I still want the Bounce Park somewhere in our core preferably still in EV or Victoria park. The park brings its own unique level of vibrancy into the area.
Calgcouver
Active Member
Pie in the sky idea, what if they put the Bounce Park on top of the PLATFORM parkade? If they were serious about it being multiuse, might be a really cool feature.
Maybe something like this:
Might be a really cool attraction and good investment in the Basketball community and even from a revenue perspective i bet people would park there to play.
outoftheice
Active Member
You're actually not that far off... I do believe the plan is to relocate the Bounce park to the ground floor of Platform
MichaelS
Senior Member
How tall is the ground floor? Not a huge (at all really) basketball fan, so don't know how much clearance you need to allow a game to play. If it is a standard 10' ceiling, the dunks will be spectacular and frequent at least!