Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

[Sambo]

People seem to manage in the condos directly to the north somehow...

A friend rents in those condos. She hasn’t slept in a year. She is looking to move as soon as she can find a house. It is a brutal place to live.

 

[Sambo]

I love the fact that some people can mock places others can only afford to live in so freely here. Should we let empty land sit forever?

Land that is 30 feet from freight train lines is awesome.

 

[haltcatchfire]

Honestly I'd rather take the risk of a 1/100 year flood and deal with it and live closer to the river than further away

Agreed. 9 months after the flood I bought a house 200m from the Bow.

 

[haltcatchfire]

Land that is 30 feet from freight train lines is awesome.

Freedom of land owners to develop their land. Freedom of the market to set the price. Freedom of home buyers to decide where they want to live. Freedom of owners to second guess their purchase because they didn’t do their due diligence. No sympathy.

 

[darwink]

For starters. You stop building new stuff before flood mitigation is completed. East Village is insanity.

If you go back and look at flood photos of the east village you can see how much flood mitigation was done by raising the land.

The land was raised by quite a bit!

 

[Surrealplaces]

Same situation with Riverfront Pointe (sp?) the Point of View project by Booker's. When the flood hit they weren't affected because they had built up by 4 or 5 feet iirc. I remember them raising the road to match the raised height of the building's base.

If you go back and look at flood photos of the east village you can see how much flood mitigation was done by raising the land.

The land was raised by quite a bit!

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[UrbanWarrior]

Also, the lot in Eau Claire that Concord is on didn't flood.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I find telephone poles on our streetscapes annoying, but at least things have improved.

 

[haltcatchfire]

Oh man, the K and the Telstar signs were awesome.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I remember the sign, when it was a roast beef place.

 

[Roaring Flames]

The Telstar sign is actually in the Glenbow now

 

[Roaring Flames]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1310412664426897410

 

[Dārayavauš]

I just stumbled across the Midtown Station development plan and answered the survey.

I’ve never heard of it before, does any one on here know any more about it? I personally think this is a brilliant plan and I hope they build it soon!

Midtown Station Outline Plan

 

[Surrealplaces]

That's one ambitious looking concept. I'd like if it began a block north and was tied into Chinook Centre.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Some images from the site.