Duck Lightning
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Both Macleod and 1st Street underpasses should be replaced. They're too narrow for two large vehicles to drive adjacent.
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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion
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haltcatchfire
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It’s already amazing.
UrbanWarrior
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Both Macleod's, building the 11 Street one from scratch, and hopefully eventially something with the 14 Street one.
YYCguy
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Did I hear correctly that it’s all a moot point now that the landowner has decided not to go ahead with the rebuild at all? For heavens sake, why waste everybody’s time and money to go all through that and then to just give up? Anybody have any intel on what happened?Score one for the good guys.
Operators of Calgary Dairy Queen win appeal to rebuild burned-down restaurant - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
City of Calgary administration rejected the franchisees' application to rebuild, citing planned modifications to the drive-thru, as well as the overall size of the restaurant.globalnews.ca
darwink
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The local area plan was approved which raised the land value - the same plan lambasted at the sdab hearing.
add to that now every developer and every wannabe developer knew everything about the parcel.
Cowtown
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Love that mural. They should put some fluorescent neon style paint on it, and shoot a black light on it at night. Give it the total Tron look.
Habanero
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Calgcouver
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Funny enough weren't both of those developments done by Brookfield? I might be mistaken. Also pretty sure they both required a DC to be able to build these with front setbacks that make sense for rowhomes/townhomes.If it were off of a private laneway, similar to some of the recent townhome developments around town, it would be okay. See these examples:
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But, as this one appears to have the garage access the street, it really prevents a nice streetscape from forming. There is zero interaction with the public street (a blank wall for a ground floor), plus the inherent increased danger of numerous conflict points between vehicles backing out of garages across the pedestrian realm. Not to mention the need for greater impermeable surfaces for the driveways prevents more robust landscaping from forming.
So.... in summary, when directly accessed from the street.... not a fan.
UrbanWarrior
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It’s nice but not nearly as cool as what was proposed 
The Familia
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Do you have a rendering of the original proposal to compare?
UrbanWarrior
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Can’t find it, but the original hat two sets of rocking (on rails?) picnic table setups, seemed like a very cool idea. This is good enough though.
haltcatchfire
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Rocking picnic table sounds like a great way to empty your cup and spill your lunch.
Disraeli
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It was meant to be lunch time entertainment for the residents
Disraeli
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It goes without saying that this is sick. Still another big wall to go