Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

[haltcatchfire]

The path itself was also raised.

 

[darwink]

I'm pretty sure they took it as far as they had to, that area was the western edge of the flooding downtown as the grade is higher west of Eau Claire.

Looks like they are raising the grade in most of the western parts where the flood wall stops or is temporary.
http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/pd/Documents/Current-studies-and-ongoing-activities/West-Eau-Claire/west-eau claire-flood -protection strategy-lr.PDF

Correct, from the province's 100 year map:

 

[Cowtown]

Sort of related to urban development in Calgary.... A nice look at the Riverwalk and EV.

Full sized image https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/90d705/welcome_to_calgary_canada_2048x1152/
https://i.redd.it/qo480tupvka11.jpg

 

[Silence&Motion]

This sign went up on the empty lot at 33 Ave and 21 St SW (where the restaurant burned down a while ago).

 

[maestro]

The coolness factor is off the charts.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I like Gravity's work, this is another good one.

 

[Mountain Man]

Yes please!

 

[Cowtown]

Build that now!~

This sign went up on the empty lot at 33 Ave and 21 St SW (where the restaurant burned down a while ago).

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[darwink]

I think its success hinges on the project across 14th nailing retail tenants - the lack of progress on those ones is concerning.

 

[Mountain Man]

Which project are you talking about darwink? I'm confused...

 

[AJX]

https://www.avenuecalgary.com/Best-Neighbourhoods/2018/The-Full-List/
Avenue's survey of Calgary's best neighborhoods came out. The Beltline came in first - full kudos for the Beltline. Too bad the survey is garbage, but makes for some interesting discussion.

 

[haltcatchfire]

Do they use a bingo ball cage or is it paper slips in a hat?

https://www.avenuecalgary.com/Best-Neighbourhoods/2018/The-Full-List/
Avenue's survey of Calgary's best neighborhoods came out. The Beltline came in first - full kudos for the Beltline. Too bad the survey is garbage, but makes for some interesting discussion.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Do they use a bingo ball cage or is it paper slips in a hat?

Supposedly there's some methodology to it (Avenue hired Leger to make the survey more accurate), but in the end the results each year are wonky and it just isn't accurate or useful. I took the survey last year, and found that there isn't actually way to simply vote for your favorite neighborhood, by answering specific questions, the survey tries to determine what neighborhood you 'should' like and then it doesn't tell you neighborhood you voted for. Most people probably end up voting for a different neighborhood then the one they wanted to vote for....maybe even one that they don't like. The survey is rubbish IMO.

 

[gsunnyg]

Do they use a bingo ball cage or is it paper slips in a hat?

https://globalnews.ca/news/4350698/top-3-calgary-neighbourhoods-2018-avenue-magazine/
In the interview she breaks down their process( really bad process IMO). My neighbourhood got rated beyond 100 and we have access to an LRT station, relatively higher density, streets are always flooded in the evenings with people strolling and kids playing in the summer, plenty of parks/schools, and ethnic restaurants nearby...so I think their method for rankings was pretty pathetic. But there's plenty of others on that list I can think of that should be right up there in top 10 including East village.

 

[Beltline_B]

I’m right there with you guys. I like that the Beltline got voted number one, but really the survey is useless other than it does its intended job of getting everyone in the city to go to their site and see where their neighbourhood ranks. The traffic is great for advertising $$$