FCC1982
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There’s a freeway in Cochrane ?
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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion
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UrbanWarrior
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I think he means 1A.
Urban Outdoorsman
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Looks like they'll be going with a new design for the new court building. CTV Toronto: Calgary's new Court of Appeal building to incorporate original historic structure.
Calgary's new Court of Appeal building to incorporate original historic structure
The Court of Appeal is scheduled to return to its original Calgary location in the coming years but in a state-of-the-art facility directly across the street from the Calgary Courts Centre.
calgary.ctvnews.ca
CBBarnett
Senior Member
It's wild that a building like the historic courts building sits empty since 2003.
I think I know the answer already but I hope whatever they build doesn't end up with a bunch of auto-centric ramps off of 6th Avenue.
I think I know the answer already but I hope whatever they build doesn't end up with a bunch of auto-centric ramps off of 6th Avenue.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
They already have the ramp on 6th, going into the Harley Hotchkiss Parkade under the park, so that won't change. Thankfully they're going with a new design rather than the original.
MichaelS
Senior Member
The City is closing their affordable housing tower in Bridgeland (Bridgeland Place):
calgaryherald.com
Give the size of the parcel of land, and the recent success of the Bridges, I wonder if they will refurbish the building, or tear it down to allow for more significant redevelopment and intensification of this site.
City to close affordable housing building Bridgeland Place by 2023
More than 300 people will have to move out of Bridgeland Place after a city decision to shut down the high-rise affordable housing complex
calgaryherald.com
Give the size of the parcel of land, and the recent success of the Bridges, I wonder if they will refurbish the building, or tear it down to allow for more significant redevelopment and intensification of this site.
gsunnyg
Senior Member
Probably better to tear down and reconfigure the land into a grid layout and build multiple highrises. Right now the surface parking lot and the placement of the building don't allow for much to be built on the land. Never liked the look of the building but sad to see some affordable housing units lost.The City is closing their affordable housing tower in Bridgeland (Bridgeland Place):
City to close affordable housing building Bridgeland Place by 2023
More than 300 people will have to move out of Bridgeland Place after a city decision to shut down the high-rise affordable housing complex
Give the size of the parcel of land, and the recent success of the Bridges, I wonder if they will refurbish the building, or tear it down to allow for more significant redevelopment and intensification of this site.
MissingMiddle
Active Member
I agree, it's sad to see but probably the most necessary action. From the article, residents would have been exposed to "asbestos and potentially lead paint in the process, and there are issues with the ventilation and water systems."
Happy to see that they're going to "work with each tenant individually to provide new housing." Specifically, Nenshi said, "“I’ll tell you now that I will not support any plan that doesn’t involve the replacement, unit for unit — if not the increase — of affordable housing supply.”
Good stuff, in theory at least.
Rollerstud98
Active Member
Midfield park anyone.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
It should be replaced by other centrally located, rapid transit accessible affordable housing. Midfield Park, while technically inner city, is quite a bit less accessible, and 2 km farther out.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
The difference is that the city shouldn't be subsidizing trailer parks, they are one of the least efficient methods of providing affordable housing, especially in the inner city. Apartments and townhouses are the way to go.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
Midfield hasn't had trailers in it for at least a couple years now. There is already a proposal for several high rises and several other mid rises, pretty sure that's what Rollerstud was referring to.
darwink
Senior Member
It depends. Trailer parks can be denser than you'd think. What we should do is allow the tremendous relaxation in land use regs that applies to trailer parks and allow the same to row houses, skinny houses, and low rise apartment complexes.
Chateau Estates is 16.8 Hectares, all in. It has 300 units by my count. 17.85 units per hectare (7.25 per acre), including parkland, roads, and a common centre. This is a nearly brand new one, needing to comply with all sorts of fire regs which reduces density, yet it is still rather dense. You might scoff at the density numbers, but remember this is an entire community, not just a develop-able parcel.
From a quick google, here are some neighbourhood densities:
| Neighbourhood | Density Unit per Hectare |
| Chateau Estates | 17.85 |
| Cougar Ridge | 14.2 |
| Alpine Park 5315-146 Ave SW (a full quarter section with 1130 units) | 17.5 |
| Garrison Woods | 25.2 |
| Hillhurst/Sunnyside (2014) | 8-10 |
| MDP Minimum Density Target Greenfield (source Tuscany Community Association) | 19.76 |
| Tuscany (source Tuscany Community Association) | 14.8 |
Sure they aren't paneceas, but they aren't a blight either. If we were more consistent with approvals so that there is typically available supply, they're also a great form of land banking.
And most definetly, they are a very efficient money wise way of providing affordable housing. Without being such a bad land use.
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Mountain Man
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Or that the city offered to replace every unit lost in midfield, then didn't. Don't disagree with the city on this one, but it was a bit disingenuous to the people that lived there.
darwink
Senior Member
The city should have never made that offer. TBH they shouldn't have owned the park for so long. They should have flipped it as soon as they could in the 70s, 80s, after they had stabilized the finances following a takeover from the failed owner/operator.