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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion
- Thread starter Surrealplaces
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CT (Chinese_T)
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Damn. I really liked this building.
cameronhowe
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I love this little building, I always thought it could make a cute restaurant or cocktail bar. It bummed me out every time I've walked by it throughout the last year or so cause it keeps falling into a further state of disrepair.
DiscoStu
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Yeah that building is a hidden mid-century gem in this city.
O-tac
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Wasn't there an architecture firm using it as an office recently? Was it vacant when it caught fire? Agreed it was a nice mid century building.
DiscoStu
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Yeah, it was Moda.
Mountain Man
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Didn't even notice when I rode by this morning, hope it's salvageable.
UrbanWarrior
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Anyone know why the Inglewood RiverWalk path is gonna be closed from December 5 to June 2025? From the Traverse Bridge to 12 Street Bridge. Seems like an excessively long closure and can’t find anything about it online.
Nimbus
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Closure for the Inglewood Sanitary Trunk phase 2.
Thrillhou
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Looks to be mostly contained to the backside on the second floor. I would imagine there is an significant amount of water damage.
Mountain Man
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Walked by at lunch, the windows on the 2nd floor are blown out on the 12ave side. Looks like it was a fairly intense fire, but the concrete structure is probably ok.
CalgaryTiger
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Property owner is for sure taking the payout. Especially if all that's salvageable is the concrete structure.
Mountain Man
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If they were doing a full reno, they may have had to go down to structure anyway.
whatchyyc
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CalgaryTiger
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This is what I mean when I talk about (in the 2501 Richmond thread) missing middle having the perception of a parking problem. When you see 48 units and 19 off-street parking spots you can see why people in surrounding houses with a car per person in their house lose it. They project that reality onto this development. In reality, not every single resident in this development will have a car, so it is a none issue.
Existing residents don't see themselves as the problem when in reality they're likely not maximizing their off-street parking, either they're using their garage for storage, their garage cannot fit all the cars they have, or they have a car for every driving-age adult and they expect to always park right in front of their home.
My neighbor has three cars between him and his wife, they also have three driving-age kids that each have a car. It is a used car lot out front when everyone is home. People like this don't see themselves as the problem, they are the problem.
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