I just re-watched the
video. It isn't a specific location, it's a concept drawing. So those don't represent actual buildings so much as the type of development they want to see. The area of study that the video was focusing on was primarily around the future Green Line stations around 40th Ave and 28th Ave N. So the best I can say, roughly there.
It sounds like they will be doing some considerably more in depth area specific planning in April-June. So maybe we'll have some firm concepts to discuss soon.
I think the following quote and picture say a lot about the scale of what's coming for Centre Street N.
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"And this is maybe a view, and this is actually in Europe as well, maybe it's a view from McKnight Boulevard 20 years from now looking south. [Maybe] instead of the view you get today, centre street might look like this."
That was a quote from Jeremy Sturgess of Sturgess Architecture, discussing the planning process for the new stations and the vision as it pertains specifically to Centre Street in Calgary. I don't know where in Europe this is, but if I had to guess I'd say Sweden as it was an area studied for the project. This part of the video comes around 15 minutes in.
As a non-resident of the area, I'd say it seems exciting. They're talking about creating a whole new street scape which if executed properly could become a draw for people from all over the city. That's as a non-resident. Trying to take a resident's point of view, it seems like a really quiet corner of the city is about to get a whole lot busier. Maybe that'll be a nice change of pace. If you don't like it, you can probably take your increased property value and seek out some quiescence elsewhere though. If I was a really long time resident, I might consider the city's position as meddlesome, but it's really a matter of taste.
With that only superficial understanding, I have to say I hope most of this vision comes to fruition.
