The businesses that were there shut up shop 2-3 weeks ago, and the area is fenced off now so presumably some movement coming.

FWIW, this random directory site lists the president as Russ Butler, one of the founders of Wholesale Sports. In fact, the address listed on that page was the site of their Calgary store.

I was over there about a week ago. The mall apart from the grocery store was completely gone.

Anyone have any more information on The Nines by Opus at the corner of Elbow and Southland? All they have is a placemarker website - https://livingthenines.ca/ The lot has been sitting empty since as long as I can remember. I think it was a gas station previously, so will be interesting to see...

City Hall to be opened for after hours access too - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/city-hall-plus-15-1.6471698 Blows my mind that some kind of thoroughfare wasn't incorporated into that building when it was first built.

From the old aerial images, it appears to have always been sidings and rail related structures.

Yep, depressing is the right word for it. I'll be especially angry if we lose the James Joyce, the only decent Irish pub in the city.

I love this redesign. It's absolutely stunning. However I'd be remiss if I didn't make the joke (and maybe some has already) that in some views with the windows open, it looks like a giant cheese grater.

Demolition was underway on the home on this site when I passed by on Wednesday.

Hiking trails on Prince's Island? Only if you've never been hiking before maybe.

One of the weirdest sidewalks in the city btw. I walked it last year for the hell of it. What is just a normal sidewalk on the west side suddenly starts sloping and sloping until you're trying not to lose your grip. I'm sure nobody actually uses it but I did wonder how a stroller or wheelchair...

Just looking at the Streetview image prior to the lighting store being demolished on the site. The store was covered in graffiti, but it appears that Cidex paid for it? Is that a common thing? Or is there just a crossover between graffiti artists and Cidex fans...

Any idea what's going in there?

Any idea what's going in there?