I do not think that WEM's location really has any impact on foot traffic and total visits, since it is the second busiest mall in Canada...

Well no, let's be clear: People almost never go anywhere to see the regular residential architecture where most people live. They go...

I will take 30 of these 6-7 story wood frame buildings if that means no more surface parking and more complete streets downtown over 2...

I do feel like some of the retching in threads like this has gotten a bit performative. Yes, it's disappointing given how high our...

Preliminary designs:

Yeah, apologies to the haters but every time I walk past these buildings they look somewhere between "good" and "great."

Popped into Seitans on Sunday and damn, wish we'd gone before. Their faux spicy Korean chicken sandwich alone will keep me going back!

^ They don't need any additional color -- the building is an excellent example of mid-rise architecture.

I live in this area, and I can confirm that both of these buildings look attractive close up and from further down the street. In...

Isn't this just a bunch of more apartments? Same as west of 218st Perfectly "close" and yet too far from the new 3 billion dollar LRT...

And then ask a local and they might think this city is a Siberian gulag lol. It's always refreshing to hear out of city visitors/new...

Downward pressure compared to less dense sprawl. Downward pressure if all potential residents don’t move here if unbuilt. But net...

This is what kills me. There are so many buildings where removing weird patches of color or other bizarre half-assed ornamentation would...

There’s dozens in the downtown area already… I’d assume it attracts those living there, but also the tens of thousands that work there...

NOICE! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YlKQe3_DV9KDvUtvCzpth2tMa9KRS8ZP/view