The new 19th street bike lanes. They indeed installed a street light right in the middle of the lane as it enters the intersection. This location didn't even have a light pole before. Absolutely idiotic decision. And winter maintenance? Pile a bunch of dirt in the middle of the lane. Great job.

What's the issue with the iyycburg building? It's 19+2, very creative name.

I don't think these cases are comparable though. This article on San Diego moving to low floor, says "These cars have nearly level boarding ramps, eliminating the need for stairs and wheelchair lifts. They will enable speedier boarding and quicker trips for our passengers." Their system was like...

I doubt there's enough demand for Kenton and phase 2 at the same time in the same area of the city.

How much of it is also the disturbance around the station? The type of businesses that would want to open near transit, like coffee shops, convenience stores, would probably prefer a street just off 7th.

I think most conversions to low floor have street car like systems, where the station is a bit like a Max station, so high floors were not accessible, and all they needed was purchase new trains. Toronto went through a similar conversion. But I'm not sure a city which has built high floor...

I think that lines been deleted? This seems just be a write up of the press release. The 4 hotel build is from the C+E plan from CMLC with 4 sites they want to build a hotel. The way they mention C+E, BMO Centre, while calling it Great Downtown Calgary, not sure if it's intentional but certainly...

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/rick-bell-emergency-room-patient-help-premier-danielle-smith Healthcare might be a winning issue, especially if the re-org boondoggle yields little results. Then the NDP have an easy attack of x millions spent not on doctors, or nurses but re-org...

Truman also has another one on the NE corner of EV. Once the 6th street underpass and Scotia Place opens, it'll be a pretty short walk to Stampede. If all of their ongoing projects and proposals gets built, maybe we should really rename city hall the Truman Centre for Civic Affairs. /s

It's hard to do comparisons like this though. Fairmont Paliser is 407 rooms (shorter ceiling for sure). But the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver (modern, 140m) is 377 rooms + 175 branded residences, and is 44 floors (22 hotel, 22 residences). Really depends on the plot size and room mix. My...

The columns look like Eighth Avenue Place from the South. But the buildings in the foreground are 517 10th Ave and Oliver, and there doesn’t seem to be an obvious plot

They're good at physical infrastructure. If they needed to build a new port to export cars, I'm confident it'll get done very fast. But this is regulatory approvals, setting up a distribution/service network, meeting North American safety laws, etc. That's not been the traditional strong suit of...

Speaking of Calgary housing, change in leadership. https://livewirecalgary.com/2026/01/21/sarah-woodgate-out-as-president-and-ceo-of-calgary-housing/

Any news on the third tower? I don't go by 8th Ave often, is the giant pit still there?

Seems like the Coop store also shifted half a block? They'll have to dig out the underground levels and build the entire podium, doesn't that make phase 2/3 more likely? Whereas many of the ones that don't end up getting built, like the third building of BLVD, it's built with the option to...