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  1. artvandelay

    Calgary | Calgary Event Centre | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

    One look at the average salaries in media and academia tells you all you need to know. :)
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    Calgary Flames Official Thread

    Between him getting butthurt about Sutter's joke last season and this little hissy fit I think its plainly evident that the guys doesn't have the mental toughness required to be a winner and a leader on a team. He's had more than enough time to adjust to a new environment and when you're making...
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    Calgary Flames Official Thread

    Good god Huberdeau is a baby. So weak-minded.
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    Calgary & Alberta Economy

    I agree that fundamentally we are a resource producing country, that is our competitive advantage and that is where we should be concentrating our efforts. However, energy prices are high now and have been for the better part of the last 2 years yet we are not seeing the recovery in GDP per...
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    Calgary | BMO Centre Expansion | 25m | 5s | CMLC

    Honestly all of those examples are far superior to what is proposed! You know what would have been fantastic - a 3d neon sculpture inspired by the art deco neon cowboy that was on the Corral. Would have been culturally / historically appropriate for the site and really interesting. Another...
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    Calgary | BMO Centre Expansion | 25m | 5s | CMLC

    YES! Stampede Park is the place for this type of thing - not some try-hard contemporary crap.
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    Calgary & Alberta Economy

    Who knew that starving key wealth creating sectors of capital investment and centering the economy on real estate development was a bad idea? The divergence between Canada and the US tells all you need to know. I think they might have had Covid over there too! I guess this is what happens when...
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    Calgary | BMO Centre Expansion | 25m | 5s | CMLC

    It's kinda cool but if anywhere in the city makes sense to have western equestrian sculptures it's Stampede Park. IMO something like this would be much cooler:
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    Calgary | Killarney Multi-Res | 6m | 20s | Advent | Gravity Architecture

    I'd love to see some retail at the base of this building and I imagine that's what the City was anticipating with the amount of concrete they've included on the sidewalk in front. That said, in my experience, when planners attempt to play developer/architect it leads to poor project outcomes...
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    Calgary | Francecso's | 48m | 16s | Arlington Street | DAAS

    The elevation on 17th looks nice. The back is a little weird.
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    Calgary Regional Rail Transit

    Man this Locke guy seems like a real piece of work.
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    Calgary | The Isaac on 9th | 22m | 6s | M2SC

    Unless they're doing it properly and using stone or pressed tin, those cornices are going to look god awful. You just know it's going to end up being stucco. 😪
  13. artvandelay

    Calgary | Calgary Event Centre | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

    This is well drawn set.
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    Racism and Zoning discussion

    Can we please stop importing stupidity from US identity politics and academia into Canada? Pretty please?
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    Calgary | BMO Centre Expansion | 25m | 5s | CMLC

    So with this project we've essentially traded the poor 1980s era urban design of the Roundup Centre for equally poor urban design and a building that looks like it's from 2009. Setting aside the poor cladding material choice that requires a photo filter or favourable lighting conditions to look...
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    Calgary | Solo on 4th | 16.76m | 5s | Indevelopments | Indevelopments

    Haha, did they Photoshop out the yellow panels?
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    Calgary | The Isaac on 9th | 22m | 6s | M2SC

    If those main floor units are commercial that is a terrible interface. This is okay but would look better without the cheeseball cornices and brackets.
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    Alberta Pension Plan

    I haven't seen many credible financial arguments against an APP - most of the criticism seems to be more political in nature and coming from people to don't know much about investing, finance, or pensions in general. At worst it would be a lateral move but most people I've talked to in the...
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    Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths

    I think we'd get better ROI by focusing on the low hanging fruit that is filling in the many gaps in the bike network that exist in residential and office/retail areas before moving on to industrial areas. For example the bike paths they added to 42 Ave are nice but that's a case where that...
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    Calgary Restaurant Thread

    McDonald's at University District and the one at crack Mac's are also sans drive-thru.

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