The Salvage Kings!

The route through Beddington was really the only feasible alternative but that ship has sailed long ago. CP actually evaluated this back in the 60s but rejected it in favour of the ill-fated proposal to re-route the tracks alongside the river: A good read for any history dorks interested in...

There are development setbacks from landfills and former landfills for sensitive uses like residential and food service. As you can see on this map, only a couple former landfill sites have been built upon. Health concerns aside, there would be significant geotechnical challenges for any large...

I still think she's going to have some type of spectacular meltdown and be replaced as leader prior to the election.

I think this is a more recent iteration of the design: https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/calgary-1520-m-38s-grosvenor-mckinley-burkart.24234 Last I heard was Grosvenor had the site up for sale, but don't think that ever happened. Maybe they decided not to exit the Calgary market...

Not bad - but Beltline still needs an ODR.

Word on the street is that this is being demolished.

Not necessarily - as long as it's designed well. Look at Landsdowne for example.

I don't think having bikes on 8th really makes sense. There's too much pedestrian traffic and it makes thing worse for both peds and bikers.

A CalgaryNext style project on the Vic Park bus barns / Remington site makes some sense. Could even coordinate construction with the green line and have an integrated station.

Converting 5th to a one-way southbound would be the best way to do it - then you could easily extend the existing bike lane and still maintain parking.

Sounds like Chinook needs to bring back the Woodward's Food Floor!

Well they did do one of the most successful office developments in the city. I know that was a while ago now, though.

It's unfortunate that the master plan is unduly influenced by the 8 existing single family homes along 26 Street SW. That should be the highest density corner of the site - ideally Brookfield would acquire those parcels.

I dunno I think it's actually probably the least suitable inner city SFH area for more intensive development (along with Scarboro). Irregular street grid, undulating topography, nonuniform lot shapes - all of these present functional challenges to intensification. If they ever redevelop the area...

Yeah you’re right, same as what’s on 13th. It’s a resilient plant that grows like a weed so fingers crossed!

Blue oat grass I beleive. We will see what they look like after a few years of zero maintenance by the city!

I'd say it's more correlated with density. Housing in 60-70s suburbs like Canyon Meadows, Willow Park, Glendale Thorncliffe etc. is very desirable and consequently much more expensive than in new build communities, yet these areas are still relatively unproductive in terms of property tax...

It probably won't survive either - it usually doesn't make sense to mandate boulevard soft landscaping in front of high pedestrian traffic buildings like this. If not trampled the grass will be killed by dog pee. Montana and Emerald Stone down the street have replaced theirs with astroturf...

Read up on substance induced psychosis - it's not a coincidence that we've seen an increase in random violence and social disorder alongside the rise in meth over the last decade.