Tower portion going up!

I imagine the next 12 months will have much more change. Are you going to do another one for the next 12 months?

Those stairwells must be the part that corresponds with this?

I've got to get myself the type of Camera Surreal uses. I like those close-ups. Does anyone know when Urban Fare is opening?

Ultimately 120K would be great. Too bad I won't be around to see that, but it would be great.

I was assuming a flat roof with roughly 9' per floor. It could also be 4 floors and a pitched roof. Who knows, but 4-5 floors is certainly fine and doable for that location.

That could be the case. I mean, yeah, 8-9 storeys is kind of tall for that location. The current allowance of 14 meters would put it at around 5 storeys, which can be done with wood framing and also give the optics of a compromise. 24 Meters would be good if located around 16th ave or south of it.

I'm inclined to agree. Anthem is solid, so it's not going to be a pile of crap, but if it were up to me, I would have gone with one less color, or material change. I'm looking forward to seeing Anthem's project at the old CBC site.

More infill updates. This one on Centre Street is almost finished...after only three years or so. Still don't know anything about this development. Also the lot to the north is now completely cleared, and again no info for this one either. I wonder if it's the same developer?

Looks good at night too.

9th ave is an ugly waste of an avenue, having a cycle track there would be big improvement, and a great place for a cycle track that can get people across the core quickly.

The residential portion will be rentals.

Zoning is an issue. It's hard to zone for medium heights in an area that already has high rises or is better suited for high rises than say, Kensington or Bridgeland. I agree with Surreal on the mixture of high, medium and low rises (such as the west side of Beltline) as being the optimum mix...

Is St John's a good definition of sterile? Sterile to me is Brookfield Place or City Centre. St John's isn't my color tastes, but the street level result is good. All retail units are active, and two of them are restos which have evening foot traffic.

This afternoon

Is it just a matter of waiting for the appeal to clear?

Hopefully it didn't sustain too much damage in the fire. It's over 100 years old, which is old by Calgary standards, also it's unique.

Yeah totally. This is kind of like an extra Christmas gift for me. I've been wanting to see that pit finally get built into something.

I went past Curtis Block today and they have excavated quite a ways down already. Was driving, so couldn't snap a photo.