This library is making me pay more attention to the design of City Hall (which also has a pointy north end, also encloses a pedestrian walkway, also covers a c-train tunnel, is directly across the street and has similar massing).

I predict 75% Airbnb. I don't mean that as a criticism, but it's going to be the most profitable use most a lot of central flats in the future.

There's a lot of potential there. I'm okay with it, but my (un-optimistic) hope is this: -better pedestrian and bike transit between Cougar Ridge, Valley Ridge, Bowness, Valley Ridge, and Tuscany. Currently these are all within about 1-2km but requires several km of high speed limit roads to get...

It's hard to take a bad angle of that park, isn't it?

The perimeter of this park has some of the most diverse uses of any block in the city. CD-X for the win!

It's even quicker by bike ;)

I'd be happy to work in there.

It really feels quite close to Millennium Park, doesn't it. Should inject a bit of life and love once the tenants are walking their pomeranians through the skateboarders.

Are you implying that the weather is too cold or that it's too hot and sweaty? Seriously though, I believe every second downtown road should have bike lanes. Not cycletracks, just 3 feet of paint. And you're right, it should mainly be built with women in mind.

@CBBarnett for council! Globally, I see people want to live in cities, travel to cities, and spend longer and longer portions of their lives in cities. Every year driving is more of a nuisance and less of an enjoyable luxury. There's still a big market for SFH, but the price is ever climbing...

This is an important gap to fill. 11th St has potential to be a nice street one day.

You can't go wrong with floor to ceiling glass. #hidenothing

The craziest part of that photo is how there is still a parking lot there in the foreground.

The more I live and commute and travel the more I think the future of streets is for people. Yes, transit and emergency vehicles and delivery trucks and uber and Lyft and taxis and private vehicles, but ESPECIALLY pedestrians and cyclists. I think we are going to realize that nearly every...

I actually think in order to get your driver's license you should have to bike in traffic so you know what it's like to be a cyclist. Everyone at the city should have to bike or take transit some of the time.

That neighbourhood has a lot of potential. Hopefully the young people who live there are able to overcome the crippling loneliness that comes with isolation. That was a joke. Seriously though, I hope we can find a way to iron out some of the bike paths and bus routes through the west campus...

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Don't forget that if you cover half a lot with roof and pavement, in theory you've doubled the amount of precipitation to the remaining half. That fact combined with the ever-increasing resilience of invasive tree species has radically changed the ecological conditions in Calgary. Just look at...

The school of engineering could literally build a ramp due west of the stairs (still using the same infrastructure for road crossing) for essentially free with a bit of donated supplies and student labour. Call it a senior prank.

Those are some good ones, @Oddball . I'm a sucker for old fashioned bronze statues and war memorials. Those CBE ones were always a fave. Famous 5 too. I think Calgary does ...okay... for a city of its age, size, and vintage for public art. Most of it is corporate or institutional (as you might...