I like the brick pattern. It certainly has an older look to it, but it's unique enough that it won't be tied to any particular time frame. Plain brick of one colour might have been a better way to go, but this fine by me.

This will be a polarizing project. some will love it and some will hate it. Count me in the love it camp.

Yeah corruption in Detroit was notoriously bad. You could add drug problems to the list of issues as well. Combine all of those things and it's a crazy story. If I had to pinpoint why Detroit was much worse off than other U.S. cities I would say, it was the combination three things that happened...

On the DP it shows 28 floors of residential units, with one extra floor on top, maybe for social space? Looks like maybe an outdoor terrace, which would be hella cool.

An article in Lethbridge news discussing the possibility of using orphaned wells sites for solar projects. https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2021/11/05/sacpa-discussing-the-prospect-of-solar-power-breathing-new-life-into-abandoned-oil-wells/

Hydrogen, solar, Solar recycling, tech companies popping up. This ain't your grandfather's Calgary.

Might as well. I'm pretty sure it'll be a different name now. I quite liked the name Kings on 4th, but we'll see what the next name is.

This evening's premiere of Yellowstone season 4 reminded me of something lol.That I saw a truck on site, either on Thursday or Friday. It looked like one of those drilling sample trucks. Maybe something happening with this?

I'm looking forward to seeing the construction of the event centre. I was a wee lad when the dome was built, and don't remember it at all.

Sounds about right. My dad worked in the Home oil tower, and I remember watching them put the crane up at BH from his office. I don't remember exactly when but I remember the Olympics were getting close. Could have been spring/summer of 87 possibly.

It's possible that it could happen, but would take a long while given current growth patterns. Over the past 5 years, Winnipeg has grown more than Halifax (Winnipeg +49K vs Halifax 34K), but Halifax did grow more than Winnipeg from 2019 to 2020 11K vs 6K, so who knows, anything is possible. It...

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With WCP and Nexen, empty to nearly empty, maybe the two buildings can for a downtown campus for UofC :)

The old pic is too blurred out to tell if BH has started construction or not, but I remember the crane for BH went up just before the Olympics, in late 1987 some time. Eaton's store was still around at the time of the Olympics. It could be as late as spring of 1987, but yes some time after 1985.

I always assumed the white panels were back lit or something. They are plain old reflective panels with no lighting?

I'm assuming this is the final tweak to the design, and if so, is construction going to start soon?

That's kind of what I figured too.

Eaglecrest has their hands full me thinks. There is another one somewhere along 24th ave that isn't an Eaglecrest project iirc.

So basically advertised to everyone but Calgarians? lol

Thanks for the advice everyone! One more newb question folks here might be able to answer. I remember the original plan for the downtown cycle tracks included on for 8th street SW, I take it, it never went ahead? or still in planning?