I actually think a Mercury style building would be a hard sell in the Quarters. The units in there are TINY, 760 sqft for a two bedroom! People are willing to make that choice to live in Wîhkwêntôwin but I doubt they would make that choice in Quarters. Better model is Stadium Yards where the 2...

Ya, but they could have atleast put in the effort to make it look nice. It's the freaking Legislature grounds. Say what you want about the City but at least they put the effort in, even on pump stations.

We have so much empty land around downtown that there is no need for the Quarters to be more than 6 stories. Make it a whole bunch of Dauk Commons style places and the area will be fantastic. By the time we run out of space to build towers the buildings will have hit end of life anyways.

That really looks like it has permanently been made into a private lawn for the building next door.

Commercial Rent rates need to crash hard. The fact that over a third of downtown retail units are vacant and yet rent is still crazy high is proof the free market supply and demand model is broken. You should be able to take a risk at starting a retail, cafe, etc business in downtown Edmonton...

That would require the land owners to care. They are happy sitting on their ass doing nothing and just collecting parking revenue.

That walking bridge looks even more pathetic now that we can compare it to Tawatina. Really feels like the bare minimum.

I think this is one of the key issues. We end up building alot of our most overbuilt, and expensive thoroughfares for the people who commute into the city and yet they don't pay for it directly the way we do. Gateway, Stoney Plain Road, St. Albert Trail, etc. are all really expensive routes to...

I think the main reason behind this was that alot of our current liquor stores are small businesses, whereas almost all of the grocery and convenience stores are part of large chains. Changing the rules would benefit corporations at the expense of small businesses. Now that I think about it...

Nuestra's location is sweet, should get a good boost from Concordia as well. If Felice's success is any indication there is lots of demand in this area of town. I was chatting with a few locals, if it is indeed another coffee shop moving into the Mandolin space likely a bunch of people will...

Took a couple photos of the changes happening to the Coffee shop scene in and around the Highlands Area. The closure of some old classic standbys and some new players hopefully coming soon. Nuestra is pretty much ready to open in the old "Plutonic Granite" space, sounds like they are mostly...

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My understanding is the Walterdale is designed to convert to two lanes each way once the high level is closed for renewal. I don't think the 3 lanes on Walterdale is a problem, the choke points are coming into downtown and the convergence of Walterdale Rd and Queen Elizabeth Park Rd. If there...

Maybe they are taking their time so they don't get shut down by AHS again 🤣

Portions of Spady's operation are moving to Stoney Plain Road. The Supervised Consumption Site is not moving with it and it is unclear what is happening with that portion of Spady's work. No word on what is happening with the current building. https://bmcnews.org/pdf/aprilmay24-web1.pdf...

It must be alot cheaper to count votes from the Calgary Suburban Conservative Clones when they all vote the same way no matter what. ;) In all seriousness, that is a good question.

I think if you count this as YEG's ballpark then you have to count the Okotoks Dawgs' stadium as in YYC. Okotoks is basically in Calgary now.

It's trying to address some Albertans' deep seated anxiety over the fact that we aren't the USA. These are the same folks who tried to argue in court that The First Amendment protected their right to protest in the convoy....

I don't think its just the "prestigiousness", I think its also the job security and flexibility. Trades are a great way to make good money fast when you are young, but if your body fails early or you get older then trades are often really hard to pivot from. And if you get injured at any point...

I will be so happy to finally see a useful bus go up Victoria Trail on the Northside. Abbottsfield is severely cut off from groceries now that Walmart is closed and its currently a long winding bus ride up north.