Not sure if anybody remembers this article from 2013. It talks about Calgary becoming the next Detroit. Some of it is typical Globe and Mail stuff, trying to put Calgary in a bad light in any way possible, but some of it was legitimate concerns at that time. Interesting to see how the last 10...

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/car-free-portion-17th-avenue-no-go-businesses 'Based on the results of a survey' though only 23 businesses out of 400 responded to the survey, with 17 no, and 7 yes votes.

This looks to be under construction.

Another development just off of Edmonton Trail appears to have started construction DMAP. and looks to be fairly substantial, with 5 buildings totaling 50 units. There's a pic of the proposal on the city's advertising sign, I'll try and snag next time I'm there.

I've started a thread for this project has recently been brought up in discussion. The name of the project may change as things progress, and same for the developer. If anyone knows if the developer is someone other than Eagle Crest let me know.

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Created a thread for this is we now have a location to go with the rendering.

Checked out the Zoo lights yesterday. I usually go about once every 3-4 years.

https://macleans.ca/canadas-stories2/my-arrival-calgary/ Another one of those one person opinion articles, but it gives some insight on why Calgary has seen such a huge number of international immigrants (even though she briefly lived in Vancouver first)

Thread for this project which u/c

Kind of late to create a Stampede thread, but better late than never. Looks like a decent chance of breaking the all-time attendance record this year. Aside from actual numbers, anecdotally, the core seems to be the busiest I've seen it during Stampede. 17th ave and Stephen ave have been...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-calgary-oil-gas-industry/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/swiss-university-calgary-missing-middle-1.6869027 Not exactly news, mostly reiterating what we already know, but makes for an interesting discussion.

I don't have any photos myself, but was passing by the area today. It was massively busy...maybe the busiest I've ever seen it. from https://twitter.com/JeffreyFDunn from https://twitter.com/SimpleSimpleAds from https://twitter.com/everydaytourist Not at the festival itself, but...

I don't know if anyone knows anything about a proposal for this site? DMAP Looks to be an assisted living site with 35 units. It's been approved and the houses at the site have recently been demoed.

This conversion is officially underway, spoke to the people on site and they confirmed.

Another thread that I figured, couldn’t hurt. This is a takeoff on a thread they have at Urban Toronto called out and about, random chitchat and random observations. I will kick it off with some photos from Comic Expo I took when I was passing through the Stampede grounds. I don’t know what...

I figured it couldn’t hurt to have a thread about cars around Calgary, with content, ranging from photos, to mechanics and dealerships to simply discussing cars in general. I’ll start off with a couple of photos. When I’m out cycling around, I usually see lots of different cars around the city...

I decided to move the posts about the population talk over to a new thread and out of the arena thread.

Some of us from the old days at SSP might remember forum member Witty_nickname for his amazing photos. Sad word has it that Witty_Nickname passed away suddenly last week. I used to go on regular photo shoots with Nathen, and learned a alot about photography from him. A pic from Witty's last...