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  1. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    CF looked into this in recent memory. The members who serve there overwhelmingly wished for the location to stay put. There are now some auxiliary facilities in the NE where vehicles and equipment are stored.
  2. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    When they reach their top ppdph, replacing them with automated guideway transit is a natural evolution imo. Of course, every station and curve requires 1 full time attendant, plus would want a handy-person on the system at all times imo. If you bake that into potential comparable bus service...
  3. darwink

    Calgary | PLATFORM | 21m | 6s | CMLC | Kasian

    I think part of it could be cool, Pike Place market eccentric style, but alas, would be pretty hard to do.
  4. darwink

    Calgary | PLATFORM | 21m | 6s | CMLC | Kasian

    As a non-engineer, non-architect, but long time watcher, participant in total refurbishment of old buildings, and remember'er of the last set of DP/BP drawings, the entire parking component of the structure is slanted. The staircases and elevator shafts would have potential for reuse. Everything...
  5. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    Their time to occupancy could be so incredibly short, plus with many costs avoided or defrayed with shared infrastructure and efficiency upgrades from the 80s to now, that the pro-forma could be amazing. So much savings on construction financing. The about section of their website is...
  6. darwink

    General Construction Updates

    No, it was in decline before that. I think it could have done well with more curation and patient capital (lower rents). The Imax theatre generated constant foot traffic and should have been subsidized as an anchor, instead it left when Chinook was renovated. Having visited Winnipeg's Forks...
  7. darwink

    Calgary | PLATFORM | 21m | 6s | CMLC | Kasian

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  8. darwink

    Calgary | Scotia Place | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

    The CSEC owners thought that, because they only remember the profit from oil sands projects, not the 200% overages.
  9. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    If any place should be first, I don't know why there is an obsession with MRU, which while not mentioned as much as the airport, isn't nearly as large as people seem to assume. My nomination: Short, 2 turns (could get it down to 1 but it would have to be tall at Big Ts).
  10. darwink

    Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths

    N+1 is always the answer. Winterize your gravel bike, and start searching for a new gravel bike.
  11. darwink

    Forum Issues

    Safari on iOS often needs a reset to load the site.
  12. darwink

    Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths

    Winter bike tires are a game changer. wet slush and car driven half compressed snow-dirt are the worst - not much can mitigate those. .
  13. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    So much more boring than the original concept:
  14. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    Could grab the ~2016, 2017 reports from the Olympic Bid Exploration Committee (or whatever its name was). I don't remember either way. They're all available on the city website.
  15. darwink

    Calgary & Alberta Economy

    Cross jurisdiction problems caused development at Caste to fall apart in the past. And a lack of a coherrent regulatory process has likely held back the redevelopment of Fortress.
  16. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    I don't think this says anything at all. They were asked a question, without any news to announce, and said what they have already said. The report will come and all will have to respond to it.
  17. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    are common spaces needed? demanded by the market? or are they dictated by planners? My old 4 floor building in sunalta had a laundry room that collected very little revenue and was used once a year for the condo agm.
  18. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    At what cost though? $100,000 a unit? A park? Light industrial funky warehouse district that is totally inorganic but we will all forget that it is ‘fake’ in 20 years? Trying to get a stadium, it is easier to not add a bunch of extra costs as the first step.
  19. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    That proposal required cleanup to the point of allowing residential development.
  20. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    If you’re not trying to pay for it with residential development little remediation is necessary.

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