LocalLoafer
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That page is pure gold. At least they have outlined that there is a solution to avoiding all the traffic, the MAX bus lane looks awfully uncongested in their renders.
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Ramsayite
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At least these hypothetical future car users have adopted the next generation of compact smartcar as their daily driver...
Here's an artivle about it for anyone who's interested. Covers alot of what has already been discussed here.
calgary.ctvnews.ca
Committee approves sale of lands near Glenmore Landing for high-rise development
A city committee voted in favour of a plan to sell two parcels of "surplus" lands near Glenmore Landing in southwest Calgary and the motion will now make its way to council for a final decision.
crisp
Active Member
Those renderings made me more excited about the project 
I'd live there.
I'd live there.
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Typical Palliser/Pump Hill sheep all driving the same two cars.
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
They're really generating a following! Their FB page has 42 followers and 37 on Instagram. They've peaked at 8 likes.
You can see that earlier in the thread - the city made a render of what the shadows would look at some darker time of the year (because they have to make these kinds of renderings). Haysboro definitely had a few blocks east of 14th in shadow. I think people saw that and it got shared around with some worst-case commentary.
Chinook Park definitely has multifamily along Elbow Drive. Kelvin Grove has even more, including notable landmark Mayfair Place. (Kelvin Grove is an interesting community to me. It's like 50% apartments + commercial, and 50% 4-bedroom 1960s houses on estate sized lots).
But I can kind of see where they get the "no multifamily" idea because there aren't any infills in the area, which is a contrast to Kingsland on the other side of Elbow. I'm not sure whether that's due to zoning or restrictive covenants.
darwink
Senior Member
No covenants. The zoning differences beyond the pocket of RC2 which support the 1960s up down, side side quad rentals north of 69th and east of the alley east of 5th street are minimal. Difference in standard lot shapes might come into play with subdivision rules? I'd guess land economics more than anything. The lift from subdivision versus an up market rebuild aren't enough.
Right, there are more of the typical 1950s/earlier rectangular 50x120 lots in Kingsland, and Chinook Park has more pie lots, and some rectangular lots that are more like 60x100.
Beazley66
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Well they do indicate on the webpage that these renderings were not developed by RioCan or any affiliates with RioCan, including the Consultants, if I read correctly. The traffic scenario is beautiful. Looks more like a collection of
motorcades getting ready for a follow up on Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Wow, somehow this proposal will generate massive traffic from areas beyond the actual development!
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zzkwilliamcanada
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well. i like the proposal perspective than the current one. looks modern style city
Habanero
Active Member
This is the biggest issue IMO. To be fair, here in Calgary with such a high ratio of homeowners in past years often times renters were the less desirables in the neighborhood and gave the good renters a bad name.
Before anyone jumps on me, I’m not saying that renters are bad of course, only that Calgary is an outlier compared to other cities in that back in the 70s 80s etc. we had a very high ratio of ownership I think 76% or something like that. Many of the renters, who fell into the rental pool were often in the less desirable category, and I saw that in my neighbourhood growing up. That stigma of the past stays with a lot of people and it’s a hard to get rid of.
Obviously things are different now in 2023 and unfortunately, it’s a case of old stereotypes not easily dying.
Silence&Motion
Senior Member
Has anyone checked to see if this NIMBY hall-of-famer has reemerged among all the hubbub over this development?