Oddball
Senior Member
I really can't wait until those surrounding lots currently being used for staging are filled and that parking garage is blown up. That same vantage will be a great sight in a few years.
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I really can't wait until those surrounding lots currently being used for staging are filled and that parking garage is blown up. That same vantage will be a great sight in a few years.
DiscoStu
Active Member
If we're blowing things up, could we also do a do-over with the Salvation Army building design?
RyLucky
Active Member
It's not bad for what it is. I like the glass atrium and blue circle feature. It's firmly dug in to the early 2000s. It's hard to remember how terrible those entire 2 blocks used to be.
DiscoStu
Active Member
I remember when that building went up, nobody really gave a shit because that whole area was such a wasteland that it was a miracle they even built anything.
I still remember when the Orange lofts went up, back in the day. I thought to myself, why would anyone build there??
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
It's amazing how times have changed.
BKha
Active Member
You forget how seedy the area used to be. I went to drop a friend off at the Orange Lofts, and thought the same thing. 'Why is this cool little building, in such a crappy location?' It fits in perfectly now.
DiscoStu
Active Member
The biggest beneficiary of the new East Village is the Hostel. That place went from being in the worst part of town, to potentially the coolest.
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
I used to feel sorry for these young backpacker types that were staying there.
I've stayed in hostels in Europe, and many of them are in cool buildings in the cool parts of the city. I was embarrassed every time I saw young people from other countries hanging around our hostel.
I've stayed in hostels in Europe, and many of them are in cool buildings in the cool parts of the city. I was embarrassed every time I saw young people from other countries hanging around our hostel.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
We do have a really shitty hostel scene in our city, for sure. But the East Village hostel was fully renovated after the Great Flood and now looks more like a hotel than a hostel. A friend stayed there a couple years ago and I went in there with her and checked it out, it's really nice.
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Always_Biking
Senior Member
I'm glad they renovated the hostel. It would be cool if the hostel could be relocated into a couple of lower floors in one of the new buildings going up in EV.
Alex_YYC
Senior Member
You know where I think would be a good location for a youth hostel? The old Calgary police station across from City Hall.
I've stayed in hostels in Europe that were connected to train stations and it was always very convenient. I also stayed in a hostel in Sydney that was underground and I think was part of an old subway station or something like that, very cool.
I've stayed in hostels in Europe that were connected to train stations and it was always very convenient. I also stayed in a hostel in Sydney that was underground and I think was part of an old subway station or something like that, very cool.
AJX
Active Member
I can't remember which city in Canada it is, but one of the cities is using an old jail as a hostel.