ChazYEG
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You have no sense of humour, do you? Someone piss on your cheerios or something?
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inclusion
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Honestly, it’s hard to tell what is serious versus what is a joke at the best of times on here. I didn’t read it as a joke at all, but rather labelling people in a negative manner that they happen to disagree with. The subtle jabs are pretty common around here and you defending that behaviour isn’t humorous at all.
Kosy123
Senior Member
Got the year end update for downtown here. If I'm missing something, feel free to shout it out lol
Orange - under construction
Green - DP stage
Orange - under construction
Green - DP stage
JNO1
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TAS
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Thanks for the list.
Planned/proposed could also include The Shift from Autograph and maybe Dub's student housing project in The Quarters along 96st.
Thanks for the list.
Planned/proposed could also include The Shift from Autograph and maybe Dub's student housing project in The Quarters along 96st.
MacLac
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Glenco
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It all sounds very exciting but is there really a market for this many units?
AntonK
New Member
Agree with your frustration, the process of getting people downtown has been way too slow. It'll happen, but might be slower than people hope, it's not an easy task to make people want to live and shop downtown. It won't happen overnight, but once a few more proposals get off the ground, it will create more activity and encourage more development. It'll happen when people aren't expecting it.
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Kosy123
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It's the project on the empty lot by WSP Place, but I haven't seen anything on this forum about it lately.
Technically the tower is still part of Phase I from what I remember.
Forgot about the Shift! and the Quarters has its own section since it's technically not in downtown boundaries.
It's a good question. Most of these won't be ready till 2027 and I'd argue we're still going to get pop growth that's above the average.
yeggator
Active Member
As has been said before, the decline of our downtown has been a slow burn over decades, so turning it around won’t be instant. But a lot has improved, especially with the redevelopment of the former railyards.
David A
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Having been downtown for decades, I feel it has been more very up and down cycles than a slow burn decline. The early to mid 90's were very gloomy much like now too as I recall, after a weak recovery a few years before then. After that, things gradually improved from the mid 90's on as people realized the extent of the problem and started to focus on solutions. So the early 2000's to around 2015 were a great improvement from the period before.
The good news is I feel we are close to that mid 90's point now, where things have already improved some from the bottom, but we haven't quite got good solutions worked out to really build momentum on that. So to again pick up on a comment on an earlier post, I agree the improvement will happen when people aren't expecting it.
TAS
Senior Member
I made inquiry to Coun Stevenson about planters along dt valley line that are dead as well as other planters near Corona Station etc.
Here is response:
"The planters along 102 avenue were installed as a part of the Valley Line Southeast project. Unfortunately, the plantings have not been successful due to the damage caused by social disorder. City staff are working on a viable planting scheme that would be more resilient for this location. For the planters along the LRT Entrance, the LRT team has received a quote by the Landscaping Services team and are just waiting for approval on these.
Unfortunately, the budget for tax levy funded flower programs have been discontinued as of 2025. In some cases where there is budget, beds may be converted to turf, shrub beds, tree planting areas, or perennial flower beds which take less work to care for than annual flower beds.
I also agree that having beautiful and vibrant community spaces is very important, and I hope we can revisit these budget lines at some point in the future to see if there are ways we can bring back the Annual Flower Program."
Here is response:
"The planters along 102 avenue were installed as a part of the Valley Line Southeast project. Unfortunately, the plantings have not been successful due to the damage caused by social disorder. City staff are working on a viable planting scheme that would be more resilient for this location. For the planters along the LRT Entrance, the LRT team has received a quote by the Landscaping Services team and are just waiting for approval on these.
Unfortunately, the budget for tax levy funded flower programs have been discontinued as of 2025. In some cases where there is budget, beds may be converted to turf, shrub beds, tree planting areas, or perennial flower beds which take less work to care for than annual flower beds.
I also agree that having beautiful and vibrant community spaces is very important, and I hope we can revisit these budget lines at some point in the future to see if there are ways we can bring back the Annual Flower Program."
thommyjo
Senior Member
archited
Senior Member
^ That is one excellent idea @thommyjo -- there are few plants that are sustainable through the winter in above ground planters unless there is a specific effort made to protect root-zone material. There are some, however, and these could be the basis for a starting point that could then be added to with annuals for summer color. I made a list of these possibilities in my zone 3 + 4 thread makings for vertical planters for Old Strathcona -- https://edmonton.skyrisecities.com/...athcona-the-garneau-real-estate.30154/page-19
archited
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^ Then it is time to renew it with vigor.