David A
Senior Member
I used to have to go to Calgary regularly from time to time for business and events, but haven't for a long time. My impression of Stephen Ave then was mixed - parts of it were great, other parts were run down. It was uneven.Are some of you on the same street drug many are? Man-o-man.
It's embarrassing and appalling where things are at from a retail and 'where do we explore at lunch' standpoint.
Maybe a few of you need to get of out dodge more often; 104st is fine, but not much to write home about.
The only thing that consistently impressed me about it was the character of the all the older smaller commercial buildings, which we unfortunately don't have here much downtown and I don't think we can replicate. But I do still get out from time to time and there is more to the world than just Calgary.
I had more recently went to Montreal and saw St. Catherine's street, which IMO is far superior to what Calgary has. I don't know how we would replicate that either, but that would be a model I would like to try follow somehow.