Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Yeah, sorry I guess I'm showing my age a bit. Bee Bell bakery originally was in the building where nightshade corsets is in on gateway Blvd.
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David A
Senior Member
I don't remember the previous building next door it may have been before I was around, but when I moved to the area Bee Bell was very popular, a destination location in Old Strathcona and I believe for a number of years.
After it closed the space was vacant for a while and couple other things moved into the building since then, but the exterior of the nice, distinctive building hasn't changed much. It is on 80th Ave, between 104 and 105 Streets, just south east of the new Hat building under construction now (west of ATB on Calgary Trail).
fromyeg
Active Member
Rezoning proposal to allow for a car dealership north of Home Depot on Gateway Blvd.
Currently an empty lot.
MacLac
Senior Member
We'll take it as that lot has been vacant for as long as I've been alive.......so yeah
mcr
Active Member
At the same time, doesn't exactly jive with the Strathcona Junction ARP consolidation plans, even if it beats the decades old empty lot.
northlands
Senior Member
Anyone know any history of that site? Pretty prime piece of real estate to sit as an empty field for ages.
degrandprix
Active Member
Would rather see this incoming car dealer take over the seemingly abandoned Derrick Dodge site just 2 blocks south of here. Better than nothing I guess 
husky
Active Member
Former railyard I believe
thommyjo
Senior Member
Edgemont with some ugly apartments 
Is this just a former prison design with some random lime green and blue boxes added to balconies?
Oh, and this is a 3min drive further west from the valley line terminus that’s next to 0 housing and a golf course.
Our city planners are the bestest.
Is this just a former prison design with some random lime green and blue boxes added to balconies?
Oh, and this is a 3min drive further west from the valley line terminus that’s next to 0 housing and a golf course.
Our city planners are the bestest.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Edgemont with some ugly apartments
Is this just a former prison design with some random lime green and blue boxes added to balconies?
Oh, and this is a 3min drive further west from the valley line terminus that’s next to 0 housing and a golf course.
Our city planners are the bestest.
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In red: our 5 billion dollar train line and terminus.
In green: over 2000 units of housing, a half billion dollar rec centre and library, multiple major shopping centres, 3 junior high schools.
Is this one of the greatest oversights in transit design our city has made?
University and kingsway ground level crossings are up there. But this is opportunity cost to the moon…
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
So is this where a new crosswalk has just recently been installed?
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
I'm interested in seeing how these buildings age. Generally, bright exterior paint ends up looking like absolute hot dog water after a few years.Edgemont with some ugly apartments
Is this just a former prison design with some random lime green and blue boxes added to balconies?
Oh, and this is a 3min drive further west from the valley line terminus that’s next to 0 housing and a golf course.
Our city planners are the bestest.
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fromyeg
Active Member
Work on Beljan’s Ritchie Hub on Whyte Ave is well underway.
Eastbound Whyte Ave recently closed for utility work.
Not sure what’ll be going in here.
I assume they’ll put in a BRT stop at Whyte and 96th St?
It would be nice if there were some streetscape improvements on Whyte between 96th and 99th St, but don’t think it’s part of the Old Strathcona Public Realm renewal. Maybe one day.
constance_chlore
Senior Member
Barnaby
Senior Member
8 stairwells of wasted space. I like the product given the current restrictions, but I do think a lot of living space is being lost to the skinny townhouse design compared to what could be built with SES on the same lot.
Happy to see 8 homes where there was 2.
Happy to see 8 homes where there was 2.