UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
Considering we have a thread for all the other hip and trendy areas in the city undergoing massive change, I figured we should have one for Stephen Avenue.
The changes ongoing on Stephen Avenue may not be structurally based as they are in the other areas, but they are still quite noticeable. Increased pedestrian traffic at all hours being the major one I noticed. I work out at the Stephen Ave Goodlife every weekday night. Getting out of the gym around midnight, there are still people around, while there weren't really a few years ago. I think bars on the Ave are also starting to stay open later on weeknights. The new lighting on the Lancaster Building thanks to Simons (my new favourite store) is also freakin awesome. The new retail in the Lancaster and Hudsons Bay buildings has also breathed a fair amount of vitality into those stretches, while the large new "locally sourced" pub under construction inside the ground floor of two historic buildings near Mcdonalds should also help quite a bit.
I'm really looking forward to hearing more about the future redevelopment of the street itself too, with new trees, upgraded tree pots underground, new paving stones, new furniture and street lamps, and whatever else. Stephen Ave has so much potential to be a renown street outside of Alberta.
Aaaand go!
The changes ongoing on Stephen Avenue may not be structurally based as they are in the other areas, but they are still quite noticeable. Increased pedestrian traffic at all hours being the major one I noticed. I work out at the Stephen Ave Goodlife every weekday night. Getting out of the gym around midnight, there are still people around, while there weren't really a few years ago. I think bars on the Ave are also starting to stay open later on weeknights. The new lighting on the Lancaster Building thanks to Simons (my new favourite store) is also freakin awesome. The new retail in the Lancaster and Hudsons Bay buildings has also breathed a fair amount of vitality into those stretches, while the large new "locally sourced" pub under construction inside the ground floor of two historic buildings near Mcdonalds should also help quite a bit.
I'm really looking forward to hearing more about the future redevelopment of the street itself too, with new trees, upgraded tree pots underground, new paving stones, new furniture and street lamps, and whatever else. Stephen Ave has so much potential to be a renown street outside of Alberta.
Aaaand go!