JoeUrban
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Who was the previous planning gm?
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I think it was Stuart Dagleish.
So this new guy does have decades of experience, but I'm not sure I'm exited about the minds behind urban planning in the Carolinas, or Atlanta, or Boise... Maybe I don't understand the job, though.
So this new guy does have decades of experience, but I'm not sure I'm exited about the minds behind urban planning in the Carolinas, or Atlanta, or Boise... Maybe I don't understand the job, though.
Albertasaurus
Active Member
Fair, but if you read about his experience in Atlanta he was brutally honest about how that city had a lot of work to do to become more liveable. He certainly seems to be an urbanist, pro-density, and an advocate for placemaking and smarter growth.
YourBoy007
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outoftheice
Active Member
I thought this site was owned by the City of Calgary? Maybe this will be for a new affordable housing project by the City or they are finally planning on flipping the land to the private sector and want to upzone first?
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Well at least there’s nothing to arson if the land use gets approved on this one.
Could be. They've been talking about it for a while, and now is as good a time as any to build another affordable housing project.
darwink
Senior Member
The site was a Calgary Board of Education warehouse.
And has been owned by the city for a while.
It was offered for sale with some interesting restrictions: the city buying back a portion of the units as affordable rentals. https://www.calgary.ca/content/dam/www/realestate/documents/sunnysidetod/brochure-sunnysidetod.pdf
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John Wick
New Member
Has there been any news about the Olympic Plaza redesign?
My understanding was that the new design was to be revealed this winter and the teardown of the current plaza to begin in spring. But I haven't heard a peep about it.
My understanding was that the new design was to be revealed this winter and the teardown of the current plaza to begin in spring. But I haven't heard a peep about it.
DiscoStu
Active Member
They City is probably still doing community consultation with the hobos and weekend protesters.
FCC1982
Active Member
Is it a total overhaul of the existing plaza or just sprucing things up a bit ?
Be a shame to lose the mature trees and the plaza seems fine overall IMO
Duck Lightning
Senior Member
The trees block viewpoints of sections of the park which results in area's of the park not being safe. Also a lot of the infrastructure in the park is likely original and badly in need of an overhaul..
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Definitely a shame to lose mature trees in the core, but they are basically just a place to do drugs, so they have to go.
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Are we going to remove all the trees everywhere cause drugs are hard to do in a desert?
MichaelS
Senior Member
I am no arborist, so don't know if this is possible, but could you not just prune the bottom 10' of the fir trees, eliminating the sightline issues? Allows the ability to retain the precious few mature trees we have, but eliminates the problem?