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IanBray
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What about the run down apartment building next door. That is supposed to be part of the development. Anyone know what the plans are for it? Hopefully an Enzo type mid rise
Golfing guy
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Anyone know what’s going in the vacant lot to the east of Ace Casino near the airport? The lot is fenced off with an excavator parked there.
Edit… another parking lot
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Edit… another parking lot
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As an update: I noticed the land use redesignation was approved, and then the DP was approved and appealed, and it has now survived appeal.A bit more information on this. ATCO had a land use redesignation at CPC yesterday for a site up in Arbour Lake (leftover utility lot I think). The plan is to allow for a module townhome project to get built there, and there is a concurrent DP.
Added to the map: Arbour Lake Modular Town House
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ScubaRoomba
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Not sure if this has been posted already, but to add to this proposal, they are planning to build a new building in between the old scouts hall and the girl guides.Trico National accessArts Centre
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Trico Communities Invests in the Disability Arts in Calgary - National accessArts Centre
The National accessArts Centre presented by TD Ready Commitment (NaAC) will announce a groundbreaking multi-year sponsorship investment from Trico Communities that will completely transform the current Scouts Hall (2140 Brownsea Drive NW) into the Trico Communities Accessible Arts Centre.accessarts.ca
The National accessArts Centre unveils plans for a $14M multidisciplinary disability arts venue - National accessArts Centre
New building, in addition to the former Scouts Canada building, will realize a vision for a disability arts training and presentation campus – the first of its kind in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hffwuEesrLY The National accessArts Centre (NaAC), Canada’s oldest and largest...
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New hub for artists living with disabilities in Calgary receives federal support - National accessArts Centre
Calgary, Alberta, March 11, 2025 — Calgary’s art scene will be more vibrant and inclusive with a new space for the National accessArts Centre (NaAC). The Multidisciplinary Disability and Community Arts Hub (MDCAH) will provide a sustainable space for artists living with disabilities to shine...
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shermanator
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adamyyc
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The website is pretty incomplete at this point. Kind of strange that they have published the website at this point.
CalgaryTiger
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Does Calgary have an intersection like Portage and Main in need of a rebirth?
"inaccessible to pedestrians"... "labyrinth of tunnels"... pretty dramatic.
I think I'm the only person left who actually likes grade separated pedestrian intersections. But, like one way streets, they have fallen out of favour with urban planners.
I hate waiting at lights and I like an opportunity to get out of the rain, so I actually thought this intersection was pretty great when I visited Winnipeg. It seemed to be well maintained at the time, although that was a few years ago.
I think I'm the only person left who actually likes grade separated pedestrian intersections. But, like one way streets, they have fallen out of favour with urban planners.
I hate waiting at lights and I like an opportunity to get out of the rain, so I actually thought this intersection was pretty great when I visited Winnipeg. It seemed to be well maintained at the time, although that was a few years ago.
CBBarnett
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I think it always comes down to design and context - pedestrian bridges, tunnels etc. can be better for pedestrians by creating direct routes and saving brutal time-wasting detours from the path of travel. Key word is "can".
Not downtown, but the simplest example I could find is some of the recent underpasses on the SW ring road project such as this one under Southland Drive. It's not a fancy one - and looks pretty low clearance - but there's no deviation or slope to climb at all. Seamless to use as a pedestrian or cyclist and results in zero travel time penalties and no traffic-caused safety risks.
The problem is in most contexts the pedestrian grade-separation really isn't for the pedestrians at all - the primary beneficiary is car drivers.
The reason pedestrians are stuck waiting at lights everywhere that are brutally long are because of priority given to car movements, exacerbated by Calgary's obsession for leading advanced protected turns further delaying pedestrian crossings almost everywhere. If a long wait to cross is a concern for pedestrians, deviating to climb a set of stairs up or down, cross then get back to street level often takes an even longer amount of time, plus adds big accessibility barriers for strollers, wheelchairs etc.
For downtown the Plus-15 system is pretty appealing because it's fairly well integrated and matured as a system - the deviation from the path of travel isn't often seen as a that, often because the system has evolved that the places you are trying to go are often already on the 2nd floor anyway like the shops and services, plus you can cross multiple blocks reasonably directly (once you make it to the second level). So the drawbacks to grade-separation have been mitigated somewhat, but effectively creating a "pedestrian layer" above the street level. Weather protection is a big plus too.
It's not perfect though - accessing the +15s remains an issue as entrances are random and inconsistent, wayfinding can be challenging, directness isn't always the best.
So grade-separation can work - but the design and context must prioritize pedestrian movements. In many cases, a simpler and cheaper way to make it quicker and safer to walk around without any of the accessibility issues would be to just use pedestrian activated controlled crossing at street level that actually favours pedestrian crossings (i.e. the traffic signal actually changes when you press the button, not 3 minutes later).
CalgaryTiger
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I just posted something on this in the roads thread.
The most for surface crossings are scramble intersections ones that completely stop all car traffic and allow pedestrians to cross anywhere. IMO they need to be used much more prominently, specifically at 1st Street and 6th Avenue SW downtown. The left turn from 1st Street NB to 6th Ave WB causes a lot of close calls.
I think the buttons work that way in the UK, and they're great.
Doing that here would require pedestrians to actually not cross on a solid hand, and I can't see that happening. So many lights skip the pedestrian cycle that we're trained to just cross anyway. You can see this in action in the scramble crosswalks near Eau Claire - pedestrians are only supposed to go on the single combined walk signal, but they also go during the green with hand, and drivers expect it.
whatchyyc
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Btw the tunnel is actually quite spacious, it's just that this guy's 360 camera is mounted on a pole to get far above his head.
Also, the pathway running along the border between Riverbend and Quarry Park has a nice crossing with 18th Street similar to what you described—just a regular signal that changes to red as soon as you push the button.
The new signals they put on Ogden Road @ 78 Avenue are also nice, the N-S ped crossings stay red all the time so if you want to cross E-W, the light can go yellow immediately. But anyone going N-S can push the button and get a walk signal immediately as well.
Cgloins
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YYCALGARY
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It is. The other one is background centre-right in your photo.