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Originally Posted by fotze
Calgary is weird though. I'm thinking of those neighborhoods near the Anderson, Southland and Heritage stations. They are kinda ratty areas, but I'm not sure they are ratty because they are ratty or because the LRT is there. I wish they made a few commercial areas around the stations, so that they aren't wastelands otherwise.
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Originally Posted by Table 5
Ideally, there would be no single-family houses RIGHT NEXT to a station as it's a bit of a density waste. Around stations there should exist higher density housing/commercial, [...]
I would assume that the city is trying to densify the neighborhoods around these stations like they are around the UofC.
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To the first post, here is a concept rendering from the Anderson Station Area Plan draft:
As for the second post and new stations, and more importantly on the topic of the West LRT, here is a couple concept renderings from the Westbrook Village Area Plan:
Note that these renderings don't show the exact buildings that are going to be built, they are just to give you an idea of the scale and layout of the areas.
Here is something that will be built though. The Westbrook Station entrance will actually be built as part of a new office building that will house LRT operations, as well as retail on the ground floor.
There will be underground parking for this building, and since it can't go directly beneath the building due to the LRT tunnel being there, it will be built partially under 33rd Street.
