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Originally Posted by Bigtime
There is already lots there:
-Olympic Plaza
-Prince's Island and Eau Claire area
-The Glenbow museum
-Millenium Park
-Stephen Avenue
-The Core mall
-the newly renovated Central Memorial Park
-1st Street SW with the wonderful new Haultain park for kids
-17th avenue
-4th street SW
What's needed are bodies on the street, walking the spaces and interacting with their environment. You can build all you want, but without people using it nothing will move forward.
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Fair point.
My biggest beef in moving back to Calgary from overseas is the (comparatively) pathetic public transportation. Lack of service, lack of routes, and lack of decent technology for information (pdf maps? Seriously?). This could even be extended to taxis - non-existent, overpriced and really not feasible as a means of transportation. If it is not convenient for me to go there I will not go unless there is something special or spectacular that draws me - while those things you mentioned are nice they are just not good enough for me to go through the hassles of getting there.
Perhaps I was just spoiled by living in a city (and country) with outstanding public transportation and governments with the willingness and foresight to get it done.