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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Medal Plaza: Olympic Plaza already exists, no new costs.
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Agree with most of your list, except for this one. Olympic plaza is one tired dog with all that cold concrete, fake roman columns, and bunkery hills. It may have been ok in the 80s, but holding ceremonies there would be kind of embarrassing considering how future-facing Olympics tend to be.
I think is primed for redevelopment into something much higher quality, and an Olympics could be the catalyst to do that. In my dream costs-be-damned scenario, Macleod Trail in front of city hall is dropped below grade, and we connect Olympic Plaza/Stephen Ave with the city hall plaza to create one big gathering space.
There is actually already talk of tunnelling through City hall to East Village and upgrading McLeod Trail to more of a scenic boulevard. Upgrading Olympic Plaza as well makes sense.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...tegy-1.3220225