northeast Calgary residents pave entire front lawns

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by AMG_G

These look like do it yourself hack jobs

164 Saddleland Crescent NE

http://goo.gl/maps/1eR08

Must have got a good deal.

I retract my earlier post about these being not the worst thing in the world. These are awful.

[jeffporfirio]

I feel terrible for the people who have decent lawns and live in this neighborhood.
I get annoyed by neighbors who have lawns full of weeds or unkempt lawns, I can't imagine living there.
Poor people.

I wonder what the city will do? Hopefully action will be taken before winter...

and, btw, http://bit.ly/1GHs0yE it does look like DIY concrete lawns

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by jeffporfirio

and, btw, http://bit.ly/1GHs0yE it does look like DIY concrete lawns

What's with the pile of cable coming out the front wall of that house to the left? Looks like another DIY hack job of some type.

[Nufy]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

Can anyone explain the reasoning behind leaving this little clump of grass?

https://goo.gl/maps/I0uJS

Are they somehow bypassing the by-law by leaving a "lawn" there?

if you go down the street it changes from Summer to winter as you pass through the intersection...

Instant snow...LOL

[corporatejay]

This is not nearly as bad as people are making it out to be (aside from the DIY).

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

This is not nearly as bad as people are making it out to be (aside from the DIY).

It's worse. Go drive around an established neigbourhood like Dalhousie or Parkland. There are beautiful trees everywhere because the people have actually taken pride in their areas and invested a small amount of money and care to cultivate nice landscapes. Chop down all those trees, replace them with concrete, and what do you think that would do the value and beauty of those areas.

Now juxtapose those nice areas with photos of the ones in this thread of vinyl-sided Airdrie-ville with no trees and too much concrete. How is it overblown? They couldn't possibly look worse.

Plus, instead of looking better with time like good neighbourhoods tend to do, these ones are going to be horrific as they age. Trees, bushes, shrubs, etc. kind of mask the aging of buildings - or at least provide an aesthetically pleasing context for their eventual aged look.

[PsYcNeT]

1) It's ugly as balls

2) It's completely within their right as a homeowner as long as it's within the law

If you wish to live in an area without the possibility of ugly mega-driveways, you should probably move somewhere with an oppressive HOA.

[blueski]

Not to approve what these people are doing, but those lots sure are close together.

[jeffporfirio]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

2) It's completely within their right as a homeowner as long as it's within the law

but, is it?
Or is it a grey area, and not worthwhile for the city to pursue it?, ie, the city has bigger problems to chase, than some people with 6 cars and nowhere to park them.
Honest questions

[RedMileDJ]

nm

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by jeffporfirio

but, is it?
Or is it a grey area, and not worthwhile for the city to pursue it?, ie, the city has bigger problems to chase, than some people with 6 cars and nowhere to park them.
Honest questions

http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/118...ys-since-2008/

There are rules.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/118...ys-since-2008/

There are rules.

Yeah those violate the bylaw then if they were built after 2008. That Rav-4(?) in the Metro pic is like 14ft long, which makes the uni-driveway somewhere ~35ft, well over a 6-7m allowance.

At this point it's really up to the city of enforce them, or for a utility company to need "access" for "reasons" to their lines and to bust up all that ugly concrete.

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Sliver

It's worse. Go drive around an established neigbourhood like Dalhousie or Parkland. There are beautiful trees everywhere because the people have actually taken pride in their areas and invested a small amount of money and care to cultivate nice landscapes. Chop down all those trees, replace them with concrete, and what do you think that would do the value and beauty of those areas.

Now juxtapose those nice areas with photos of the ones in this thread of vinyl-sided Airdrie-ville with no trees and too much concrete. How is it overblown? They couldn't possibly look worse.

Plus, instead of looking better with time like good neighbourhoods tend to do, these ones are going to be horrific as they age. Trees, bushes, shrubs, etc. kind of mask the aging of buildings - or at least provide an aesthetically pleasing context for their eventual aged look.

New suburban neighborhood's depress me in any event, you don't have huge frontage and big trees, it's not like that sliver of grass was going to make a difference. These neighborhood's will never be like the LBC.

[jeffporfirio]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/118...ys-since-2008/

There are rules.

Thanks.
The article you posted does mention that a resident has "submitted numerous complaints about projects in his community that have taken place in the past couple of years but has seen little enforcement action so far"

That is why I asked, if the city has bigger problems to deal with than this?
Real question. Is it a 1st world problem?

[Violator]

Originally Posted by AMG_G

These look like do it yourself hack jobs

164 Saddleland Crescent NE

http://goo.gl/maps/1eR08

You can see why the person did it look at the grass that isn't paved yet

look at July 2012

[Swift]

https://goo.gl/maps/yE1qi

This one appears to have been fully paved from Day 1.

[BlackArcher101]

It would have to be to access the garages. Crap design though, that house had zero front greenery from lot planning stage.

[chemgear]

Man, if they can't even enforce blatantly obvious crap like this then I sure as hell don't want them officially opening up/sanctioning things like secondary suites.

[TKB]

Looks terrible. Wouldn't buy a house in a neighbour hood like that no matter how nice the house was.

[Nsd1]

Originally Posted by Sliver

It's worse. Go drive around an established neigbourhood like Dalhousie or Parkland. There are beautiful trees everywhere because the people have actually taken pride in their areas and invested a small amount of money and care to cultivate nice landscapes. Chop down all those trees, replace them with concrete, and what do you think that would do the value and beauty of those areas.

Now juxtapose those nice areas with photos of the ones in this thread of vinyl-sided Airdrie-ville with no trees and too much concrete. How is it overblown? They couldn't possibly look worse.

Plus, instead of looking better with time like good neighbourhoods tend to do, these ones are going to be horrific as they age. Trees, bushes, shrubs, etc. kind of mask the aging of buildings - or at least provide an aesthetically pleasing context for their eventual aged look.

I'm guessing Dalhousie or Parkland aren't cookie cutter communities. Developers don't plant nice trees, bushes or shrubs anymore. The sod they use is crap and they lay it directly on terrible soil with giant rocks mixed in.
I've lived in the area for a long time, most houses that have a nice yard had to be re-landscaped.

I'll agree that the paved yard doesn't look that nice but I'd rather look at that than a dead lawn with tread marks all over. As for the neighbors, I would say that the vast majority don't care or wish they could do the same. Also most people push their snow into the street, even if they have a lawn. Probably the most annoying thing about living here.