03-26-2018, 03:10 PM
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THE Chuck Storm
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary
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New Calgary stuff you love...(The Non-Nostalgia Thread)
Inspired by pylon's thread about the good ol' days of Calgary, let's talk about the awesome stuff that is propelling this city forward into a new era.
Restaurants, buildings, new services, businesses...
I'll start with the New Central Library, which went from this...
To this...(so far)
Shameless plug, we own/operate OwlBox Construction Time-Lapse..doing this project...
I've been inside recently - filming - and it is incredible. This building is going to be unlike anything this city has ever seen. Just amazing.
What do you love?
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03-26-2018, 03:32 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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- Local Microbreweries
- Retro Barcades
- Bike infrastructure (no thanks to Mr Sean Chu)
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03-26-2018, 03:34 PM
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CP Pontiff
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: A pasture out by Millarville
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The Rotary/Mattamy Greenway, a pathway 138 KM circling the city. I think it was just completed last summer.
Hope to give it a go next summer.
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03-26-2018, 03:35 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Military Museum
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03-26-2018, 03:50 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
The Rotary/Mattamy Greenway, a pathway 138 KM circling the city. I think it was just completed last summer.
Hope to give it a go next summer.
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http://www.parksfdn.com/greenway/
That is pretty cool.
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03-26-2018, 04:47 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Military Museum
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Couldn't agree more. I was more than a little surprised about the quality of it. Far bigger than I thought after years of driving past in on Crowchild. If you haven't been, I recommend you do. You could spend a day in there easily. Very, very impressive.
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03-26-2018, 04:49 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
The Rotary/Mattamy Greenway, a pathway 138 KM circling the city. I think it was just completed last summer.
Hope to give it a go next summer.
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As far as I am aware there are still some missing sections. A friend tried to do it last summer and there were some parts he had to navigate off road and such. But it is doable. I plan to do it this summer also!
https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...te_0914_r2.pdf
https://www.strava.com/activities/1109767660
Last edited by worth; 03-26-2018 at 04:56 PM.
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03-26-2018, 04:57 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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National Music Centre
B-Line Indoor Bike Park
Calgary Climbing Centre - Rocky Mountain
Pandas!
Cannabis stores popping up on every block!
Pin-Bar
Last edited by troutman; 03-26-2018 at 05:02 PM.
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03-26-2018, 05:00 PM
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Scoring Winger
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The Rocky Ridge YMCA
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03-26-2018, 05:01 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reneeee
Retro Barcades
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This feels like cheating
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03-26-2018, 05:22 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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bike lanes
peace bridge
civic art installations
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03-26-2018, 05:32 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
This feels like cheating
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Old stuff that left and then came back in a new nostalgic format you love (The nostalgia but still here so not really nostalgia thread).
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03-26-2018, 07:47 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
The Rotary/Mattamy Greenway, a pathway 138 KM circling the city. I think it was just completed last summer.
Hope to give it a go next summer.
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The NE part of it is pretty impressive. My wife and I used it while she was training for her half-marathon. Long enough to run without too much issue. Varied enough terrain to provide some challenge but nothing overly crazy. Decently busy but not packed. Good stuff.
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03-26-2018, 08:41 PM
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One of the Nine
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Stoney Trail is the best road improvement of my life. I know lots of you don't use it (which is pretty convenient for me), but I use it all the time, and the way it's made my life easier, not being dependent on Deerfoot has been just awesome.
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03-26-2018, 08:45 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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The downtown cycle track is by far the biggest improvement to my quality of life in the time I've been living in Calgary (2002-present). It's reduced my commute from a 30-minute walk each way to a 15-minute bike ride, giving me an extra 2.5 hours of my life back every week.
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03-26-2018, 08:58 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
National Music Centre
B-Line Indoor Bike Park
Calgary Climbing Centre - Rocky Mountain
Pandas!
Cannabis stores popping up on every block!
Pin-Bar
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We've had pandas here before.
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03-26-2018, 09:01 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
Stoney Trail is the best road improvement of my life. I know lots of you don't use it (which is pretty convenient for me).
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Shhhhhhhh
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03-26-2018, 09:06 PM
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ALL ABOARD!
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Bike paths and infrastructure everywhere.
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03-26-2018, 09:12 PM
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First Line Centre
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Hayden Block
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03-26-2018, 10:13 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Peace Bridge
River Walk
George C King Bridge
St Patrick's Island Park
Calgary Tower light show
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