Calgary SSP Development Listing

[jayswin]

I really wish they would have put these super tall towers more in the middle downtown. The skyline's going to look weird from a lot of angles when these are done.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

According to skyscraperpage.com's diagram page, it'll be the 18th tallest when accounting for other proposed or under construction buildings in Canada. It'll be the 2nd tallest in western Canada.

If you only compare it against finished buildings, it would be the 4th tallest in Canada.

Ok yeah. Wiki lists buildings and structures differently. CN tower does not count as a building by the definition I used.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I really wish they would have put these super tall towers more in the middle downtown. The skyline's going to look weird different from a lot of angles when these are done.

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[Table 5]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I really wish they would have put these super tall towers more in the middle downtown. The skyline's going to look weird from a lot of angles when these are done.

Just more incentive to push past 1000' when the next one is built in the CBD.

[SeeGeeWhy]

People value east facing views from Downtown?

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy

People value east facing views from Downtown?

Avgeeks can watch the action at YYC.

[Manhattanboy]

I think it’s fantastic. The new arena along with the BMO centre will be the catalysts for continued urban renewal in the area for years to come.

It amazes me how the arena naysayers would have been perfectly satisfied with the loss of the Flames and no inner city growth.

These projects are a defining moment in the history of our city.

[jayswin]

100%. Definitely no more nuance to the city paying hundreds of millions to fund billionaires and their arena that they'll profit from than "arena naysayers would have been satisficed with the loss of the Flames and no inner city growth". Jesus.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by jayswin

100%. Definitely no more nuance to the city paying hundreds of millions to fund billionaires and their arena that they'll profit from than "arena naysayers would have been satisficed with the loss of the Flames and no inner city growth". Jesus.

Everyone knows libs hate inner city growth. It’s what we’ve been fighting against for decades. Urban sprawl forever!!

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I really wish they would have put these super tall towers more in the middle downtown. The skyline's going to look weird from a lot of angles when these are done.

I also think it is a bit weird to have such tall buildings in that area. However, I don’t think you can get much taller than Brookfield downtown, as those would potentially block sunlight on the river.

[Joborule]

Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug

I also think it is a bit weird to have such tall buildings in that area. However, I don’t think you can get much taller than Brookfield downtown, as those would potentially block sunlight on the river.

Think you would be able to pull off that height by the parking lots nearby the courthouse. (Wildhorse tent)

[Fighting Banana Slug]

Originally Posted by Joborule

Think you would be able to pull off that height by the parking lots nearby the courthouse. (Wildhorse tent)

I suppose the further south you go, the taller it could be, that is true. Just saying the shade factor is part of the process.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug

I suppose the further south you go, the taller it could be, that is true. Just saying the shade factor is part of the process.

Yeah, middle but south was the way to go. to make it look normal.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Everyone knows libs hate inner city growth. It’s what we’ve been fighting against for decades. Urban sprawl forever!!

In this country, the politics of sprawl are waaaaay messier than I think any of you want to admit. When you get right down to it, the divide isn’t really left vs. right -- it’s one word:

Parenthood.

Once kids enter the picture, people overwhelmingly shift -- irrespective of their political ideology -- toward the single family detached house; the Holy Grail of suburbia. They want a fenced yard, extra bedrooms for grandma to visit, and quiet streets without any riff-raff. I know some people who are left-leaning to a degree that it's kind of annoying to spend too much time with them, but the second they popped out a kid, it was time to find a place in the up-and-coming community of Timbuktu, best accessed by 22X... by way of sheer willpower to drive that bloody far.

/tangent