King Eddy Renewal - Cantos Music Foundation

[drewboy12]

I love this design. Calgary needs to rebuild the east end... New King eddy, New flames Arena... They need to get rid of the low income housing in that area though.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by drewboy12

I love this design. Calgary needs to rebuild the east end... New King eddy, New flames Arena... They need to get rid of the low income housing in that area though.

A truly vibrant community includes people from all income levels in life.

[IliketoPuck]

This is great for Calgary!

I am good friends with someone who works for Cantos. What an excellent step forward for Calgary.

[Yasa]

They'd all be pretty cool if they weren't so lame.

[frinkprof]

I went to the event as well. This will be a high quality project that I'm sure will be a great addition to the city and region. The restoration of the King Eddy alone is a great thing. I can't wait to go have a few drinks there.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Cost to build is estimated at $110.5M, they have $75M from the 3 levels of government, and have raised another $6M privately already.

These renderings are as close to the final version as we'll get before construction commences, it is modified quite a bit from the original proposal that Allied put together that won the competition.

Did they say when construction is scheduled to begin (and end)?

[frinkprof]

^Depends on funding, but they are looking at a 2 year construction period.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

A truly vibrant community includes people from all income levels in life.

Bowness is the ultimate example of this. You have muti-million dollar estates along the river and across the street is low-income apartments.

I got to play with Eddie Willis of the Funk Brothers at Hexter's last weekend. He is the primary guitar player in the studio band from Detroit that innovated the Motown sound. His friend Gary Martin (local legend) has been playing Motown in Bowness for eight years now, and every Sunday hundreds of people of all races, religions, ages, preferences, etc etc show up to see the show.

Eddie Willis was so moved by the Bownesian response to him and his music and life legacy, that he wants to come back to play at Hexters. For those not up to speed, check out "Living In The Shadow of Motown". Eddie Willis and the boys have played on more number 1 recordings than The Beatles, The Beachboys, The Rolling Stones, and Elvis Presley combined.

As far as Cantos goes, this is awesome news. The design is amazing, and will be a key part in making Calgary truly cosmopolitan.

As an aside, Cantos currently hold an all-ages blues jam on the last Monday of every month. I will be bringing one of my co-worker's daughters for the first time this month to check it out. She wants to learn Clarinet, and damn it we need more blues Clarinet players! Some of the kids that play down there are unbelievable.