11-25-2011, 02:11 PM
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#1381
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola
That looks impressive, longer then I expected. That's what she said!
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11-25-2011, 02:11 PM
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#1382
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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I only moved into Sunnyside late July, so I missed this survey to add my $0.02. Too bad. Unacceptable that the nearest latte is now 3 blocks walking instead of one on the north side of the bridge.
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11-25-2011, 02:15 PM
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#1383
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by octothorp
Sucks that the north end of the bridge would have just been a block from the nearest place you could get a latte (Vendome), but we'll now need to walk three blocks to get there.
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I have tweeted this information as "Breaking News". 
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11-25-2011, 02:16 PM
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#1384
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
Dumb, dumb, dumb. I was under the impression the plan was to always move the 7th street crossing to 8th. Unless the elevation change from road level up the bridge made this impractical.
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I can't believe that was the consensus opinion. Unless it was people who figured the bridge was expensive, lets make it useless too or something. Having no crossing by the bridge makes it way less useful. It only saved a few blocks for anyone anyway, now it's 1 less.
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11-25-2011, 02:21 PM
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#1385
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by octothorp
Yeah, I filled out a survey, it was probably about a year and a half ago. I voted for moving the crossing to 8th and not restricting turns there.
Sucks that the north end of the bridge would have just been a block from the nearest place you could get a latte (Vendome), but we'll now need to walk three blocks to get there.
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Well apparently you're one of the few intelligent residents in the community!
A year and a half ago I lived bath robe stumbling distance to Vendome and got nothing??? bah!
So really there were 3 options...
1) Leave things as they are (worst scenario for vehicles and pedestrians)
2) Move it to 8th, close 8th (better for pedestrians, still bad for vehicles)
3) Move it to 8th, keep 8th open (best for pedestrians AND cars)
Makes sense to pick option 1... 
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11-25-2011, 02:34 PM
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#1387
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Seriously, that's just stupid. The bridge is between 8th and 9th, so:
- Anyone coming from / going to 7th and further east would be unaffected by moving the crossing to 8th.
- Anyone coming from / going to 8th or further west would avoid a two-block detour.
The city leadership should just overrule the citizens here, IMO. I live like 8 blocks from the bridge and it was hard to see myself ever using even with a crossing at 8th... even harder now.
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11-25-2011, 03:51 PM
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#1388
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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11-25-2011, 04:02 PM
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#1389
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Drool worthy.
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11-25-2011, 04:08 PM
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#1390
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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Bah, my kid could come up with something that looks better than that. :P
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11-25-2011, 04:10 PM
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#1391
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Franchise Player
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^^^ You should hire him out, I understand we paid quite a bit for that design.
Personally, I think it looks awesome.
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11-25-2011, 04:13 PM
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#1392
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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BTW, are there any plans to have a latte-sipping CP meetup when the bridge is officially opened? Because I am SO there. 
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11-25-2011, 04:26 PM
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#1393
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarchHare
Bah, my kid could come up with something that looks better than that. :P
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Did he submit a design for the St. Patrick's bridge?
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11-25-2011, 04:29 PM
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#1394
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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^^^ You should hire him out, I understand we paid quite a bit for that design.
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Did he submit a design for the St. Patrick's bridge?
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Is green text really that necessary? I don't even have a kid -- I was mocking all the posters who said exactly that line when the Peace Bridge design was unveiled years ago.
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11-25-2011, 04:42 PM
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#1395
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola
That looks impressive, longer then I expected. That's what she said!
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Yeah, same here. At first I thought it wasn't going to go all the way across. But now to find out that it does in fact go from one side to the other, is excellent news.
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11-25-2011, 06:31 PM
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#1396
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Norm!
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I thought that seeing it going across the river today would change my mind about the design and I would be inspired, or grow to like it.
But I understand not everyone likes everything that everyone else likes.
But if its good enough for Black Archer, I guess I'll just have to live with it, since I'll never be using it.
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11-25-2011, 06:33 PM
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#1397
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Lifetime Suspension
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Going to look really sweet when the temporary bridge underneath it is removed.
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11-25-2011, 06:41 PM
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#1398
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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11-25-2011, 07:07 PM
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#1399
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
I saw a guy setting up a tripod and camera today at about 4:30, was that you?
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No, this is my friends image. I haven't been down there yet.
Might check out the bridge on Sunday.
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11-25-2011, 07:09 PM
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#1400
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First Line Centre
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They should have gone with blue.
I like it. Plan on checking it out tomorrow.
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