I thought this was closed already. Used to use this tunnel when I lived in the area. Never saw anyone down there, only smelled the urine.
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Originally Posted by Cameron Swift
Used to use it often when I worked close by. Always smelled of piss and had to step over a couple of sleeping/drunken hobos once, but didn't bump into too many people down there otherwise. When there was someone coming the other way it became a fun game of working out whether trouble might be coming or not.
Can confirm. Used to use it when I took the train home from Flames games, and took many a piss in that tunnel. I figured I can't make this petri-dish tunnel possibly smell any worse than it already does.
Back in the early 80s the Tradewinds Hotel was on that east side corner, and the Kal Tire was a Sears Tire and repair shop, and may have been something else too as I thought the original Sears auto service was where the Shell further north, at the time the hotel was there.
Anyways, I assume this tunnel was built for the hotel patrons to get to Chinook easier, as there wouldn't be any residential near there when they was built, nor is there now.
I don't think there was much else on that side while the hotel was there, which was long before the Home Depot. The Tradewinds apparently also have a tavern which was a bit rough, so likely didn't need patrons trying to cross Macleod either.
Really surprised it wasn't closed earlier given that it really didn't have a purpose for the past couple decades.
When the Tradewinds was there, to the north of it were the car dealerships. The VW place that moved north on Macleod; Calgary Honda, Courtesy Chrysler and Maclin Ford which all moved to the Auto Mall.
And yes, the tavern was kinda rough but still fun. Better than the T & C was.
Pados VW (and Porsche) was south of the Tradewinds. It changed it's name to Southcentre Fine Cars when it moved north of the Tradewinds.
The store and food floor were the SE part of the mall yes, I’m talking about the free standing structure that is Kal Tire now. Prior to Kal Tire after Woodward’s left, it was Sears auto centre which again, moved from where the Shell is when Chinook and Sears itself did one of the many renovations 25 years ago or whenever.
As far as car dealers, just assumed that Tower Chrysler got its name from just a the generic Calgary Tower landmark within the city. However, saw a video from 1972 on Reddit and Tower Chrysler was on the west side of Centre street, right downtown in or just past Chinatown on 5th Ave...with the Tower obviously just down the street.
Edit: Yes, Woodward auto centres, as in this clip, you can see this crew hanging out in the Tradewinds parking lot across from Chinook and Woodward’s sign in the back. Calgary Honda to the north.
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Would it be that costly? Could it not be rolled into peace officers rotation? We've been talking a lot about Westbrook station, imagine what it would look like if no peace officer ever went there.
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Would it be that costly? Could it not be rolled into peace officers rotation? We've been talking a lot about Westbrook station, imagine what it would look like if no peace officer ever went there.
I think they would consider it if pedestrians actually needed or used the tunnel. There are two safe overpasses to cross macloed on the same block so there isn’t much need to keep this one open.
Would it be that costly? Could it not be rolled into peace officers rotation? We've been talking a lot about Westbrook station, imagine what it would look like if no peace officer ever went there.
It can get quite costly depending on what kind of monitoring you want. You want security or police on each side of it, to make sure no undesirables go down there or stay down there? You only want them there during 'busy' times, or 24/7? Is one guard enough? What about all the other tunnels? Police and Bylaw are already there pretty frequently as is (as noted in the OP). Do you put a couple cameras down there and pay someone to sit and watch the cameras? During busy times? Night time? 24/7? Security isn't cheap.
At what point does the cost of monitoring/maintaining the barely used tunnel outweigh it's actual (or even it's perceived) benefit?
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