Great analysis, and I agree with much of what you wrote. I wonder if another element is a sort of bandwagon effect - perhaps when fewer...

I, for one, am inspired to do some grass sitting this summer. Maybe a forum meetup idea, I think we can even openly drink in some parks?

[Long off-topic planning rant incoming alert] On the very on-topic subject of whether Calgarians sit on grass in parks at a level that...

I don't get it, the area is full of fairly large apartment buildings....

Saw some interesting facts about the old buildings on Facebook, and thought I'd share them here, along with some old photos. It was the...

100% agree. Stampede Station will be skyline-altering but this project would really push 17th towards the trajectory of being one of...

Its becoming a pretty great urban street so I'm not surprised that people want to live near it (or that developers are confident that...

Overall it looks good. So great to see something proposed on an empty lot.

This would be significantly less political than SP. The Stampede has every reason themselves, as does the city, to expand the East...

Absolutely love how the neglected east side of 17th Avenue, east of 4 Street, is finally reaching its potential after several long decades.

In other development news, First on Seventeenth is launching their project website today. https://firstonseventeenth.com/ Located...