Coprolite said:
The bungalows seemed to just really miss a mark and were a weird choice for the neighbourhood. They're much more lacklustre builds than Landmark, Encore and Crimson Cove brought to the table. They were supposed to be accessible, but the actual design still isn't great, and they've been overwhelmingly the worst at offering any kind of accessory unit options of any builder to attempt to build here. And the prices aren't really a great savings over the townhouses despite being rather less house.

This isn't saying that bungalows are bad and couldn't work,, only that Streetside seems to just be kind of flailiing around here while better builders are selling houses.
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Yeah. It’s such a weird build. Like who is the market for a 1 bedroom for 500k?

If you’re a retiree, you’ll go for a suburban bungalow probably or a condo building. If you want nature, there’s lots of offerings in the SW along the river valley/creeks.

This location is safe imo, but many would see it as “inner city” vs other options. So that’ll scare off some. If you want yards/space, these don’t offer much and will soon have a 6 story project on the SW edge across their street.

Just no idea why you’d buy these over landmark in blatchford, or a condo in Oliver, or a bungalow/condo in the suburbs.
 
I also noticed how ridiculously wide some of the sidewalks are, some are so wide they make 132 Ave. look good. The spacing from opposite buildings across the street from each other could have been reduced by as much as 50%
Check out the link: Typical Blatchford sidewalks you will notice 2 random garbage cans, bike locks and benches, and a grade separated bike path. We could have had 5x the standard city street done for every length of Blatchford street. The density for this kind of street treatment isn't there for what is being built.
 
constance_chlore said:
Edmonton can have one (1) new neighborhood that's not designed for the terminally car-brained, as a treat.
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No kidding. This isn't something sort of renewal work, this is a brand new neighbourhood; people who live there *want* it this way. And judging by how quickly most townhomes are selling, even before they're framed, I'd say it was a good decision.
 
CplKlinger said:
No kidding. This isn't something sort of renewal work, this is a brand new neighbourhood; people who live there *want* it this way. And judging by how quickly most townhomes are selling, even before they're framed, I'd say it was a good decision.
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In watching election forums so far, I've noticed Cartmell's party candidates have been talking this down as a major failure so far. I know Cartmell wanted to see this go faster, and has questioned city's role in this as have others, but they are talking like no one is living there yet.
 
itom987 said:
I also noticed how ridiculously wide some of the sidewalks are, some are so wide they make 132 Ave. look good. The spacing from opposite buildings across the street from each other could have been reduced by as much as 50%
Check out the link: Typical Blatchford sidewalks you will notice 2 random garbage cans, bike locks and benches, and a grade separated bike path. We could have had 5x the standard city street done for every length of Blatchford street. The density for this kind of street treatment isn't there for what is being built.
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That’s not a typical Blatchford sidewalk. That’s one of the main streets through the neighbourhood that will be lined with mixed-use apartment buildings. The size of the sidewalk makes sense. Most of the side streets have normal sidewalks of a standard width.
 
itom987 said:
I also noticed how ridiculously wide some of the sidewalks are, some are so wide they make 132 Ave. look good. The spacing from opposite buildings across the street from each other could have been reduced by as much as 50%
Check out the link: Typical Blatchford sidewalks you will notice 2 random garbage cans, bike locks and benches, and a grade separated bike path. We could have had 5x the standard city street done for every length of Blatchford street. The density for this kind of street treatment isn't there for what is being built.
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That sidewalk will be fronted by multiple 6 story buildings with commercial at the bottom. This is the main corridor through blatchford, and once the SE and NW areas are built out, it will be quite busy for traffic and pedestrians. I believe a bus route will go down it eventually?
 
By the time Blatchford is built out the sidewalk will have to be renewed. They should have built it to standard specifications first, then widen it when the area is finally built up.
 
itom987 said:
I also noticed how ridiculously wide some of the sidewalks are, some are so wide they make 132 Ave. look good. The spacing from opposite buildings across the street from each other could have been reduced by as much as 50%
Check out the link: Typical Blatchford sidewalks you will notice 2 random garbage cans, bike locks and benches, and a grade separated bike path. We could have had 5x the standard city street done for every length of Blatchford street. The density for this kind of street treatment isn't there for what is being built.
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I believe you found the widest SW in all of Blatchford developed so far located at the intersection of two collector roads. This street view shows what I think is the actual typical SW in the neighbourhood.
 
itom987 said:
That costs a fraction of what they spent at Blatchford.
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Do you have a source for this? I don't see how it'd cost more to use less asphalt and concrete.
BrettB said:
Though to Itom's point, the pavement on the street view already needs maintenance with cracks showing.
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Yeah, this is one of the first roads that got paved in Blatchford, and has seen a lot of heavy equipment and trucks because of all the construction nearby. Hopefully it gets used less for those purposes as Blatchford expands. Though I will note that the sidewalks and multi-use paths are in great shape and won't need to be touched for a while yet, so even when the city eventually grinds and re-paves the road itself, the sidewalks will most likely be left alone.
 
an_edmontonian said:
I believe you found the widest SW in all of Blatchford developed so far located at the intersection of two collector roads. This street view shows what I think is the actual typical SW in the neighbourhood.
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Thank you for bringing sanity back to the coversation. I was literally jaw dropped saying to myself what the fuck OUT LOUD as I read the previous posts.
 
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