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fromyeg
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She gone.
(Unrelated, but went to Van Loc today for the first time since ownership changed a few years ago. Still great. Would recommend.
)Pro.N
New Member
Shot from today, with Mary Burlie Park renewal.
kcantor
Senior Member
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Out of curiosity, are you shooting through the glazing or from EPCOR Tower’s exterior deck?
Out of curiosity, are you shooting through the glazing or from EPCOR Tower’s exterior deck?
Pro.N
New Member
Exterior deck
kcantor
Senior Member
Always happy to see them being used!
barhonda
New Member
Is there a plan to get rid of the 97st train overpass and bring everything to grade? Seems like this would be the appropriate time to do it.
buildings
Active Member
wonder why they're excavating the northern part of the park? soil remediation or something else?
husky
Active Member
There are currently no plans to get rid of it.
archited
Senior Member
In the effort to repeat myself... they should sell it to Qualico so that they can put up twin residential/mixed use towers here with a direct station connection to 97th Street LRT ghost station.
Out of Towner
Active Member
I think you would be surprised at how much support there is for keeping the 97th street overpass as is. A couple or three months ago I said the same thing on here that you just did and they brought out their pitch forks.
archited
Senior Member
It is pretty easy to imagine the overpass as part of Qualico's blocks-long linear park that then extends to include Mary Burlie Park, and the pedestrian way between 96th and 97th Street, all as an interconnected unit. If the bridge goes then there would be an unnecessary gap in that potential spirit-lifting experience. In my mind that would be a decisive move backwards for downtown.
dkazzed
Active Member
I'm on team keep some sort of overpass, but I wonder how the current one is doing structurally? And if it were to be replaced, is it feasible? Could a new one be built not as thick since it only has to support pedestrians and maybe a maintenance vehicle or food trucks, in addition to static loads, and we gain more height clearance for vehicles below? Take out the sidewalks, bring all pedestrians above, and make the roadway a little wider?
I think the removal of the overpass and levelling everything to grade ship sailed when they built RAM.
I think the removal of the overpass and levelling everything to grade ship sailed when they built RAM.
SarcasticMarmot
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I really like the idea of levelling the pedestrian part and keeping the roadway underpass. I walk through those tunnels regularly, and it is.... unpleasant...
Out of Towner
Active Member
What's wrong with bringing 97 Street up to grade and then placing a pedestrian bridge over 97 Street? The underpass as it exists is a bottleneck that hinders development along the 97 Street corridor and it doesn't meet any historic criteria for keeping it. The Qualico project probably wouldn't exist today if the 101 Street underpass wasn't removed and the same goes for the development along 109 Street if the Rat Hole hadn't been removed. Accommodating an underpass by modifying the building around it is an urban planning mistake that makes little sense. Store fronts or podiums have to be at street level for them to have any chance of being commercially successful because a street level dead zone is created by the different elevations and any foot traffic that might occur by way of the current arrangement would be minimal.