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^^ stopped paying attention to his self important gibberish years ago.

^ prolly referring to the follow spot gondola

I think MacEwan almost single handedly lit a spark in this city vis-a-vis new and striking architecture.

^^ you'd think someone in the Mayor's office would proofread the statement before it is issued. I see a spelling mistake, a punctuation...

back in the year whenever, I needed surgery to fix my 3rd broken nose. At the time, both the UofA and Royal Alex had big wait times so...

^the area couldn't even support the 7-11 across the street from the old IGA, nor, it seems, the Anatoli Food store as they haven't...

the protruding wings enclosing the balconies have a brick texture; either stamped into the precast concrete or an added veneer.

web site has little info. Interesting that early on, CNIB was touting that (some?) units would be specially designed for people with...

^ yup. studios and/or 1brs targeting students. When VLW gets going will probably be attractive to UofA students as well.

those are going to be quite small units. If you look at the photo and assume the unit's front door opening is 3' wide, then counting the...

When I first moved here in 1980, the south end of 96st was just a collection of flop houses and sketchy hotels; was the worst couple of...

^Oliver

^most likely done as part of accessibility; parents with strollers, bicycles, others with mobility issues. But you're right, the...

wonder if the site that held the Pope's visit circa 1980ish would be suitable. located at the intersection of the Henday and 97 St...