Recent content by roe_

:rolleyes:I certainly don't take pleasure, but I also don't hand-wring about being left behind. Edmonton should be Edmonton and worry less about being compared to Calgary.

A sign that the market in some cities is truly messed up. Not healthy at all.

Instead of going flashy or artificial, why not make the gondola reflect the river valley. Make each car feel like you are stepping into the woods as you float among the trees. Have massive windows, use local wood, make it feel Scandinavian chic instead of tacky Las Vegas knock off. I bet you...

Proof that money can't buy good taste...

On an unrelated noted, those Christmas decorations suspended on wires over the street looked amazing.

All I can think about when I see photos like this are the people recently who claimed the City couldn't finish projects and that we shouldn't be building so much...

I love European architecture, but it doesn't have to look European to be good architecture.

Is it legal to consider cumulative effects? Wouldn't that mean that the use of a property would depend largely on when it was bought or developed relative to the whole neighbourhood? Doesn't that essentially mean that despite the same zoning, you can probably redevelop in a new neighbourhood...

My understanding is that the pool was built to be exactly 50m, which became a problem with computerized timing systems for competition that require room for the touch pad. It probably was prohibitively expensive to add a very small amount of room just for competitions, so it was left. I suspect...

I really hope we can come up with a catchy name for the "apparatus". The circlet? Borealis beacon? Lueur?

Based on some comments, it seems like the two biggest things holding Edmonton back from true greatness are the dip in Jasper and the hairpin turn on Gateway. Who knew 😵‍💫

If the issue is crime and disorder around transit, I think the real question here is whether installing entrance barriers is the best use of money. It will likely cost millions to purchase, install and maintain the equipment, so some thought should be given to other solutions, which may be more...

I get the concern, but it also seems reasonable to require homes in Blatchford to use the utility that was purpose-built for heating/cooling. If you could use any system at any time, you wouldn't be able to amortize the cost of the district geothermal utility over time. The only difference I...

Not really interested in mercury jockeying with you about winter weather. You are entitled to your opinion, but I think you are wrong. Concrete is very expensive, it is susceptible to the freeze thaw cycle in Edmonton and, most importantly, I don't think the amount being used in the Warehouse...

Pave the whole park then. But this seems like the classic Edmonton approach that we can't learn anything from anywhere else "because its different here".