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  1. thommyjo

    Downtown Crime

    I felt similar when they had the Disney symphony in the square in august. Literally 20,000 people come to it, most with kids. And there were multiple people passed out or doing drugs in shelters for the valley line. EPS are cowards at this point. Bunch of them getting paid 2-3x their already...
  2. thommyjo

    Blatchford Development | ?m | ?s | City of Edmonton

    Anyone have pics of pilot? Seems to be flying.
  3. thommyjo

    Miscellaneous

    The challenge is that there’s only so much demand for price points and types of housing. So when we continue to build high density in suburbs with no walkability or transit, far from job centres and main streets, it works against all our goals. While some people are very particular about where...
  4. thommyjo

    Valley West Apartments | 21m | 6s | Beljan | Hodgson Schilf Evans Architects

    Did we have a thread for this already? Or maybe I’d just posted in the valley line thread. Shared about this a few times as clarity was doing the rezoning.
  5. thommyjo

    Stanley A. Milner Library | ?m | 6s | EPL | Teeple Architects

    Library is 9/10 inside. Amazing design. More money and starting from scratch could make it a 10 (Calgary’s really felt more grand than ours. Like a Uni building). Outside is 3/10 at best. And such a premier spot. A huge mistake. Any claims that it’s “not that bad” is honestly part of the...
  6. thommyjo

    Hat @ 122 | 35.96m | 12s | Cidex Group | NORR

    It looks more empty than I’d expect tbh. Lots of empty rooms looking through windows.
  7. thommyjo

    Miscellaneous

    Does the city not realize that every time they approve hundreds of apartment units in a suburb with literally no transit beyond “on demand” that it’s going to drop our proportion of non car travel (a key goal in the city plan)? Do they think that one day people will suddenly start bussing from...
  8. thommyjo

    Miscellaneous

    Edgemont apartments. New suburbs love these gas station views from apartments ❤️ Also, 0 transit in this area, but 4 large apartments! Literally working against all the goals of our city plan 👏👏
  9. thommyjo

    Miscellaneous

    Would love to see this built.
  10. thommyjo

    Downtown Real Estate

    “According to Mitton, Leston plans to remove large concrete slabs that make up a significant portion of the exterior cladding and replace it with glass, which he said will give the building a fresh new look.” Big upgrade to the Albany, soon to be called “Access” it sounds like!
  11. thommyjo

    Municipal Politics

    Interested to see his platform. Could be a strong candidate based on prior role. Anyone have insight on him and his positions?
  12. thommyjo

    Car-Free Streets

    Idk if over analyzing is the right word. There’s hundreds of books, papers, and research projects looking into this. Of course it’s multifaceted and blaming just 1 or 2 things would be naive and overly simplistic. But it’s undeniable that people are 1) spending less time in public spaces with...
  13. thommyjo

    The Mercury Block | 21.7m | 6s

    Seems like this is a new store? Or maybe just another pop up? https://www.instagram.com/postandbrood?igsh=eG10bHpvZmN0dnli
  14. thommyjo

    Car-Free Streets

    On the surface, yes. But I think what Ian is arguing, which is supported by a lot of research, is that the shifts over the last 50 years to larger homes, suburban layouts, car dependency, gated communities, private backyards, television/video games, home offices/gyms, etc can be correlated to...
  15. thommyjo

    Falcon Towers | 170m | 44s | Langham Developments | Arc Studio

    Making our DT attractive for families to live in still feels like a red herring. Not a bad goal at all, and the 8 80 principle for building cities is wise to follow. But realistically, Vancouver can only get 5-10% of households in the core to have kids (source) and they have: 1. astronomical...
  16. thommyjo

    Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

    Ok, I think this is awesome. I really like this. Only downside might be the NAIT and St Albert connection not being as direct?
  17. thommyjo

    Municipal Politics

    Most criminals deserve to be “stigmatized”. Violent offenders, drug dealers, pedophiles, robbers, etc etc. please do stigmatize. If people choose a better path and restore their reputations, amazing. Many do. But for those who don’t, yes, they should feel social judgement for their dishonour...
  18. thommyjo

    Blatchford Development | ?m | ?s | City of Edmonton

    Except that these exact units and layouts are selling out easily in new suburbs.
  19. thommyjo

    Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

    I legit think we might be on pause for a decade sadly.

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