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What do you think of this project?

  • I like it a lot

    Votes: 27 45.8%

  • I like it

    Votes: 30 50.8%

  • I neither like nor dislike it

    Votes: 2 3.4%

  • I dislike it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I dislike it a lot

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    59
NicolBolas said:
Hopefully this project puts some life back into Whyte Avenue.

After visiting Nashville, Whyte Avenue could very much replicate Broadway's appeal.
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It’s a very Edmonton thing to complain about how bad the bar/club/nightlife scene is in the city while also almost never going to any of the great establishments we have and supporting the scene so it can grow.
 
Nashville is a bit of an entertainment destination for the US and beyond. While it could be an inspiration for things here, and I hope it is, I don't know if we can expect or want to get to that level of activity.

The addition of people nearby in this project and others in the area will probably help improve Whyte Ave, so it just doesn't rely on the young University and suburban crowd.
 
Not sure what's going on with Nashville, but my 20 year old is hankering to go there with a group as her first trip without mom/dad. Maybe it's a TikTok thing?
 
It's a major tourist conference, food, music, outdoor and now sport destination.

16million tourists/yr vs Edmonton's '6mil', but it's why they are going and what for that's the real driver and difference. If you aren't going to the Grand Ole, you are on Broadway drinking, eating, spending, listening, patio-ing and spending; the shear amount of money and fun that being had mid-week there was significant. That simply does not happen on Whyte to anywhere near that extent. It felt like Vegas mixed with New Orleans and Sunset BLVD in West Hollywood shaken with blue curaçao and topped with bourbon and a piece of extruded meat.

I was there for 12hrs waiting for a flight and spent 6 of them on Broadway.

Enjoy a little tour:
 
IanO said:
It's a major tourist conference, food, music, outdoor and now sport destination.

16million tourists/yr vs Edmonton's '6mil', but it's why they are going and what for that's the real driver and difference. If you aren't going to the Grand Ole, you are on Broadway drinking, eating, spending, listening, patio-ing and spending; the shear amount of money and fun that being had mid-week there was significant. That simply does not happen on Whyte to anywhere near that extent. It felt like Vegas mixed with New Orleans and Sunset BLVD in West Hollywood shaken with blue curaçao and topped with bourbon and a piece of extruded meat.

I was there for 12hrs waiting for a flight and spent 6 of them on Broadway.

Enjoy a little tour:
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Looks like a great ol' time!!! That's a lot of activity for 6 hrs! I'm a bar hopper so looks like Broadway would be my cup of tea, country music aside😒. What's with that "Country Music Center" pic? What exactly is that? A large multi-venue for up and coming Country music artists?
 
Well there we have it…..our 4th Cidex Hat! Hat@Ville Giroux Block. Question still remains….how tall? “Mid-rise” = ?storeys?

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Most in that area are 5-6 story.
but Council meeting back in 2023 said 16-20 story
 
Looks like they are trying to do a little too much. Less is more with the mix of colours.
 
I'm pretty sure this building is considered 'Block 1B' of the project. I'm not sure the full scale of the build. But maybe we'll see a tower after this phase.
1B is being built behind a playground and not street facing. I'm interested to see what they're going to do next 👀
 
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