Calgary pics from April and May

[Jimby]

Five West non-identical twin condo towers in the background, the west tower is occupied and the east tower is about to be occupied. The pit in the foreground is Louise Station which is by the same developer as 5west. It will have affordable housing, a fire hall, and a mid-rise condo tower called Solaire.


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Sometimes it snows in April and May. This was April 10th.

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and then it melts by the next day

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the cement truck was heading to Xenex in the next block


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Xenex

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Black Bear Crossing on the Tsuu T'ina Nation next to SW Calgary

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scarf man

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Castello condos. The building should be ready for moving in soon.

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Rotary Flames Park


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my snow Buddha, April 20

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Elbow river in SW Calgary

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ranching and country mansion country just outside SW Calgary


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Meanwhile back in the city... Eighth Avenue Place is a pit right now, but will eventually be 2 office towers costing a billion dollars.


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Vespa heads

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trees

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Centrium Place, a recently completed office building downtown. There are LED strips down 3 sides of the building.

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Energy Plaza

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Bank of Montreal, First Canadian Centre

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suburban office building


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gas isn't any cheaper here

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a band was playing at Tubby Dog


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mural on Uptown 17

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Galaxie Diner


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Durango driver smoking crack


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Montreal smoked meat at the Palace of Eats


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Melrose, a bar on The Avenue, 17th Ave, some years it is the Red Mile at this time of year, but not this year.

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our new automated public toilet on the left

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Buon Giorno

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Keynote, office tower, 2 condo towers, and retail


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Bankers Court u/c next to Bankers Hall east tower. Next will be Bankers Lavish Palace.

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Stampede Station 1 office building with Vetro and Sasso condos


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Union Square 1 and Colours condos

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Jamieson Place, this office building will be climbing up to 38 floors. I was told by a security guard I couldn't take any pictures.



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Palliser South office building with the pit for One Ten mixed use office and condos in the foreground


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new wide sidewalk


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Stephen Avenue Walk - patio season again!


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second street SW

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Nuera (red crane) just reaching ground level, the first of twin 36 floor condo towers. behind are the cranes of Palliser South and Keynote.

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Centennial Place 23 and 41 floor office towers


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Palliser South

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The Roundup Centre expansion at Stampede Park for conventions and trade shows


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arriVa, the first of 3 condo towers. The other 2 towers will be 10 floors higher.


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Billion dollar plus South Health Campus. These type of places used to be called hospitals.

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going down Cemetery Hill

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Astoria, 35 floor condo tower

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Gateway Midtown, twin condo towers, I think about 28 floors
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Oslo, the first of 2 condo towers


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Centuria on the Park condos getting its crane base. The tower crane hasn't been installed yet.
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Golder, another engineering firm flees the high rent of downtown

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Concrete Equities Place

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Thanks for having a look at my pics!


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[Boris2k7]

Genco Place (Concrete Equities Plaza) turned out better than I thought it would.

TBH, I didn't think that Tubby Dog was big enough for bands to play in. Then again, I've only ever observed the establishment from the sidewalk.

[valleyflyfisher]

Your photos are very good, I especially liked the one of the five shed/barns in the snow....very nice.

Calgary looking good...and growing fast.

[denveraztec]

Fantastic photos of a beautiful city!

[Jimby]

Thanks Valleyflyfisher and DenverAztec!
Boris - Thanks for having a look. I haven't been to Tubby Dog but it looked crowded that night. I hear their sweet potato fries are great.
They had almost 25 years to get Genco/Concrete Equities right, so I'm pleased it finally got built. I think it was the second to last hold-over from the early eighties. Novachem and the Catholic School Board in the west end were both projects gone bust that were eventually salvaged. AFAIK, the last foundation left over from the early eighties still waiting to be completed is FCC2 which was going to be 64 floors ...

[Top Of The Park]

nice shots of a city thats "on the move"

[Boris2k7]

oris - Thanks for having a look. I haven't been to Tubby Dog but it looked crowded that night. I hear their sweet potato fries are great.

They have yam fries!?! I'm sold!

[urbanactivist]

Wow, GREAT THREAD... I love all of the new construction that's going up in Calgary. Thanks for sharing

[Jimby]

Wow, GREAT THREAD... I love all of the new construction that's going up in Calgary. Thanks for sharing

Thanks UrbanactivistTX for commenting! There will be lots of changes to see this summer as more buildings go up.

I was visiting friends tonight in Bridgeland and this is the view from their deck.


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[flar]

I like this shot:
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[Western Spaghetti]

Nice photos Living! :tup:

[DLLB]

Thanks Living. Another great series. I sure like the shots in the country SW of Calgary.

[westak]

Wow! Great Shots of a beautiful city.

[Surrealplaces]

Awesome pictures Living! I love those winter shots with the snow. Also your night shots kick butt!

[HomeInMyShoes]

So much going on and up. Thanks for the construction coverage and the snow. Love the snow.

[skyline]

Man, no slow economy up there!

[PhilippeMtl]

Nice set!!

[harls]

Very nice.. so much construction going on there!

[Jimby]

Thanks for all your kind comments. Here are some pics from Victoria Day May 19 in Sien Lok Park to show that spring is here.


Crane is on Riverfront Pointe, the first 2 of I don't know how many condo towers 3? 5?

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Waterfront condos cranes, the first building is sold out, not sure how many buildings and units there will be when finished, but it is one of the biggest condo developments ever in Calgary. It replaces the former Greyhound bus barns which were a toxic site.


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recently completed Livingston Place with a crane on Jamieson Place in between

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Centre Street bridge, lower level, one lane of traffic each way

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Ceiling in the Chinese Cultural Centre. The rest of the interior is very ordinary.

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[skellergroup]

The snow pics are awesome. Thx.

[Wigs]

these pics were very cool.
thanks for the tour.
hella lot of construction going on in Cal-guh-ree