Parkhill modern
 

Parkhill is an inner city neighbourhood of formerly modest homes that is becoming an interesting mix of housing styles.
I plan to add more pics over time, or if you have any to add, please do.


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Where are these taken?

The only thing I remember from walking up to parkhill a few years ago was several old 70s style apartment buildings and similarly aged townhouses along a skanky looking cul de sac with a nice steep pathway down to the river pathway and small park...

most of these houses are along the top of the Elbow valley escarpment

Wow. this area is SO cool. Thanks for taking these photos. it looks Trendy and modern. It kinda reminds me of Mill Creek neighbourhood (East Strathcona) in Edmonton but with less trees, more mansions, and more infill. Mill Creek is more a mix of modern infill and old homes. But this is a great neighbourhood in Calgary reminds me of Bridgeland but of houses. Where in Calgary is this? I've never heard of it.

Edmontonenthusiast: Apparently it's in the Elbow Valley escarpment...

I've been out that way a couple of times... friend's parents own a place that's right on one of the golf courses out that way. I don't remember anything like the above though.

It is an inner city neighbourhood in the SW off Macleod Trail. Sorry I didn't mean for you to think it is out in THE Elbow Valley on Hiway 8.

Parkhill

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As Jimby said, it's actually an old innercity neighbourhood that began filling up around the 1910-12 boom but by 1924 had only ended up maybe 1/3 full. As it was the 'edge of town' when it was being developed, the houses tended to be modest. Now however it's a very wealthy neighbourhood. Although many (most?) of the original turn of the century housing is gone, there are a few tidbits showing the area's age, including this school turned into a 4-plex

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Other random original homes

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I quite like the contemporary architecture though, most of it seems pretty high quality.

Thanks for adding the map and the pics, Dizzy! I would love to see the inside of the condos in the old school.

Totally:tup:

You could do a similar photothread for South Calgary. I cannot believe the range of new infill there, and most are attached as you see in Parkhill... also in both neighbourhoods are houses built to take advantage of views. AND still lots of older homes.

I agree, South Calgary has an incredible amount of new housing as well as lots of the original. It will be interesting to see how it evolves in the next few years.

Nice thread Jimby. Just the other day, I was thinking of doing a thread for Parkhill. I might do one later in the summer. It's a great collection of old and modern houses.

EE, you've probably seen photos on flickr that were taken from Parkhill. a great place to take skyline shots.


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From a couple of years ago. Jimby would be familiar with this angle ;)
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the view from 33 Ave on April 2

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Nice shots Jimby! Keep up the good work!

Of course South Calgary is a similar situation, a turn of the century neighbourhood which was at the edge of town (by the 20's development was just a block or 2 south of 33rd ave) when WWI hit and stopped everything, so it had lots of gaps to fill with 40s+ houses, creating an eclectic mix of styles, which I find makes 'ultra modern' homes be less objectionable than if it was a homogeneous neighbourhood of turn of the century homes.

I'm not sure I get the aesthetic of this style; I'm guessing it has more to do with maximizing square footage within city guidelines for height and footprint?

Wow yeah those skyline angles are amazing. I'll have to check this neighbourhood out next time I am in C-town. In Edmonton the majority of residential infill in neighbourhoods is occuring around Mill Creek (a localism combining east Strathcona, the Mill Creek ravine, and West Bonnie Doon) and Crestwood and Buena Vista/Parkview. The Mill Creek ones most resemble this. Although I have already said that, in addition that there are more old homes in Mill Creek. The styles (overall) are not as bold either. See: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ght=mill+creek

Crestwood is more mansions as is Buena Vista/Parkview due to it's amazing river valley views.

To me it's simply taking the architectural style of contemporary condos (Chocolate, Colours, etc etc) and using it to build much smaller structures, rather than what is usually done which is contemporary for condos and fake turn of the century for single family.

another old house bites the dust

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Nice shots Jimby. Parkhill is one of my favorite inner city neighborhoods.

Thanks!

Here's an example of old school Parkhill, not many of these dollhouses left.

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Anybody know what those concrete "triangles" are infront of this house? They kind of look like a bike rack, but seem too heavy duty for that.

I should take a night shot. The concrete things have lights
in the grooves. I think their purpose is to block tanks from entering the living room. :D

I was just up in that area the other day. Saw that Sturgess one....pretty interesting. You can see the rendering on their website. Those first images of the infills down the street are pretty sad in their detail work....seriously brand new houses, which are probably expensive, with cheap downspouts tacked on the front...WEAK!

Hahaha, awesome

They are planters, if you go up there now the space between is infilled with dirt and there are remnants of flowers there. They have LED rope lighting under the lip edge which will be cool to see at night.

Thanks for the clarification guys.

On the topic of Sturgess' website, there's a new rendering of the site plan for the LivUrban project, gives a good idea how narrow the project really is...

New pics, but repeats of houses already posted, but I liked the purple lilacs with the lime green, and the poshest house in Parkhill with the best view (in my opinion) is now looking more finished.

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Not Parkhill, but on the same ridge; the pool at Rideau Ridge is open for the summer, but not for us.

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^ I'm surprised you even got that close...

Sturgess has another project going up on the Parkhill ridge just south of your second shot Jimby... any chance you got a shot of it?

I had some juicy filet mignon for the attack dogs!
My first job in Calgary (and maybe the best job I ever had!) was cutting the grass here.



If you scroll back, there is a picture of the Sturgess house. I will be doing updates, but it is still just the steel structure.

Nice shots Jimby! Parkhill has some cool houses up there.

Parkhill is an awesome neigbourhood, I would love to have a house up there.

Thanks... I'd seen the earlier pics, but was hoping there had been some progress. So far, I'm not sure about what I'm seeing.

I would expect this summer the house will quickly take shape.

I'm not familiar with this...Is this pool part of a house? Private club? Looks AWESOME wherever it is!!!

This is the pool for the townhouses on Rideau Place. The pool area has a great view of the Elbow valley, looking across at Earl Grey Crescent, down at Mission, and downtown beyond. The townhouses used to share the pool with the 4 apartment buildings, but now the apartments are banished to the shitty small pool at the entrance to the cul de sac.

Looking from the north escarpment of the Bow Valley on McHugh Bluffs in Crescent Heights, through downtown on 2 St SW to a house on the south escarpment of the Elbow Valley on 33 Av and 2 St SW in Parkhill.


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Get any pics of the reno'd school house in Park Hill?

No sorry. When I started the thread, my intention was to focus on the cool contemporary designed houses going in to replace the original modest homes. There aren't as many faux Tudor-Cape Cod-Georgian-French Provincial etc. infills as in other areas.
However, I might as well include everything of interest in Parkhill in this thread, and the old school turned into condos is one of my favourites of the neighbourhood.
I'll take pictures of the Southern Alberta Pioneers log cabin, Princess Oblensky Park, the Parkhill school, and more new houses next time I'm at home and out for a walk.

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Sturgess designed house:

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now you know why it is called Parkhill - cars park on hill - get it? :D :banana: :koko:


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This will be the spiral 'sea shell' house - can't wait to see it.

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The old white house on the corner has gone. With unobstructed views south and west from the top of the Elbow valley escarpment, it will be interesting to see what gets built here.

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This house seems to be stalled.

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The "Ramp" House - "spring" update


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That must be the spiral house in the last three shots.

.did the stucco on many of them homes. I did all most if not all of the cement pools in the area as well. I did the ceo of Shaw. His home was built by his great grandfather who drowned on the titanic. The home recently had a total make over. It was modeled after the ship itself in honours him. My cousins wife is a master wood crafter and did all of the wood workings. it has the main lobby of the ship with the glass ceiling and the double stairwell with the bar and rooms on the second level. i did the pool and the interior plastering in that room, including the waterproofing. What an amazing home. The media room cost 3 million and includes a thx theatre screen. The screen is full size, like the ones at the silver city. And a wine room, all the wines are remote controlled to present them using speech tech. The computer uses what appeared to be more than 50 high power servers. Let’s just say, he has the most powerful home computer known to mankind haha. She was paid over 6 million for the wood work in the place. She finally got the lambo she always wanted

where is the Shaw home?