I like the barclay mall area.....but yes, the disturbingly cluttered, massive, bench-planter-garbage can clusters do take away from it. Never put a garbage can next to a seating area. Keep it at least a few metres away. It is nice to see the green, the flowers and the sculptures but there is definately something wacky about it all. There reall is such an opportunity down there because of all of the 11 am to 1pm sun. What a missed opportunity and a perfect link to eau claire.
They should also be extending Stephen Ave......not the pedestrian area but the look and feel of a vibrant street all the way down to 11st SW.
They should be extending the feel of 17th ave all the way to Stampede....and like someone said, improve the direct link from 17th ave across Mcleod and into the stampede area. That dead end is so anticlimactic.
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Renfrew, Calgary, Alberta.
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