I guess I'm attracted to really nice or really bad photo opps, so this is by no means representational of the housing stock in Calgary.
For the years 2002-2006, Calgary has averaged 14,500 housing starts a year.
http://www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.co...ECalgaryEconomy/housingstarts_QHh8BW.cfm
The Bridges, phase 1. Urban redevelopment across the river from downtown where the Calgary General Hospital was until the provincial government imploded it. They are now spending $2 billion expanding the 3 existing general hospitals as well as a new downtown health centre and renovating the old Children's Hospital and other capital projects, and building a new south hospital for $1.2 billion.
Phase 2 of The Bridges is about to start construction, it seems to be taking forever.
Olive - live-work condos in The Bridges. I looked at the show suite about 4 years ago and thought it was overpriced, I think it was something like $389,000. Now it would be maybe double? I have no idea of the prices now.
Olive - inner courtyard. There is underground parking, the main floor can be used as an office, living room and kitchen are on the second floor, 2 or 3 bedrooms on the 3rd floor and a rooftop deck.
The Piazza at The Bridges
Westend condos. In the foreground is the former planetarium now called the Science Centre.
Garrison Woods, the former housing for the former military base has been redeveloped by a federal government agency with private developers doing the actual building.
Garrison Woods, shopping and residential
Silverado, a new subdivision south of 22X and west of MacLeod Trail
sold sold sold in Silverado
Seniors' housing
from Broadcast Hill/Patterson looking east last spring
Springbank, where the Deere and the antelope play! Allegedly the richest postal code in Canada.
Springbank
this place is a survivor on 4 St SW. It seems easier to flatten old places and put up a parking lot than to renovate.
another old-timer on 1 St SW
The Blow Block, Inglewood. Calgary's oldest neighbourhood
Inglewood. This isn't really housing, but I had friends who lived in a really cool loft in here!
The back of Crump Manor, Inglewood
Atlantic Avenue, Inglewood. I didn't see the dude in the window until I saw the pic on the computer. Henri's, which no one will miss, has been knocked down for a proposed mixed use building with main floor retail including a Starbucks and apartments above.
McGill Block condos, Inglewood. The original structure was gutted by a fire in the mid-eighties and re-built. The loft style apartments were later converted into condo ownership.
The "property ladder", Inglewood
A new mansion behind the stone wall on Elbow drive.
Mayfair Place, rental apartments. The police aren't always there.
This house on 4 ave is now gone
the city has issued over 600 demolition permits this year, but squatters burnt this place before it could be torn down
west end condos from the north bank of the Bow river
Great house numbers for pizza delivery at night!
Loony NIMBYs, its not a park it is a utility right-of-way. It was originally planned to be a freeway, they should be ecstatic that it has been shelved. Avi is a local builder.
5 West condos, east tower u/c in July.
above the Bow river, just southeast of Calgary
Princeton Estates phase 2, swanky condos overlooking Prince's Island Park in Eau Claire downtown
Crestmont looking towards the NW
"Tuscany" NW , the Prime Minister of Canada and family live there when he isn't running the country in Ottawa.
Springbank Hill
possibly connected to the addiction treatment centre next door
there are a few thousand homeless people here
"Chocolate" condos
La Caille on the Bow condos, Eau Claire
The Hamptons, a golf course community in NW
Stanley House, former mansion turned into offices in lower Mount Royal
Once and future housing. Houses from the former military base that will be placed on new foundations and re-habbed.
Garrison Green
Garrison Green sales office
former officer's housing
Peacekeeper Park, Garrison Green
Churchill Estates, one bedrooms starting at over $700,000. They must not be selling very well.
Eau Claire condos on the Bow river bike path at Prince's Island
Lougheed House, now restored and featuring a restaurant.
Vantage Pointe condos as seen from Millenium Park
arriVa
Col. Walker House, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
First street condos - Union Square (first of 2 towers) and Colours
Little boxes on the hillside...
Rocky Ridge NW
Ramsay SE
the new Stampede Casino wraps around this old apartment building
Signal Hill SW, the Calgary regiments put their regimental numbers on the hillside laid out with rocks before they departed for WW2.
one of our homeless shelters
http://www.cdics.com
Signal Hill
Brava (occupied), Encore (sold out), and Ovation (u/c and for sale)
Copperwood, the largest and last of 12 buildings in the project
London (tower 1 sold out), tower 2 (for sale), towers 3 & 4 and retail still to come
Vetro (sold out) & Sasso (occupied). Vetro is about 10 floors higher than Sasso.
Queen's Park Village NW - rentals built in the 1970s
Britannia SW
Belair SW
Riverdale Avenue SW.
a new McMansion backing on to the Elbow River
Riverdale Avenue SW
a comment on this house on Flickr from Pnwra:
This house does a number of things right that I wish more people would do.
The design is modern, instead of the typical tacky fake heritage styles. Fake architecture is always tacky, real architecture is classy.
The house is close to the sidewalk in front of it, making it friendly and inviting. Front yards are fairly useless anyway, bringing the house forward to maximize the backyard makes more sense because people actually use their backyards.
Lots of big windows facing the street also make it friendly and inviting, and shows that the owners are interested in being part of their neighbourhood.
The garage is minimized and set off to the side, because big prominent garages make houses ugly and unfriendly.
The fence is low, because any fence below waist height is friendly, whereas any fence above waist height becomes more and more unfriendly the higher it gets.
The Coste Mansion, Mount Royal SW.
Their next door neighbour is the official residence of the Consul General of the United States, so they fly the stars and stripes of course.
Americans are not our biggest immigrant community as I stated previously. Sorry for the misinformation! We have immigrants from all over the world, including me.
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