Considering Calgary's is not constrained by water or other geography, its core is surrounded by 360 degrees of develop-able land, and it's a young city that has developed during the automobile age, it's a marvel that they do have the amount of high-rise residential in the core that they have.
City planning has had some part in all of that. Although not a popular decision, the city a long time ago decided to limit parking downtown and promote light rail transit. Today you have an expansive LRT system and TODs that are evolving rapidly.
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Originally Posted by RyeJay
Im not sure what you're trying to convey. Toronto has been building taller. Calgary has not focuses on its core anymore than most other Canadian cities. As you've mentioned: Calgary has an urban sprawl issue, so they are not building their city quite as 'right' as I would hope, nor are they learning from the mistakes of older cities in this particular sense.
I appreciate Calgary's forms of public transit. Older cities need more LRT lines.
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