Edmonton Construction 9 (2008-08) - Page 475

CanadianCentaur · #**9481** Posted **Dec 2, 2009, 8:32 PM**

I'm loving the Google Street View stuff they've just introduced for Edmonton. Not as bad as I thought it would be, considering the time of year the Street View shots were taken, apparently from April-June.

Some areas do appear a bit bleak with leafless trees and brown grass (most of those seem to be downtown and central parts of Edmonton), but at least unlike parts of Calgary and Winnipeg, I haven't seen any shots with snow and ice and other — that comes with winter - yet.

Also unlike Calgary, Edmonton isn't rife with back alley shots.

ue · #**9482** Posted **Dec 2, 2009, 8:35 PM**

^Guess that's what happens when you don't rush out with it right away and get all the proper shots in order.

Airboy · #**9483** Posted **Dec 2, 2009, 9:32 PM**

Can I have google come back, my house is still being renovated in these shots

240glt · #**9484** Posted **Dec 2, 2009, 10:12 PM**

It appears they Googl'd my street the week after we had the new sod put down on the boulevards, which would have been late may this year.

I still think it's a giant waste of resources but I have to admit it is pretty cool.

Kevin_foster · #**9485** Posted **Dec 2, 2009, 10:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

It appears they Googl'd my street the week after we had the new sod put down on the boulevards, which would have been late may this year.

I still think it's a giant waste of resources but I have to admit it is pretty cool.

I dunno... with their ability now to map the world, including full visuals... they can market the — out of advertising now.

noodlenoodle · #**9486** Posted **Dec 2, 2009, 10:29 PM**

My building is missing the sod and has a partial facade. Looks like just before I moved in, which'd match the timing sussed out by 240 of late May.

Other than the need for Silverlight (blech), Bing's streetview seems more advanced than Google as they've hooked it into Photosynth, which builds 3d models based upon 2d pictures.

No Edmonton though...

240glt · #**9487** Posted **Dec 2, 2009, 10:40 PM**

From last weeks' permit summary:

Well it's more infill.... EICHS projects have gotten marginally better in the past year...

61116999-011
25-Nov-2009
12223 - 97 STREET NW
Plan 0721152 Blk 1 Lot 1A
Construct a 26 dwelling apartment
building.
THE EDMONTON INNER CITY HOUSING
SOCIETY
Value: $ 2,900,000

Anyone know why Redleaf would be hoarding off a section of Jasper Ave & 92 st & what 'presentation centre' they're referring to ?

87617482-005
25-Nov-2009
10351 - 92 STREET NW
Plan RN37A Blk 2 Lots 1-3
To construct a hoarding on Jasper
ave and 92 st to protect a
Presentation Centre. ( Nov 23/09
until May 23/10 )
REDLEAF ENTERPRISES INC. Value: $ 5,000

No idea what this is

75277438-002
27-Nov-2009
13815 - 160 AVENUE NW
Plan 0226651 Blk 57 Lot
77MR
To construct a Public Education
Services Building (Carlton
Palisades).
BIRD-GRAHAM SCHOOLS Value: $ 15,417,200

More expansion at CF or is this just what they are finishing up ?

54664229-007
30-Nov-2009
8627 - 91 STREET NW
Plan 1522AS Blk X
To construct an addition to a
Community Recreation Services
building (La Cite Francophone)
and to operate a Professional,
Financial and Office Support
Service Use, a General Retail Use,
and a Public Education Service
Use, and to construct an
accessory parking structure.
TARDIF ARCHITECTURE INC. Value: $ 15,000,000

Oh, and we can all breathe a little easier... the Tricorp lot on 99st is up for sale

Coldrsx · #**9488** Posted **Dec 3, 2009, 12:07 AM**

"Oh, and we can all breathe a little easier... the Tricorp lot on 99st is up for sale"

up for sale, design and all...

Coldrsx · #**9489** Posted **Dec 3, 2009, 12:26 AM**

Edmonton property sales exceed 2008 figures

By Bill Mah, edmontonjournal.comDecember 2, 2009Comments (4)

* Story
* Photos ( 1 )

Realtors association president Charlie Ponde.

Realtors association president Charlie Ponde.
Photograph by: Codie McLachlan, Edmonton Journal

EDMONTON — Eleven months into 2009, and total MLS sales have already surpassed the figures for all of last year, the Realtors Association of Edmonton said Wednesday.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/...s+exceed+2008+figures/2294422/story.html

Keats82 · #**9490** Posted **Dec 3, 2009, 1:52 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by edmontonenthusiast

Sure. I think a central, old neighborhood or urban community would be more accurate than "downtown" though. Alberta Ave, Chinatown/97th, Westmount/124 St, Strathcona, Bonnie Doon, Beverly, Belgravia, Argyll, Downtown East are all common enough terms for areas central but not downtown that people can associate with. Most people know Alberta Avenue, Beverly, etc. People don't know Boyle Street, but could associate with east of downtown, Downtown East, or just south of 97 St Chinatown. For those north edge communities one could say just north of downtown or near Kingsway. You don't need to associate as apart of downtown, though.

Meh, for most people, it's downtown. I can walk to 107th ave and 112th street in a heartbeart - im in Oliver on 116th. I do consider that area as on the fringes of downtown - the density (or lack thereof in Edm) starts to taper/grow there, depending on your direction.

I think that Edmontons' urban footprint versus its population density is the real problem there. We have several very underdeveloped areas quite close to towers and municipal buildings (city hall, law courts, etc.) which don't come to mind when we think "downtown" in our brains, yet they are.

I'm not sure if there is a boundary that the city uses officially(?), but I don't think that the Journal erred by any real means for labelling 107th ave and 112th Street downtown.

Mycroft · #**9491** Posted **Dec 3, 2009, 2:51 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by noodlenoodle

Other than the need for Silverlight (blech), Bing's streetview seems more advanced than Google as they've hooked it into Photosynth, which builds 3d models based upon 2d pictures.
No Edmonton though...

microsoft won't let mac users view 3d, but the google earth plugin lets anyone view and build in 3d, and it can be embedded into any website...unfortunately it's not synced with google maps yet. It's kind of nice as edmonton's already in 3d with ge

rapid_business · #**9492** Posted **Dec 3, 2009, 5:32 AM**

Mycroft, you'd be familiar with this. Have you guys heard/seen what's happening to Maple Leaf Gardens after sitting empty for so many years: http://www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20091201_MLG.html
http://www.ryerson.ca/news/news/docs/MLG%20December%201.pdf

ue · #**9493** Posted **Dec 3, 2009, 5:48 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keats82

Meh, for most people, it's downtown. I can walk to 107th ave and 112th street in a heartbeart - im in Oliver on 116th. I do consider that area as on the fringes of downtown - the density (or lack thereof in Edm) starts to taper/grow there, depending on your direction.

I think that Edmontons' urban footprint versus its population density is the real problem there. We have several very underdeveloped areas quite close to towers and municipal buildings (city hall, law courts, etc.) which don't come to mind when we think "downtown" in our brains, yet they are.

I'm not sure if there is a boundary that the city uses officially(?), but I don't think that the Journal erred by any real means for labelling 107th ave and 112th Street downtown.

Official boundaries are 105 Ave on the north, 97 St on the east, 97 Ave on the south and 109 St or 111 St depending on which person you go by on the west. Oliver feels like a residential downtown, so I understand including it but 107th Avenue and the Boyle Street feel too distinct to be called a downtown. Just because you can walk easily from one neighborhood to another does not constitute it as one neighborhood. Walking from the Strathcona Hotel to Bonnie Doon is a relatively easy walk if you stay on 82, but that doesn't mean they are the same.

Mycroft · #**9494** Posted **Dec 3, 2009, 5:06 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by onishenko

Mycroft, you'd be familiar with this. Have you guys heard/seen what's happening to Maple Leaf Gardens after sitting empty for so many years:

Yep, that's going to be huge, and a really interesting integration of retail uses in an arena that will animate the street and the building 24/7 (I hope the loblaws is 24/7

). It also offers a good model for MacEwan's future growth by expanding just outside of traditional campus boundaries to inject life into parts of downtown that need it (hello north edge)

Shodan · #**9495** Posted **Dec 3, 2009, 7:22 PM**

Fate of notorious Cromdale Hotel up in the air until March

By Gordon Kent, edmontonjournal.com

December 3, 2009 12:02 PM

Edmonton's Cromdale Hotel on Nov. 11, 2009.
Photograph by: Ben Gelinas, Edmonton Journal

EDMONTON — Neighbours of the notorious Cromdale Hotel are disappointed after the postponement of a hearing into whether the boarded-up building should be demolished.

Bylaw officials ordered the local eyesore torn down in October, but owners Terry Nyquvest and 1251497 Alberta Inc. appealed...

[email protected]

© Copyright (c) The Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Fate+notorious+Cromdale+Hotel+until+March/2298963/story.html

Xelebes · #**9496** Posted **Dec 4, 2009, 5:49 AM**

Quote:

Edmonton landlords fined $100,000 for dilapidated apartment building

By Alexandra Zabjek, edmontonjournal.com December 3, 2009 9:02 PM

EDMONTON — Nineteen landlords were fined almost $100,000 in provincial court Thursday for allowing a west-Edmonton apartment building to deteriorate so much it has now been declared unfit for human habitation.

The landlords and one property management company pleaded guilty to dozens of charges under the Public Health Act in connection with problems at 9903 156th St.

Photographs of the building show torn carpets and heavy debris in the hallways, a missing fire extinguisher, possible blood stains on the walls, exposed radiators, broken glass, and unsanitary conditions in several suites.

. . .

Link to full article

Trying to recall which building this is. I'll need to take a tour of that area again.

dancinb · #**9497** Posted **Dec 4, 2009, 6:07 AM**

^Why tour on foot when there's a lazier way?!

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_...1irijjyrXymShc2BdA&cbp=12,82.17,,0,-7.66

Xelebes · #**9498** Posted **Dec 4, 2009, 6:11 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by dancinb

^Why tour on foot when there's a lazier way?!

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_...1irijjyrXymShc2BdA&cbp=12,82.17,,0,-7.66

Because it's more fun walking.

*sad face*

espalorius · #**9499** Posted **Dec 4, 2009, 6:32 AM**

really? even when the wind is blowing your — hair out of whack?
walking around half the year is fukken torture (BUT i also have a really low threshold)

Coldrsx · #**9500** Posted **Dec 4, 2009, 4:20 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by espalorius

really? even when the wind is blowing your — hair out of whack?
walking around half the year is fukken torture (BUT i also have a really low threshold)

dress for it and winter can be wonderful to walk in...