Posted Nov 30, 2015, 11:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Cala Ghearraidh
Posts: 22,842
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Originally Posted by hipster duck
The Beltline is really filling out these days. The contrast between when I visited this past summer and the last time - back in 2002 - was striking.
Still, Calgary really needs to improve the streetscaping and public realm in this area. The area has urbanized and populated, but the sidewalks still maintain a low-rent, peripheral character.
Things like 13th Ave. and Memorial Park are very well done, but that should be the standard, and not the exception.
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Absolutely. It's being worked on. The city is in the midst of rejuvenating all of the original 110+ year old railway underpasses first and then I think we'll see more of a street-by-street approach to urbanizing the pedestrian network. I do know that the reconstruction of 17th Avenue begins this winter. Sidewalks will be widened by over a foot, with new furniture and lighting. Should be a good change.
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