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Originally Posted by W.W. La Chance
I wonder what the restrictions are? I've always liked the way Downtown Calgary has built directly against and above.
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In Calgary, it looks like light retail/commercial (MEC for instance) can be pretty much right up to the track. In actuality it is probably 10m. Residential in Calgary doesn't start until the other side of the street and looks to be about 50m. If you looked at the alignment of N Railway Street to the West of Albert Street, just run that through any drawing you do and the other side of that street would probably be possible for residential. On the other side could be light commercial, depending on use.
My original assumption was that all of the non-main line tracks were going to disappear. Is that correct? It's going to make a huge difference in the amount of actually developable space.
I would hope the city would work with Surplus Furniture and Rebellion to get them incorporated into the plans as some of the commercial and retail in the area. While they are serviceable buildings, the set backs are bad and not really fitting with any urban form people are probably thinking for the area.
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