Calgary Construction XXVI - Page 109

jc_yyc_ca · #**2161** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 12:33 AM**

Almost there.

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Suburgatory · #**2162** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 12:55 AM**

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I missed this earlier. What a disappointment. It should have been twice the size.

I agree. They should have built it over the sidewalk and onto the road.

Bad Grizzly · #**2163** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 5:19 PM**

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I agree. They should have built it over the sidewalk and onto the road.

Exactly. It'd be nice if Crescent Road wasn't there and those houses could back onto the hill and the home owners didn't have to deal with people hanging around in front of the house all hours of the day.

SteveP · #**2164** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 5:35 PM**

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Exactly. It'd be nice if Crescent Road wasn't there and those houses could back onto the hill and the home owners didn't have to deal with people hanging around in front of the house all hours of the day.

Ummm no. Crescent Road belongs to the city and everyone who lives in the city. Also there isn't a problem of people hanging around all hours of the night. Another thing is that people have back yards, they can use if they want a bit of privacy.

X_ting_on · #**2165** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 5:54 PM**

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It'd be nice if you armchair quarterback types actually contributed to the convo or actually created something to talk about rather than general whining and complaining.

Thank you. Exactly what I was going to say.

X_ting_on · #**2166** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 5:56 PM**

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Ummm no. Crescent Road belongs to the city and everyone who lives in the city. Also there isn't a problem of people hanging around all hours of the night. Another thing is that people have back yards, they can use if they want a bit of privacy.

Once again, exactly what I was going to say. The notion of getting rid of crescent road for a few wealthy homeowners utterly ridiculous. It's already enough that a beautiful road with nice view of the city is taken out by a handful of mansions but to take that even further by taking away Crescent Road is disgusting.

Rollerstud98 · #**2167** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 6:12 PM**

Hook line and sinker in that one fellas. You bit hard.

dg66 · #**2168** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 6:43 PM**

Slow going this one.

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Suburgatory · #**2169** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 8:41 PM**

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Exactly. It'd be nice if Crescent Road wasn't there and those houses could back onto the hill and the home owners didn't have to deal with people hanging around in front of the house all hours of the day.

Exactly. In fact we should just get rid of roads all together. They are such a wasted opportunity. Think of how much more buildable area each property owner could add? Then we could get some real mega mansions up there. Something to show the world.

Bad Grizzly · #**2170** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 3:14 AM**

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Exactly. In fact we should just get rid of roads all together. They are such a wasted opportunity. Think of how much more buildable area each property owner could add? Then we could get some real mega mansions up there. Something to show the world.

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Ummm no. Crescent Road belongs to the city and everyone who lives in the city. Also there isn't a problem of people hanging around all hours of the night. Another thing is that people have back yards, they can use if they want a bit of privacy.

Roads are good, and despite what a few select nimrods believe, the city still needs them to operate. That said some parts of city could do without them. Crescent road with its beautiful large homes would be better suited to front right onto the hill. The owners wouldn't have to deal with the droves of people leaving their cigarette butts and Peter's wrappers all over the place.

milomilo · #**2171** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 3:48 PM**

The road was there first. What does the city get in return for this gift to a few home owner?

YYCguys · #**2172** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 5:06 PM**

Roads roads roads...doesn’t road discussion belong in the Roads thread? But then the Construction thread would be dead, I guess.

This forum used to be really good before all the “in the know” guys and gals bailed and went over to the skyrise cities website. Probably time for me to bail too. This forum has had its heyday but that is well and truly over.

Suburgatory · #**2173** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 5:07 PM**

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Roads are good, and despite what a few select nimrods believe, the city still needs them to operate. That said some parts of city could do without them. Crescent road with its beautiful large homes would be better suited to front right onto the hill. The owners wouldn't have to deal with the droves of people leaving their cigarette butts and Peter's wrappers all over the place.

Why? They could build an above ground parkade where the park is and every house could connect to it by a heated +15. All trash pick up and deliveries etc. could be completed by drones. In fact, maybe one day the entire neighbourhood could be raised for one contiguous three storey 30,000,000 square foot house. I mean, the guy worked hard for his money. He deserves it.

Won’t be any Peter’s wrappers if it ends up integrated into his house and it’s only accessible to the homeowner.

Deepstar · #**2174** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 5:21 PM**

What a ridiculously stupid idea. The most ridiculous idea I've seen here on this thread, and there have been many. First off all the homes would have to be moved south about 100 feet if the road went away. Secondly you'd have to pave a new street at the back of the houses for them to have access, in essence their back yard would now be their front yard.

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Originally Posted by Bad Grizzly

Roads are good, and despite what a few select nimrods believe, the city still needs them to operate. That said some parts of city could do without them. Crescent road with its beautiful large homes would be better suited to front right onto the hill. The owners wouldn't have to deal with the droves of people leaving their cigarette butts and Peter's wrappers all over the place.

Exactly. Even if all the owners banned together and offered the city something like $100M it's still not even close to being worth it.

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The road was there first. What does the city get in return for this gift to a few home owner?

X_ting_on · #**2175** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 7:22 PM**

You are partially correct. Rather of 3 storey 30,000 square foot houses, 10 level apartment buildings should be built on Crescent Road. The road is good and should remain in place, however the large wasteful houses should go. When I show photographs to friends in Singapore and HK they are in disbelief of how land can be wasted so easy. apartment buildings all along Cresent Road and penthouses at top for the rich man to live in. He keeps his big palace. Other people can enjoy the view also.

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Originally Posted by Suburgatory

Why? They could build an above ground parkade where the park is and every house could connect to it by a heated +15. All trash pick up and deliveries etc. could be completed by drones. In fact, maybe one day the entire neighbourhood could be raised for one contiguous three storey 30,000,000 square foot house. I mean, the guy worked hard for his money. He deserves it.

Won’t be any Peter’s wrappers if it ends up integrated into his house and it’s only accessible to the homeowner.

X_ting_on · #**2176** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bad Grizzly

Roads are good, and despite what a few select nimrods believe, the city still needs them to operate. That said some parts of city could do without them. Crescent road with its beautiful large homes would be better suited to front right onto the hill. The owners wouldn't have to deal with the droves of people leaving their cigarette butts and Peter's wrappers all over the place.

Another thing to talk about. Wrappers and litters are not a difficult problem. Fines should be more severe. Places such as Singapore you will pay a sever fine for littering, sometimes thousands $$. In Canada nobody is concerned and too many people litter their garbage. This can be solved. Also signs can be installed to remind people.

Suburgatory · #**2177** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 8:27 PM**

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Another thing to talk about. Wrappers and litters are not a difficult problem. Fines should be more severe. Places such as Singapore you will pay a sever fine for littering, sometimes thousands $$. In Canada nobody is concerned and too many people litter their garbage. This can be solved. Also signs can be installed to remind people.

It’s really becoming a severe problem. The piles of wrappers are getting so high that people can’t see the view. I think you have a good idea there. If we line the pathway with signs, that will give people something to climb up to get over the piles of garbage.

Suburgatory · #**2178** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 8:30 PM**

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You are partially correct. Rather of 3 storey 30,000 square foot houses, 10 level apartment buildings should be built on Crescent Road. The road is good and should remain in place, however the large wasteful houses should go. When I show photographs to friends in Singapore and HK they are in disbelief of how land can be wasted so easy. apartment buildings all along Cresent Road and penthouses at top for the rich man to live in. He keeps his big palace. Other people can enjoy the view also.

No, one 30,000,000 square foot house would be the best use up there. That would use up the land instead of it being open and wasted on the pheasant general public. That view should only be available to the man with the largest ego.

Fishthebow · #**2179** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 9:06 PM**

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Another thing to talk about. Wrappers and litters are not a difficult problem. Fines should be more severe. Places such as Singapore you will pay a sever fine for littering, sometimes thousands $$. In Canada nobody is concerned and too many people litter their garbage. This can be solved. Also signs can be installed to remind people.

Frankly, the amount of littering in this country is embarrassing. Signs aren't needed, people should know better. We should have fines like they do in Singapore, I would welcome that.

suburbia · #**2180** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 11:53 PM**

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Why? They could build an above ground parkade where the park is and every house could connect to it by a heated +15. All trash pick up and deliveries etc. could be completed by drones. In fact, maybe one day the entire neighbourhood could be raised for one contiguous three storey 30,000,000 square foot house. I mean, the guy worked hard for his money. He deserves it.

Won’t be any Peter’s wrappers if it ends up integrated into his house and it’s only accessible to the homeowner.

Personally, I think it should be a below ground parkade network, so it would connect more seemlessly to the 9 floor below grade LRT station those folks wanted at 9th ave.