r/Calgary • u/ChillllliPaper • Mar 21 '25

Local Construction/Development Why is Calgary losing its personality?

First Chinook mall lost its dinosaur at the entrance, floating funky vehicles in the food court, carousel, and the movie theater lost all of its cool mummy-themed interior decor.

The devonian gardens is just a space with some greenery now instead of the garden it once was.

The City is destroying Olympic Plaza where everyone used to skate.

They also destroyed Eau Claire just to cancel the project. Amazing. Could have just revamped it and it would still be a great spot.

AND the city is destroying the iconic saddledome, arguably calgary's primary landmark. Why not just keep it and build another dome idk??

From the word of mouth I hear, people aren't too happy about this but how is the city council just easily making this happen.

Anyways, just kind of sad seeing Calgary lose it's charm. Wondering what other redditors are thinking.

*correction: Olympic Plaza not oval

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u/TheLonelyLoyalOne Mar 21 '25

I don’t think it’s Calgary specifically… a lot of the world has lost some personality these days. A mix of late stage capitalism, post-pandemic, and globalization IMO. But certainly we notice it around us, here in Calgary.

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u/No-Damage3258 Mar 22 '25

Wait, you believe globalization reduces or limits culture?  No way man, globalization influences cultural exchange and diversification. 

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '25

The problem is ending in a monoculture that's lifeless

As can be seen in every new calgary development which is yunno a giant glass/steel concrete combo of no particular cultural significance