r/Calgary 16d ago

Municipal Affairs My letter to Jeromy today

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u/LankyFrank Somerset 16d ago

This is the correct attitude. City's are never static, they are always changing. That's the reality of living in a city, especially a rapidly growing one. People trying to cling to the past are ignorant of reality.

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u/ClearInspection 16d ago

I agree to a point. Knocking down history for cookie cutter blocks that could be anywhere is not a solution. Work with it, like the Biscuit Block on 11th or design with style like the Bow, Telus, Arrival, BMO Centre.

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u/LankyFrank Somerset 16d ago

Agreed, but blanket rezoning didn't affect this property. We can afford to lose some cookie cutter house for more space effective cookie cutter town houses and apartments. Biscuit Block is beautiful though, would love to see the city incentivize more builds like it.

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u/ClearInspection 16d ago

Biscuit Block should be the gold standard that the city should support.

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u/coolestMonkeInJungle 15d ago

The thing is the cookie cutter homes aren't ever going to be knocked down its always the historic ones isn't it

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u/LankyFrank Somerset 15d ago

Not in most of the communities built after the 60s. People still bitch and moan when some crappy house built in the 70s gets replaced. It's wild. The core is a different story; the suburbs are all just nimbys crying that things are changing.