Calgary's Peace Bridge
Posted on Apr 19, 2017
Calgary is blessed with almost 1,000 km of pathways (one of the world’s largest urban pathways) used by pedestrians, runners and cyclists year-round. One of the key elements of the pathways system are it's pedestrian bridges which range from “plain jane” functional bridges to multi-million dollar iconic bridges designed by world renowned architects...
Aspen: The new Mount Royal ?
Posted on Mar 09, 2017
In the early 20th century, Mount Royal was Calgary’s new upscale community. Nicknamed American Hill, it was very popular with those from our neighbouring states to the south who were moving to cowtown. Fast forward to the early 21st century, and it is Aspen Woods that it the hot upscale new community. It too is located on a hill (Signal Hill), just...
Calgary: Home to Canada's first lake community
Posted on Mar 02, 2017
Did you know Calgary’s Lake Bonavista was Canada’s first lake community? And that it has a storied past? Lake Bonavista was the idea of K.V. Keith owner of Kellwood land development. Formed in 1953, Kellwood became one of Calgary’s largest homebuilders during the ‘50s, building homes in Glendale, Highwood, Wildwood, Kingsland, Haysboro and Fairview...
Calgary's New Historic District Is Where?
Posted on Feb 15, 2017
Calgary is about to get another historic district! Can you guess where? I'll bet not many of you guessed Currie, the new and improved Currie Barracks, which is an exciting inner-city community being Developed by Canada Lands Company (CLC) near Mount Royal University.
Currie Barracks History 101
This land, west of Crowchild Trail at Richard Road, has...Mt. Pleasant: Calgary's Other 4th Street
Posted on Feb 09, 2017
Not to be confused with 4th St. SW in Mission, Mount Pleasant, home to 5,442 Calgarians, is bounded on the north by 32nd Avenue and Confederation Park, on the east by 2nd St. NW, on the west by 10th St. NW with 16th Ave NW at the south end. Just 4 km to downtown and even less to the SAIT campus. It is full of recently completed or under constructio...
Community Names: Past & Present
Posted on Feb 03, 2017
As I show homes to clients, one of the things I love about Calgary is how it is divided up into hundreds of small communities each with their own name and character. In Calgary while you live in a big city you also live in a small town.
(This is the gateway feature to SETON which has been designed to be a complete community where people can "live, w...
(This is the gateway feature to SETON which has been designed to be a complete community where people can "live, w...
