February 2017

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...

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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...

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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...

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