Three more major redevelopments of parks announced for the core area of Calgary. One in Kensington, one in the Beltline, and one in the downtown core.
Kensington -
Bow to Bluffs Park is a very interesting concept as a multi-nodal linear park along the LRT tracks in Sunnyside, combining retail with nature, public plazas, public art, and the urbanity of the area. The total length is 1 kilometer.
Link to development PDF:
http://bowtobluff.org/wp-content/upl...April-2012.pdf
Beltline -
Thomson Park will see the redevelopment of the Beltline lawn bowling club on 16th Avenue in one of the city's most densely populated areas. Construction begins this summer.
Article:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...ment-1.2650895
Downtown -
Century Gardens was originally developed in 1975 to celebrate Calgary’s Centennial, and the landscape is an abstraction of the nearby Rocky Mountains and Foothills. It's now fairly dilapidated and in need of some serious love.
Link to development PDF:
http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Doc...ey-results.pdf
In all, the city has announced that it will perform major upgrades on a total of 19 parks over the next two years, with a total price tag of $75 million. It has already spent $135 million since 2008 on dozens of other parks, including the currently under construction St. Patrick's Island Park and the currently in-design-development West Eau Claire Park(previous post).
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...in-new-funding
Also, the city began construction on the First Street Underpass improvements today. It's the most heavily used underpass in the inner city, with 10 000 pedestrians using it every day. It may not seem like it to the outside observer, but this will be a huge improvement to the urbanity and livability of downtown Calgary.
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/popular-un...lity-1.2203164