A couple extra things I wanted to note: Around the Bend 🥨 is my favourite restaurant. I just forgot to slip that into the video. Also, Happy New Year! 🥳 I’m already working on the next video! Stay tooooned 🇳🇱 🚲
Man, those aerials through time were epic. Good find. I know that I am going to be looking for these stamps in Vancouver. "I'm not the only one who lives in the city" something we all need to be reminded of from time to time.
Happy new year! Thanks for this brief history. Maybe they should rename this as main walk instead of side walk. I look forward to your trip in Holland. I hope that you can visit Oslo, Norway too
2:29 The first bike repair station at U of C! I helped facilitate its creation, and now it has grown to a total of 3 bike repair stations: This one at Science B, another at Kinesiology A, and the last one at the new Mathison Hall. Also: this sidewalk video is exactly the kind of video topic I think @StrongTowns should get on...how the sidewalks have lasted all this time while the adjacent roadways have been repaved 3 or 4 times since.
That’s great that you were involved in that! I also love how useful it can be for wheelchair users and people with strollers! And 100%! I had a little section on the repaving of roads vs the long lasting sidewalks, but I want to do a full video on that instead, allowing me to go deeper!
*looks at thumbnail* I live in Currie Barracks! It's really cool to see what the surrounding area was like as a former Canadian Forces base. Hopefully the city ends up building a spur line for the LRT from Westbrook to MRU some day. Probably will happen once Currie is finished being developed in like 10-15 years.
I love how you can see where people have been moving over time based on where and how sidewalks are built. So cool that there are dates given on these sidewalks to give some context
I absolutely love the level of detail and insight afforded to such a niche subject! Really great work spreading the message that even the littlest decisions we make about our cities can be a transformational force for good. ...on that topic, wanna work together on a housing reform in Calgary video? 👀
Great question! I pulled it from the City of Calgary: maps.calgary.ca/CalgaryImagery/Imagery/ (Usually when I’m bored I just look at random stuff on there 😂)
sidewalk in canada are designed not with pedestrians safety in mind but for keep them out of the cars way. most intersection in cities are the scene of fatal close call every day. it's sad to see people outside a car are 2nd class citizens. and no body seems to care
Crazy how much you can learn just by looking down. Sometimes from aerial heights too. Great video! Cool to see a little different style from you Alex.
Thank you 🙏
A couple extra things I wanted to note:
Around the Bend 🥨 is my favourite restaurant. I just forgot to slip that into the video.
Also, Happy New Year! 🥳 I’m already working on the next video! Stay tooooned 🇳🇱 🚲
Next video is about Pepsi?!? ;)
@@AustinSersen I never noticed that 😂
Man, those aerials through time were epic. Good find.
I know that I am going to be looking for these stamps in Vancouver.
"I'm not the only one who lives in the city" something we all need to be reminded of from time to time.
Thanks, Nic 🙏
Having lived in Rutland Park, it is awesome to learn more of its history! Selfishly, I would love to see more historic Calgary videos! Keep it up!
There’ll always be some Calgary history sprinkled in!
Happy new year! Thanks for this brief history. Maybe they should rename this as main walk instead of side walk.
I look forward to your trip in Holland. I hope that you can visit Oslo, Norway too
Thank you 🙏 Oslo is on the list!! No official plans, but hopefully soon than later!
2:29 The first bike repair station at U of C! I helped facilitate its creation, and now it has grown to a total of 3 bike repair stations: This one at Science B, another at Kinesiology A, and the last one at the new Mathison Hall.
Also: this sidewalk video is exactly the kind of video topic I think @StrongTowns should get on...how the sidewalks have lasted all this time while the adjacent roadways have been repaved 3 or 4 times since.
That’s great that you were involved in that! I also love how useful it can be for wheelchair users and people with strollers!
And 100%! I had a little section on the repaving of roads vs the long lasting sidewalks, but I want to do a full video on that instead, allowing me to go deeper!
7:36 Those tactical urbanists are the real heroes.
*looks at thumbnail*
I live in Currie Barracks! It's really cool to see what the surrounding area was like as a former Canadian Forces base. Hopefully the city ends up building a spur line for the LRT from Westbrook to MRU some day. Probably will happen once Currie is finished being developed in like 10-15 years.
I would LOVE to see that spur line! With the planned density for the area, I’d love to see even more rapid transit passing through, too!
I love how you can see where people have been moving over time based on where and how sidewalks are built. So cool that there are dates given on these sidewalks to give some context
I absolutely love the level of detail and insight afforded to such a niche subject! Really great work spreading the message that even the littlest decisions we make about our cities can be a transformational force for good.
...on that topic, wanna work together on a housing reform in Calgary video? 👀
Thank you 🙏 And yes!! Let’s do it! Housing is a big one on my list this year - with that April hearing on RCG coming up!
This was interesting to me because it’s next to where I grew up in Killarney. I always look at these sidewalk stamps
Incredible to think that the sidewalks of your childhood are still there!
I’m a little curious, where did you get all the aerial photos? The Historic Aerials website shows only aerial photos from the United States.
Great question! I pulled it from the City of Calgary: maps.calgary.ca/CalgaryImagery/Imagery/
(Usually when I’m bored I just look at random stuff on there 😂)
sidewalk in canada are designed not with pedestrians safety in mind but for keep them out of the cars way. most intersection in cities are the scene of fatal close call every day. it's sad to see people outside a car are 2nd class citizens. and no body seems to care