City Planning 101

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River Valley Fun: Calgary vs Edmonton

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Downtown Calgary West End's Amazing Transformation!

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City Building: Urban Idealist vs Urban Realist

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Calgary vs Edmonton: Urban Thinking, Planning & Living

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Calgary’s City Centre aka Greater Downtown Is Blooming!

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Calgary: Hypothetical Office to Residential Conversion Math!

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Columbus “The Collab City” vs Calgary "The Drab City"

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Calgary’s History: Why we live, work play where we do!

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2020 Blogs Revisited: COVID, Racism, Homeless, Neighbourhood etc….

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Urban Renewal: Calgary East Village Portland Pearl District

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Does Calgary need to be more like Austin or Nashville?

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Do Homeowner/Resident Associations create two-tiered communities?

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University District: A Community For All Ages

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Parks: A must for urban living!

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Calgary: West District: A model mid-rise community!