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The 1975 urban park opened for Calgary’s centennial, and while it continues to see plenty of traffic from commuters and downtown residents, its age is showing.
BY JASON MARKUSOFF, CALGARY HERALD OCTOBER 5, 2014
For years, Century Gardens park has been a pleasant lunching spot for some, a thoroughfare to the LRT for others, and a sketchy concrete stairwell for discreet public urination for a few.
The west downtown park’s new redevelopment plans are intended to preserve many of its most popular and historic features — including the architecturally significant concrete fountains — and try to quash what parks planner Michelle Reid politely calls the “perception of undesirable activity.”
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calga ... story.html
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Statistics: Posted by newsposter — Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:18 am
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http://www.avenuecalgary.com/articles/c ... ues-debate
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CBC News Posted: Dec 4, 2012 11:16 AM MT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/s ... velop.html
Story, podcast and links...
Statistics: Posted by newsposter — Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:25 pm
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To see how the Park can REALLY be used, check out the Youtube videos linked below. The pre-cast concrete structure at the SW corner of the park, combined with the water features, are a key attraction for urban movement and parkour. In fact, Century Gardens is becoming increasingly renowned as a destination for parkour practitioners worldwide attracting teams from France, Russia, the States, the UK and the Philippines. It has also helped to develop a strong relationship between Calgary and the World Freerunning Parkour Federation (http://wfpf.com/) which has approached a Calgary company (BPk Industries) to co-host an upcoming Art of Motion international parkour competition.
Statistics: Posted by cjane — Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:08 pm
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Link to the City's project page:
http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/ ... pment.aspx
Link to the heritage inventory entry:
http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/LUPP/Pages/He ... ourceId=66
Statistics: Posted by newsposter — Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:38 am
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The complete report can be found on the City of Calgary web site at:
http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/ ... pment.aspx
In summary, the report found that:
- Century Gardens is highly valued by those who use it... In particular, the various water features are held in high regard – more than half of park users interviewed expressed liking them, and/or wanting such features in their ideal park.
- When asked about issues or concerns facing Century Gardens, the most frequent response given was “none”.
- Users strongly support retaining the water fountain in the SW Corner in any future park redevelopment efforts.”
- “Water Features”, including such things as ponds and fountains, was the single most frequently mentioned ideal park feature. But the most frequent “first mention” was “Natural Features” within the park...
- …almost half (48 %) of those who initially reported that keeping the fountain is “not very important” indicated that their opinion would change with the knowledge that the fountain is a heritage feature.
The report remarks that “the unique features of the park, most notably the water features, are held in very high regard among park visitors; retaining these features in general, and the heritage fountain specifically, is of high importance to people who enjoy visiting Century Gardens Park.”
Statistics: Posted by cjane — Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:43 pm
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