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Downtown bicycle commuters have been talking for weeks about the roadwork being done on 10th Avenue S.W. in the Beltline, wondering what might come of one of the city’s original bike routes once the painters moved in.

Numbers paint a safer environment in Calgary, but problem areas remain
Calgary Herald
And in the typical hot spots - darkened corners in the downtown, the Beltline, the East Village and the southeast drug trafficking and prostitution stroll - the number of street robberies has gone ...

Major decline in car thefts
660 News
The number of car thefts in Calgary has plummeted in the past few years, with the Beltline leading the way. Across the city, the number is down more than a third since 2008, while thefts in the Beltline are down by more than half. ...

Beltline leads decline in city car thefts
Calgary Herald
One year later vehicle thefts in the Beltline took a dramatic downturn to only 107, and 100 a year later - bringing the number to fewer than half of what it was just three years before. And it's not just the Beltline. Across Calgary the number of ...

Cooking for a cause
Calgary Herald
"O Canadian celebrity chef Ricardo Larrivee bounds between tables of stacked vegetables at the Beltline Safeway, as he points to a spot in the cooler. "This is tough to find anywhere in the country. ...

Celebrity chef shows you how to cook for a cause
Calgary Herald
Iain Ilich, Calgary Herald CALGARY, ALBERTA: October 05, 2011 -- Celebrity chef Ricardo Larrivee poses in the produce department of the Beltline Safeway store in Calgary, Alberta, on October 5, 2011. ...

Beltline leads citywide decline in car thefts as Calgary police step up patrols
Calgary Herald

How 55K gets you into the top 1 per cent
Calgary Herald
I was so ready to hate the one per cent. Then I discovered I am one of them. That would be the one per cent who are the target of the Occupy movement, the latest global phenomenon camped out in city ...

Working to break the cycle of crime
Calgary Herald
As the owners of the Whiskey, Wildhorse Saloon, Flames Central and other bars, the Concorde Group's Brian Lee says the industry's co-ordinated efforts - the Barwatch Association has more than 20 downtown and Beltline bars - is helping to identify known ...

Statistics show declining crime downtown, anxiety about future in other areas
Calgary Herald

Renewed strength for condo market
Calgary Herald
About two-thirds of the available housing in the downtown market is standing inventory in completed highrise buildings in the Beltline and inner-city areas. These were launched during the strong pre-2007 market and completed during the recession. ...

River valley access is great, but actual use makes the difference
Edmonton Journal
Connectivity is very fine, but it's the use that will make the real difference. Wouldn't it be nice to see walking trails and cosy, upscale restaurants such as in Prince's Island and the Beltline area (near the library) in Calgary?

River valley access is great, but actual use makes the difference
Edmonton Journal
Connectivity is very fine, but it's the use that will make the real difference. Wouldn't it be nice to see walking trails and cosy, upscale restaurants such as in Prince's Island and the Beltline area (near the library) in Calgary?

Connaught School celebrates its centennial
Calgary Herald
But one of the best birthday gifts the Beltline school received came several years ago in the form of a $17.8million renovation. "The building was horrifically run down. We had plumbing problems, heating problems. It was an overtired, old place," said ...

Open File
A return to sandstone architecture would be nice, but wouldn't make the core ...
Open File

Top Montreal architect Renee Daoust critiques Calgary's downtown
Calgary Herald

Calgary planners brainstorm on ways to make the inner city friendlier to visitors
Calgary Herald

Bell: Seemed like a good idea
Calgary Sun
It was quite the purple party in the wee hours of election night at the Amsterdam Rhino, a Beltline haven of cool. There were early rumblings. The mayor cut his own office budget. He talked about driving a cheaper set of wheels and shopping around for ...

Tower in Beltline reaches milestone
Calgary Herald
The third of three sister residential towers by Qualex-Landmark, Luna stands almost shoulder to shoulder with sibling Stella right around 12th Avenue and 11th Street SW in Calgary's Beltline district. Stella opened in 2006, followed by the Nova tower ...

Purchasers lured to Alura
Calgary Herald
Sales at Cove Properties' recent launch party for Alura — its new highrise residential tower in the Beltline — have been strong, foretelling greater consumer confidence in Calgary's condo apartment market, ...

Investment firm Leith Wheeler moving into Beltline
Calgary Herald
And the Beltline got the vote. The opening of a Leith Wheeler Calgary office is in recognition of its long-term commitment to Alberta and its clients here. It is one of a number of companies who have donated cash for the establishment of a trading lab ...

Most walkable neighbourhoods: Beltline bustles with some big-city hustle
Calgary Herald
Bright Pryde of the Beltline Community Association's planning policy group took the Herald on a tour of the good and the bad of the Beltline. Sushi bars, bridal shops, nightclubs, art galleries, ...

Investment firm moving into Beltline
Calgary Herald
And the Beltline got the vote. The opening of a Leith Wheeler Calgary office is in recognition of its long-term commitment to Alberta and its clients here. It is one of a number of companies who have donated cash for the establishment of a trading lab ...