ANALYSIS LINKAGES are one aspect of the public realm. The public realm is the space between private property that we can all enjoy. Analysing these spaces as linkages is to understand its comfort, safety and accessibility. This map shows areas we studied and describes why some areas are appealing and why others lack the positive attention.  !click on the coloured areas of the map to find out more on the specific link!      ROULEAUVILLE HERITAGE AREA View of the heritage area from the train bridge   Historic Continuity · Signs, paving and street treatment work together  Permeability · Lindsay Park connects to Train bridge, to Cathedral, to Rouleauville Park  · Links work with pedestrian movement and available parking  Pedestrians are comfortable, and are given the time and information to appreciate the surrounding wealth of history  Legibility · Linear street view 1st Street can site Cathedral, Rouleauville Park and Monument  · Street lights, planted trees help create a pathway to the neighbourhood  Lack of continuity with other streets in the area  · Holy Cross, St Martin de Porres   go back to map   25TH AVENUE FROM 4TH STREET TO ELBOW RIVER Permeable · Two-way traffic with parallel parking  · Links well to the pocket park and Elbow River Pathway  · Direct path to Erlton LRT  Variety · Residential typology ranges from single family to high density  · High density of the area contributes to activity along the street  · Variety in rental and home ownership offers diversity in income brackets and demographics  Responsiveness to Environment Mature trees and sidewalks on both sides protect outdoor human activity  go back to map 25th Street mixed density on both sides     5A STREET -PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR Safe access route for pedestrians · Moderate traffic speed and flow  · Traffic flows both ways  · Parallel parking on both sides  Good consistent environment for pedestrians  · Consistent mature tree planting provides protective canopy  go back to map     4TH AND 17TH COMMERCIAL Variety · Facades, building typologies, store types  Permeability · Grid pattern, small blocks, human scale  · Numerous street level store entrances  · Parallel parking, two-way traffic  · Mix of pedestrian and vehicular activity  Legibility · Streetscape, trees, lights, banners  · Comfortable width of sidewalks  · Exterior commercial signs directed at pedestrians and vehicles  · Consistency in street treatment  Continuity The variety, permeability and legibility respond to the young adult and yuppie context and culture of Cliff Bungalow-Mission and of Calgary. The streetscapes provide continuity to the feel of the area.  go back to map 17th Avenue  pedestrian friendly environment   4th Street pedestrian environmnet crossing 25th Avenue       ESCARPMENT   Responsiveness to Culture and Content · Mature trees, two-way traffic, parallel parking, residential, open space all contribute to a safe environment  · Creates appropriate reuse of the historic Cliff Bungalow Elementary School  · School is a Montessori, and community building  Lack of Permeability · Lack of Continuity  · No sidewalk on the south tip of the escarpment  · No permanent pathway behind Cliff Bungalow School  · No safe path connecting users to Mount Royal is extremely ad hoc and potentially dangerous  Lack of Legibility · Lack of continuity on the northern tip  · Gated parking blocks path  · Western High School side of the street has no side walk  · Crossing directly from pathway does not continue directly northwards  go back to map Where is the sidewalk behind Western Highschool?  Unplanned pathway along the escarpment       21ST AVENUE SW EAST-WEST LINK TO LINDSAY PARK   Lack of Legibility · Difficult to recognize the purpose of the link from the opposite end  · The path is not straight  · Lack of legibility to guide users left or right  · Users of the link are not visible to intersecting vehicular traffic (5th, 4th & 2nd ST)  Continuity of existing grid helps to orient users · General atmosphere of the neighbourhood is safe  · Traffic flow east-west is slower  · Pathway connect straight to Lindsay Park from 4th ST.  go back to map Crossing 4th Street via East-West Link to Lindsay Park East-West Link with a veiw of Lindsay Park     4TH STREET NEAR 17TH  Lack of Variety · Building typology is large  · Beyond human scales, at RM6 to 7  · Facades are not human scale  · Lack of inviting entrances  · Store type is mostly of the health care profession  Legibility of 4th Street 'The People Street' does not work North of 17th  go back to map Large building on 4th Street         2ND STREET - HOLY CROSS Old and new facades of Holy Cross Hospital   Lack of legibility · Street treatment of the historic area does not continue  · Historic buildings are further apart  Permeability · 2nd Street is one-way, acts as a thoroughfare for commuters  · Boulevard tree planting breaks up  Sidewalks have boulevards with trees  Tree canopy provides pedestrian friendly environment  go back to map       22ND AVENUE CITY DESIGNATED BIKE AND PATHWAY Less permeable in comparison to 21st Avenue link  The linkage at does not have greater activity or function at either end  Lack of safe crossings  go back to map       17TH AVENUE SW - EAST OF 2ND STREET   Lack of Legibility · No street treatment  · Utility poles above ground, no banners  · Change in existing sidewalk, broken up  · Enormous lost space due impart to parking for the automotive industry  Lack of Permeability · Unsafe sidewalk, disrupted  · Does not connect well to Stampede LRT,  Pedestrian overpass is slightly further north  · Missed opportunity  · Street is not well lit at night  · Streets are unsafe to cross, high vehicular speeds on Macleod Trail  Lack of Variety · Numerous automotive industry shops  · Stores that could potentially generate  Pedestrian activity are isolated in islands of lost space  Future Planning  This area is an opportunity to develop for the future. Design and planning is for the future. Vacant surrounding land is being built up into townhouses and condos, these residents could contribute to the pedestrian environment of 17th Ave.  go back to map 17th Street without street treatment       BRIDGE AND MACLEOD TRAIL ON 25TH AVENUE   Lack of permeability · Sidewalk is on only one side of the bridge  · Sidewalks are meager  · Fast vehicle speeds on Macleod create an unsafe pedestrian crossing to LRT  Lack of Legibility · Pathway to LRT is not easily understood at the other end of the link  go back to map   25th Street Bridge bottleneck Crossing Macleod Trail from Erlton LRT