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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
Is there any multifamily outside of the core in either Calgary or Edmonton? Or any significant commercial outside of the major commercial / industrial districts?
urbanists talk a lot about segregation of uses, but check out these cities..the non-core residential areas seem completely (SFH) residential. to go shopping, you have to visit semi-industrial / commercial areas with manufacturing and retail
https://www.google.com/maps/search/c.../data=!3m1!1e3
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Well, Edmonton has Strathcona, which is fairly central but very disconnected from the downtown core by the huge river valley (unlike Oliver or the Quarters which act more like an extension).
The main street (Whyte Ave):
https://goo.gl/maps/1UW3Khy5nyDqKri16
A lot of the mature residential area is walk-up apartments like this with some old single-detached homes mixed in:
https://goo.gl/maps/b2H92ipW3EVb2Kww7
The northern bank of the area, Saskatchewan Drive, is lined with this:
https://goo.gl/maps/sxSrsLKSX8x7aKfo8
There's also newer human-scaled construction:
https://goo.gl/maps/MyNYPcygHtE1cT768
It also blends seamlessly with Garneau and the UofA to the west, which is a major high density area of employment, education, and housing.
Garneau's main street (The less impressive 109 St):
https://goo.gl/maps/xvRQeMHmvyyEtwTF6
Dense residential:
https://goo.gl/maps/RcuWFcMjzoeTJRR66
Admittedly there's a fair bit of historical preservation, so there are blocks of this too:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZK7Zv4oKReubZBz9A
The area as a satellite image (from left to right it goes UofA -> Garneau -> Strathcona):
https://goo.gl/maps/v8yBnEzs9oktdyTc9
Also, throughout Edmonton, there's stuff like this...
Westwood (largely multi-unit residential, with a small commercial main street a block off this streetview, adjacent to NAIT, the major polytechnic):
https://goo.gl/maps/WTngmzJcTAEV7KcU9
Empire Park (near the city's first proper freeway and the major regional mall -- Southgate):
https://goo.gl/maps/v6xHvqYqD6Jf7Q6YA
Jasper Place (semi-walkable main street and surrounding residential area often has a lot of walk-ups):
https://goo.gl/maps/M3nKw1A5veTUzHFA9 &
https://goo.gl/maps/rw746dJjne3cBvzu7
Newer stuff in Windermere:
https://goo.gl/maps/9oVXsBShgR9eMd7J9
Beverly is another decent one:
https://goo.gl/maps/mADQFaMJsdRBEwky9
If you're just looking for some towers there's this around Capilano:
https://goo.gl/maps/mJczfgfxdek48STc6
Or some office towers on Calgary Trail:
https://goo.gl/maps/kVBFtjHUPzXknMMN7
Alberta Ave is a more walkable commercial + low rise multi unit residential main street surrounded by older stock housing and more disconnected from the core:
https://goo.gl/maps/pgAV1o4ZDzvymKWY9
I think in a more integrated, mixed-use sense that you seem to be looking for, Strathcona/Garneau is the apex example, with Westwood, Jasper Place, and Beverly secondary examples. Alberta Ave to a lesser extent. The others I highlighted are more a tower cluster or business cluster. There's also other walkable, dense areas, but they're more connected to the core (Westmount/124th St, Oliver, the North Edge/107 Ave, McCauley, Boyle St).