i really like the new air photos of Regina, i would like to share it with u guys.
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for more pictures visit http://www.globalairphotos.com/gallery/SK/Regina/

In that last pic it looks as though they designed/planned to have those streets converted to freeways at some point with a large interchange at that intersection.

Wow awsome. I <3 the regina skyline (except it needs more color.) Theres to much white. But overall lookin great! :)

Is that the coin minting complex?

Looks good, especially those twins.

Whoa FLAT

time for some condos...

I would love to see a boom hit Sask.

It really is on the plains, b/se naturally trees seem to be foreigners on the landscape, but Regina looks decent.

In that last pic it looks as though they designed/planned to have those streets converted to freeways at some point with a large interchange at that intersection.

That is where a "ring road ends" goes from 60 mph/100kph around the city to street speed as it enters more residential area. There is some room for larger interchange but those are water "towers" that won't move anytime soon (never).

Regina is seriously flat... you can look from the south west corner of the city across 70 miles or more of flat land. when you go up in a plane it looks like a checker board with the contrasting fields of grain and summer fallow(dirt)

Rob

That is where a "ring road ends" goes from 60 mph/100kph around the city to street speed as it enters more residential area. There is some room for larger interchange but those are water "towers" that won't move anytime soon (never).

Regina is seriously flat... you can look from the south west corner of the city across 70 miles or more of flat land. when you go up in a plane it looks like a checker board with the contrasting fields of grain and summer fallow(dirt)

Rob
On Regina's website, there's a map of the road plan for the next 25 years, and it shows that they plan on building an interchange there, but I doubt that will happen soon. I didnt know those were water towers tho, i always wondered what those were!

and yeah, the only two hills in Regina are man made, one is Wascana Hill, which is made from the earth dug out of Wascana Lake (both the times it was dredged), and the other is the garbage dump lol

For a city the size of little Regina, it really does have an incredible number of downtown towers. I don't think there will be many condos as the city is not growing at all and houses are so cheap and within easy reach of the core that its not worth it.

Also building a lot of housing downtown will be difficult until Regina gets its very high crime rate under control. This is particularily true in the downtown area.

For a city the size of little Regina, it really does have an incredible number of downtown towers. I don't think there will be many condos as the city is not growing at all and houses are so cheap and within easy reach of the core that its not worth it.

Also building a lot of housing downtown will be difficult until Regina gets its very high crime rate under control. This is particularily true in the downtown area.
Regina does need to get the crime rate under control, and I would love to see more people move downtown (as soon as my university work term starts, I'll be buying an appartment downtown).

But, like I said in the Sask photos thread, the number of people living downtown has doubled since 2001, and the city's population has been stagnant for a little while, but historically, the current lack of growth in Regina has only been a short trend which is already turning around.

This is taken from http://www.regina.ca
Previous population projections were based on 1986 Census information, and anticipated
a continuation of the high growth rate occurring in the 1976 – 1986 period. The
population has in fact grown at a slower pace because of net out-migration from both
Regina and Saskatchewan.
According to CMHC, migration has been steadily improving since 1992 and they project
continued improvement leading to net in-migration in the latter part of the forecast period
(2009 - 2016). The rates of migration are largely independent of local planning policies
and are primarily responsive to provincial, national or even international economic
factors. However, planning affects some aspects of quality of life such as housing
availability, choice and cost; neighbourhood and downtown amenity; traffic and taxes
indirectly through the efficiency of providing services related to development. Those
may, in turn, influence locational decisions and therefore population growth. Planning in
Regina has always striven to improve quality of life, and this will continue with potential
positive impact on population growth.
Natural increase (births and
deaths) is the other component
of population growth. This has
been steadily declining as the
population ages – births
decrease and deaths increase.
However, births are expected to
begin increasing again after
2006 as the children of the
"baby boom" in turn enter the
child-bearing years.
In the forecast period (1996 –
2016), population growth will
be a fairly constant 1,000 to
1,200 persons per year,
increasing to 1,300 persons per
year by the end of the forecast
period.
and here's a graph showing Population projections for Regina from 1979, 1990, and 1996. The 1979 projection is pretty much dead on, and according to the 1996 projection, Regina should grow to over 200,000 in the next 5 years
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but that projection is a little outdated, in reality, the population pretty much stayed the same from 1996-2001, and is only now begining to increase. I'm guessing it's probably increasing a bit more rapidly though, becuase it seems like Regina has grown a lot in the last few years, also taking into consideration Saskatchewan's current booming economy

so Regina is growing, just not all that fast lol

Downtown Regina looks nice, but people there are often the rudest you have met in Prairie provinces, especially at night, drug is common there and robberies, violence, uncontrolled graffiti... you can say it's lively but I would rather go to its outskirt.

Downtown Regina looks nice, but people there are often the rudest you have met in Prairie provinces, especially at night, drug is common there and robberies, violence, uncontrolled graffiti... you can say it's lively but I would rather go to its outskirt.
Obviously you've never actually been in downtown Regina, either that, or you were there once 10 years ago and had a isolated bad experience

Go take a walk downtown Regina, there isnt any grafitti, you'd probably be lucky to find one or two spraypainted walls in the entire area. Regina has a new antigrafitti Bylaw, which results in vandalism being removed from visible areas within 3 days

And crime and drugs are common? hah! oh give me a break, I've walked downtown alone at midnight many times, and I've never had a problem. You can't possibly think that downtown Regina is more dangerous than larger cities

The only dangerous part of the city is north central, where all the poor homes are, and theres no reason to be in that area unless you live there anyways

On Regina's website, there's a map of the road plan for the next 25 years, and it shows that they plan on building an interchange there, but I doubt that will happen soon. I didnt know those were water towers tho, i always wondered what those were!

and yeah, the only two hills in Regina are man made, one is Wascana Hill, which is made from the earth dug out of Wascana Lake (both the times it was dredged), and the other is the garbage dump lol

That plan has been in existance since i was a kid and i'm 40. As a kid we used to play in the construction of the newer "tower" the one on the right or the north one. When it was completed we raced our fabricated racers down the hill of the park created beside it. I said it in another thread but Regina's "high rise landscape is largely due to Gov't influence. sasktel saskpower saskoil cityhall saskinsurance the ledge, even the twins had gov't influence at the time(s) i'm not knocking the buildings just how big would it be (vertical) without the gov't

Regina's growth for years has been off the farm (rural/reserve) into the city
and then from the city into mostly Alberta. My high school reunions are for the mostpart at Calgary Stampeder Football Games. The one thing that does not change is that we remain endlessly Roughrider fans. Games here are half green and half red.

That plan has been in existance since i was a kid and i'm 40. As a kid we used to play in the construction of the newer "tower" the one on the right or the north one. When it was completed we raced our fabricated racers down the hill of the park created beside it. I said it in another thread but Regina's "high rise landscape is largely due to Gov't influence. sasktel saskpower saskoil cityhall saskinsurance the ledge, even the twins had gov't influence at the time(s) i'm not knocking the buildings just how big would it be (vertical) without the gov't

Regina's growth for years has been off the farm (rural/reserve) into the city
and then from the city into mostly Alberta. My high school reunions are for the mostpart at Calgary Stampeder Football Games. The one thing that does not change is that we remain endlessly Roughrider fans. Games here are half green and half red.
And like I said in the other thread, Government buildings arent even on the list of the 17 tallest buildings in Regina ;) Except for SGI

And like I said in the other thread, Government buildings arent even on the list of the 17 tallest buildings in Regina ;) Except for SGI
I may be criticizing Regina to the hilt, but you are defending it to the hilt.
If you look into many of Regina's buildings they have original Gov't funding of some sort. I believe that McCallum Hill twins recieved funds from Grant Devines conservative gov't. What is the list of the top 20-25 buildings in Regina?

There is a fundamental mentality difference between Alberta and Sask. Right vs Left. Gov't involvement vs business. It's the reason many of my friend's left.

There are lot's of things I miss from there: family, snow,No DST (it sucks to change the clocks), Lakes, Northern Sask, fall suppers, NO rush hour traffic etc

What i like about Alberta is opportunity, mountains, chinooks in Feb., etc

^^ Well believe me, I don't think Regina is perfect by any means lol, but I personally really like it here, I don't know what it is, maybe its the fact that all my friends are here, maybe its the memories, who knows.

Regina is starting to make a lot of progress though, the east and north ends have exploded in the last few years, and the southwest is supposed to be under development by 2007, along with the deepening of Wascana lake and the new Island and all the new landscaping, I really like what I'm seeing.

And I actually didn't know what you meant by "having government influence", I thought you meant most of the buildings were the crown buildings.. thats what I was defending against. But if you meant they were partially funded by the government, I wouldnt be surprised. Saskatchewan is very government influenced in many ways.

here's the list of the towers in Regina (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=101728&bt=9&ht=2&sro=1). Note, some of it's not all in order, as they are missing data for the heights of some buildings. Roberts Plaza probably should at least be on the first page since it's 20 stories

But anyways, it's not like the government built those buildings to be decorations :tounge3: They're all full of offices and jobs, just like any other towers in Canada. Regina has a really low office vacancy rate of <6%.

I just look at it in a more positive way: it was nice of the government to help out downtown to avoid sprawl and create more jobs :)

Hey thanks for the list.
I did some research into it and the McCallum Hill companies own pretty much every thing downtown. and if you go to sask property management and research the buildings they rent and sub rent the list pretty much matches M.H.'s list. This is not a NEW thing as the connection between sask gov't and the company goes back to the initial sale of the Hill's farm to the Gov't to build the ledge and Wascana Park. The two have been closely tied since.
And as far as the vacancy rate if the gov't rents 80% and then sub lets you have to find out what thier vacancy is.
If you want to see sprawl come to calgary. I think we have built 2 regina's here since i moved in 1990.
have a good one

Obviously you've never actually been in downtown Regina, either that, or you were there once 10 years ago and had a isolated bad experience

Go take a walk downtown Regina, there isnt any grafitti, you'd probably be lucky to find one or two spraypainted walls in the entire area. Regina has a new antigrafitti Bylaw, which results in vandalism being removed from visible areas within 3 days

And crime and drugs are common? hah! oh give me a break, I've walked downtown alone at midnight many times, and I've never had a problem. You can't possibly think that downtown Regina is more dangerous than larger cities

The only dangerous part of the city is north central, where all the poor homes are, and theres no reason to be in that area unless you live there anyways

I lived in North Central part of Regina... 10-15 years ago and I went back this year and still sucks.

I lived in North Central part of Regina... 10-15 years ago and I went back this year and still sucks.
You lived in north Central.. I've already noted that's a hell hole lol. But that's your opinion and that's fine. Like I said, I personally really like Regina, and downtown really is clean, barely any grafitti, go look for yourself.