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22-474: 801 Seventh Avenue S.W. , commonly known as the Nexen Building , is a high rise office building in downtown Calgary , Alberta , Canada . It is a 37-storey skyscraper , with a height of 153 m (502 ft). It was designed by CPV Group Architects and Engineers Ltd and built by CANA Construction Company Limited . The late- modernist building was completed in 1982. The Nexen Building employs

44-618: A composite stub-girder steel-frame floor system , originally developed in part by Joseph Colaco . It is unique in that it is one of the few buildings in Calgary that do not follow the traditional grid pattern of the downtown core. Instead of facing south–north, or east–west, it stands diagonally. The original tenant of the Nexen Building was the NOVA Corporation . In 2000, the building became Nexen 's headquarters. Nexen

66-483: A new hot-spot for the downtown area, playing host to the award-winning RiverWalk , several restaurants in the historic Simmons Mattress Factory building, and several new condo towers, with several more under construction. The neighbourhood is host to the $ 191 million National Music Centre of Canada , and will be host to the $ 245 million New Central Library of the Calgary Public Library system. Since

88-679: A traditional style, the cultural centre's roof is modelled after the Temple of Heaven in Beijing . Chinatown Calgary has an area redevelopment plan in place with work continuing towards revitalizing the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood also contains Dragon City Mall, the only traditional Chinese-inspired shopping mall in Alberta. Eau Claire is a neighbourhood located directly north of the Downtown Commercial Core. The area, which

110-516: A variety of pubs and restaurants. It is also located on the city's large network of pedestrian pathways and trails, along As of the 2016 Canadian Census, the population of Downtown was about 38,663 people living on approximately 6.0 km (2.3 sq mi) of land. Also as of 2016, there were approximately 137,030 jobs in Downtown Calgary. Residents in this community had a median household income of $ 30,126 in 2005 with 41.4% of

132-522: Is a pedestrian mall lined with historic buildings containing stores, restaurants, cinemas, and drinking establishments. Immediately adjacent to the outdoor portion of Stephen Avenue is an indoor complex of two shopping malls. The malls, The Core Shopping Centre (formerly TD Square/Calgary Eaton Centre) and the Scotia Centre are bordered at either end by the historic Hudson's Bay Company store and Holt Renfrew's upscale department store. The street

154-893: Is also home to a number of galleries, restaurants, pubs, off-beat cinemas, and nightclubs. Other attractions in the commercial core include the Devonian Gardens in The Core, the Calgary Tower , the Art Gallery of Calgary, The Glenbow Museum , Olympic Plaza, Arts Commons , and the Telus Convention Centre. The commercial core is also divided into a number of districts. They include the Entertainment District/Stephen Avenue, The Olympic Plaza and Cultural District, and

176-607: Is an office and retail hub in The CORE in downtown Calgary , Alberta , Canada. Located at 700 2nd Street SW, it stands at 155 metres (509 feet) or 41-storeys tall and was the tallest building in Calgary at the time of its completion. Formerly known as the Scotia Centre, after its namesake tenant Scotiabank , the building was purchased by Slate Asset Management in 2018 and was extensively renovated. Stephen Avenue Place

198-833: Is bordered by 14th Street W. on the west, the Bow River and Prince's Island Park on the north, the Elbow River on the east and the CPR mainline tracks on the south. The neighbourhoods of the Beltline and Mission to the immediate south are often considered part of downtown, due to the high concentrations of businesses, high population densities, and occurrence of retail and nightlife opportunities, but strictly speaking they are not technically part of downtown. The population of Calgary's downtown has grown substantially in recent years, growing by several thousand between 2011 and 2016. With

220-614: Is located along 8th Avenue South. It contains the pedestrian mall of Stephen Avenue , lined with restaurants and shops, enclosed shopping centres (including The Core , Scotia Centre , Bankers Hall and The Bay ), as well as Calgary's only art house movie theater (the Globe Cinema ) and recreation areas such as the Devonian Gardens . Landmark buildings found in this district include the Hyatt Regency Hotel, which incorporates several historic buildings into its facade,

242-775: The Calgary Board of Education among other buildings. The cultural district is centered on the Burns Building and Olympic Plaza, and contains educational and cultural venues such as Bow Valley College , Glenbow Museum and Arts Commons , including The Big Secret Theatre (home of One Yellow Rabbit theatre company), Jack Singer Concert Hall (home of Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra ), Max Bell Theatre (home of Theatre Calgary ), Martha Cohen Theatre (home of Alberta Theatre Projects ), and Engineered Air Theatre . A statue of The Famous Five stands between Stephen Avenue and Olympic Plaza. The entertainment district

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264-537: The Calgary Marriott and Fairmont Palliser Hotel . Landmark skyscrapers in this district are Scotia Centre , Bankers Hall , and Eighth Avenue Place . The "Udderly Art Legacy Pasture", a collection of decorated fiberglass cows built in 2000, is hosted mainly in the Centennial Parkade, while other particular exponates are spread throughout the city. The East Village is an area to the east of

286-545: The Downtown Commercial Core. This area was plagued by crime and homelessness for a long time. However, the area has seen a great amount of redevelopment since the late 2000s. In 2007, the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation began construction on $ 357 million worth of infrastructure upgrades to the neighbourhood, bringing all streets above flood plain levels, upgrading sewers and storm drains, and building plazas. The neighbourhood has since become

308-716: The Government District. The government district is an informal subdivision of the downtown core, and is centered along Macleod Trail , between the commercial core, Chinatown and Downtown East Village . It contains the City Hall, the Calgary Public Library , the Calgary Police headquarters, the Harry Hays building (federal government), Bow Valley College , the United States consulate and

330-583: The community. Downtown West End is also well connected into the Plus 15 skywalk system. Chinatown is located directly north of the Downtown Commercial Core and northwest of the East Village. The neighbourhood is characterized by high-density living and a high density of East Asian retail and restaurants. Calgary's Chinatown is home to the largest Chinese Cultural Centre in North America. Designed in

352-400: The middle of downtown in an east–west direction, and the ride is free on this section. The future Green Line will run underground through downtown under 2nd Street, in a north–south direction. Calgary's dense business area comprises the bulk of the downtown community. It is a core of skyscrapers. As of February 2017 , eight of the ten tallest buildings in western Canada , and a few of

374-587: The population of the five combined downtown neighbourhoods surpassing 18,000 as of 2016 , Downtown Calgary now has a significantly larger population than that of other Canadian cities of similar size, such as Ottawa and Edmonton . While Downtown Calgary continues to grow, the Beltline neighbourhood to the immediate south, with a population of 21,958 as of 2016 , is taking up the majority of residential development in inner city Calgary. Calgary Transit 's CTrain light rail system runs down 7th Avenue S. through

396-1257: The population reported as low income residents. As of 2006 , 44.3% of the residents in the commercial core were immigrants . A proportion of 99.7% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments , and 95.9% of the housing was used for renting . In the May 2023-May 2024 data period, the Downtown Commercial Core had a crime rate of 12.705/100, a decrease from the previous data period. This puts it at this comparison to other Calgary communities: Saddle Ridge (1.358/100), Whitehorn (1.741/100), Rundle (2.342/100), Brentwood (2.348/100), Acadia (2.542/100), Bowness (2.934/100), Shawnessy (3.296/100), Inglewood (3.438/100), Sunnyside (3.650/100), Marlborough (4.703/100), Southwood (5.147/100), Sunalta (5.307/100), Montgomery (5.483/100), Forest Lawn (6.528/100), Rosscarrock (7.049/100), Downtown Commercial Core (12.705/100), Downtown East Village (15.605/100), Manchester (43.368/100). 51°02′58.3″N 114°04′12.2″W  /  51.049528°N 114.070056°W  / 51.049528; -114.070056 Scotia Centre (Calgary) Stephen Avenue Place

418-478: The redevelopment has started, the neighbourhood has seen $ 2.7 billion worth of investment. The West End is a high-rise, high-density residential neighbourhood to the west of the Downtown Commercial Core. The neighbourhood is home to Millennium Park , which plays host to a large skate park, and is the home of the Calgary Pride celebration every September. The Downtown West - Kerby C-Train station serves

440-509: The tallest in the country, are in Calgary. It is arguably the densest downtown area of any city of its size in North America . Many of the buildings are connected via an 18 km (11 mi) long network of elevated walkways and bridges. The system, known as the " +15 " is the largest of its kind in the world. The area surrounding the Stephen Avenue Walk is Downtown Calgary's primary retail area. Stephen Avenue (8th Avenue SW)

462-657: Was developed from reclaimed industrial land, fronts the Bow River and sits immediately north of 3rd Avenue South. North of Eau Claire is Prince's Island Park , a large urban park on an island in the Bow River and the site of many summer festivals, including the Calgary Folk Music Festival, Carifest, Shakespeare in the Park and various busking happenings . Within Eau Claire is Eau Claire Market and

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484-450: Was purchased by Chinese state-owned CNOOC in 2013 and reduced its workforce over time. Nexen moved from the Nexen Building in 2019, instead subleasing 8 floors of The Bow from Cenovus , leaving the Nexen Building the largest-ever completely vacant building in downtown Calgary . This article about a building or structure in Alberta is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Downtown Calgary Downtown Calgary

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