Centre sector · Established 1914
Crescent Heights
A 1.6 km² inner city community in Calgary’s Centre sector, served by a business improvement area.
About
23% of the ground is under tree canopy and 8% is parkland; canopy is above the Calgary community median and parkland below it.
Getting around
33 bus stops inside the boundary; no CTrain station.
Schools
- Crescent Heights High School · PublicSenior High
- Italian School of CalgaryJunior High/Senior High
Parks, paths and trees
4.8 km of pathways and trails, 6.9 km of bike routes and one off-leash area. The city counts 3,341 public trees here.
When it was built
- 1900s
- John Steinbrecher Residence · Queen Anne Revival1907
- Immanuel Church1909
- 1910s
Established 1914
- Reliance (Armour) Block · Edwardian Commercial1910
- Roma Grocery · Edwardian Commercial1910
- Original Riverside Iron Works · Edwardian Classical1913
- 1920s
- Green Residence · Craftsman1922
- Crescent Park1923
- Tigerstedt Block · Commercial1928
- 7 Avenue NE Boulevards1929
- 8 Avenue NE Boulevards1929
+4 more
- 1930s
- 10 Avenue N Boulevards · Vernacular1930
- 11 Avenue N Boulevards1930
- Sharon Evangelical Lutheran Church · Gothic Revival1931
- 5 Avenue NE Boulevards1932
- Leggett Residence · Bungalow1939
+1 more
- 1970s
- St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Cultural Centre · Eastern European1977
23 resources on the City of Calgary inventory, by construction decade.
Public art
- Frozen River · Stephen GlassmanEmergency Operations Centre (673 First St. N.E.)
- Lion · JamesL. ThomsonRotary Park, 617 First St. N.E.
Community association
Crescent Heights Community Association · Crescent Heights Village BIA
Compared with Calgary
- 22.9%Tree canopyAbove city median 14.6%
- 8.1%ParklandBelow city median 11.9%
- 3.3%Natural areaAbove city median 2%
- 4.8 kmPathways and trailsNear city median 4.1 km
- 6.9 kmBike routesAbove city median 1.7 km
Permits and housing
Building permits
105 building permits, 46 development permits and 7 land-use redesignations in the last twelve months, with a declared building value of $42.1M.
Housing stock
The city lists 68 registered secondary suites and 98 licensed short-term rentals.
Crescent Heights — common questions
- Which part of Calgary is Crescent Heights in?
- Crescent Heights is in the Centre sector of Calgary.
- Is Crescent Heights on the CTrain?
- No CTrain station sits inside the Crescent Heights boundary; the nearest stations are in neighbouring communities.
- What schools are in Crescent Heights?
- Crescent Heights has 2 schools inside its boundary: Crescent Heights High School and Italian School of Calgary.
- How big is Crescent Heights?
- Crescent Heights covers about 1.6 square kilometres.
- Which communities border Crescent Heights?
- Crescent Heights borders Bridgeland/Riverside, Chinatown, Downtown East Village, Mount Pleasant, Renfrew, Rosedale, Sunnyside, Tuxedo Park, and Winston Heights/Mountview.
- Does Crescent Heights have a Business Improvement Area?
- Yes — Crescent Heights is served by the Crescent Heights Village BIA.
- How many historic resources are in Crescent Heights?
- Crescent Heights has 23 historic resources on the City of Calgary's heritage inventory.
- Is Crescent Heights good for walking and cycling?
- Crescent Heights has 6.9 km of bike routes and 4.8 km of pathways and trails.
- Does Crescent Heights have public art?
- Crescent Heights has 2 public artworks.
- What is for sale in Crescent Heights?
- Every home for sale in Crescent Heights is on the listings map, with prices and photos, scoped to this community.
Sources and notes
- City of Calgary Open Data: community boundaries and classes, permits, parks and off-leash areas, urban forest, pathways and bikeways, historic resources, public art, schools, transit stops, secondary suites, short-term rentals, land supply. Permits, suites and short-term-rental licences refresh daily to weekly.
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- https://crescentheightsyyc.ca/
- https://calgarycommunities.com/communities/crescent-heights-community-association/
- https://crescentheightsvillage.ca/about-us/
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