9 Avenue North station

Crescent Heights is a neighbourhood (formerly its own village) located in Calgary, Alberta. It is located in the inner city, immediately north from Downtown. It is bounded to the north by the Trans-Canada Highway, on the east by Edmonton Trail, on the west by 4th Street NW, and to the south by Memorial Drive and the Bow River. Crescent Heights was originally incorporated as a village on May 1, 1908. It was subsequently annexed by the City of Calgary in 1911 and established as a neighbourhood in 1914. Crescent Heights is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 7 councillor. The community has an area redevelopment plan in place.The community will be linked to the city's CTrain rapid-transit system at 9 Avenue N Station when construction of the Green Line is complete in 2027.

Crescent Heights High School is a high school with an enrollment of 1934 students in grades 10-12 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The school is part of the Calgary Board of Education's public school system.

Rotary Park is an urban park in Calgary, Alberta. The park includes an off-leash dog park, a playground, and a splash park. In 2018, one of the original lion statues from the Centre Street Bridge was restored and moved to the southwest corner of the park, overlooking the bridge and downtown.

16 Avenue North is a planned and approved CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada part of the Green Line. Construction is expected to begin in 2024 and complete in 2027 as part of construction stage one, phase two. The station serves as the northern terminus station for stage one of construction and is expected to be one of the busiest stations on opening day. It will serve as a transfer point between the Green Line and MAX Orange BRT, connecting riders to the city's northwest, northeast, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, the University of Calgary, the Foothills Medical Centre, the Alberta Children's Hospital and future Calgary Cancer Centre. The station will be directly south of 16 Avenue North in the community of Crescent Heights. It is planned to be a low-profile urban station with curb height platforms, at-grade boarding, and will be in the median of Centre Street. The station will not include a park and ride. The area surrounding the station is instead expected to be redeveloped with high-density transit oriented development. As of 2015, there were 6,250 residents and 3,250 jobs within walking distance of the station. That number is expected to increase to 13,400 residents and 5,050 jobs after the station opens for service in 2027.The station was planned as an underground station in the city's 2017 recommendations, but was modified to an at-grade station with the city's 2020 alignment update.

Prince's Island Park is an urban park in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is developed on an island on the Bow River, immediately north of downtown Calgary. It was named after Peter Anthony Prince, the founder of the Eau Claire Lumber Mill. The park was built on land donated in 1947 to the city by the Prince family. It is often incorrectly referred to as "Princess Island Park". The park is open from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m. every regular day.The island has a surface of 20 hectares and is linked by three bridges to Eau Claire and downtown Calgary and a north bridge to Memorial Drive and the community of Crescent Heights. It is part of the pathway and hiking trail system lining both sides of the Bow River. The southern arm of the river has been landscaped, while the eastern end of the island re-creates a wetland environment. Canada geese and mallard ducks are common birds found in the park.

Calgary-Mountain View is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district was created in 1971 and is currently represented by Kathleen Ganley of the Alberta New Democratic Party.

The Calgary True Buddha Pai Yuin Temple is a Chinese Vajrayana Buddhist temple in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was built in 1984 through the concerted efforts of a small group who wanted a place to practice and spread Buddhism as taught by their founding guru, Grandmaster Sheng-yen Lu. It was built entirely through private donations. The name "Pai Yuin" was designated by Sheng-yen Lu, which literally means "White Cloud." The temple is open 7 days a week to the public from 11:00am to 5:00pm. This temple is part of a larger global organization known as the True Buddha School, with over 400 chapters and branches worldwide. The majority of the True Buddha School's members reside in Asia, especially in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The main languages spoken at the Pai Yuin Temple include Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. In 2010, the Pai Yuin Temple renovated and expanded their premises, which increased the size of the main hall and shrine. In August 2012, Grandmaster Sheng-yen Lu visited the temple to perform the consecration ceremony. The Pai Yuin Temple's shrine include an eclectic mix of Buddhist statuettes with varying Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese (Shingon) styles. Notable statues include a lifelike statue of Sheng-yen Lu (used to enhance visualization for the practice of Guru Yoga), Bodhidharma (the founder of Zen Buddhism), Yamantaka, Acala, Guanyin (Sanskrit: Avalokitesvara), Amitabha Buddha, Maha Mayuri (Peacock King), and Ragaraja. The main shrine is flanked by subsidiary shrines that include the protectors of the Chinese animal horoscopes, the local earth god (Tudigong), as well as popular Hindu deities, including Ganesh, Prithvi, and Brahma. The Hindu deities are a popular focal point for enrichment or worldly practices. On the lower floor of the temple, there is a traditional Chinese Ancestral shrine (known as the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Hall). In the ancestral shrine, family members or friends may sponsor the names of their deceased loved ones, which are inscribed on plaques as a memorial. The temple has an estimate of 1000 members, though actual attendance numbers vary depending on the type of ceremony conducted at the temple. Ceremonies include the performance of homas (fire offerings), sadhana meditations, mantra chanting, bardo deliverance for deceased loved ones, and blessing ceremonies for the purpose of purification, harmony, enrichment, and protection. On days when ceremonies take place, the temple offers a complimentary vegetarian (vegan) lunch for all attendants. The busiest day of the year occurs during Chinese New Year, where visitors number in the hundreds. The types of sadhana meditations include the practice of the Four Preliminaries, Guru Yoga, Personal Deity Yoga (Yidam Yoga), and Vase Breathing techniques. There are a total of 10 ordained members at the temple, which include 3 monks and 7 nuns. Of the ordained members, 2 of them have the Acharya status. In addition to public ceremonies, the ordained perform funeral services for the deceased and such traditional Chinese practices as the use of Joss Stick divination and consultation for auspicious days.

The Centre Street Bridge is a historic bridge in Calgary, Alberta, crossing the Bow River, along Centre Street. The lower deck connects Riverfront Avenue in Chinatown with Memorial Drive, while the upper elevated deck crosses Memorial Drive as well, reaching into the community of Crescent Heights. Centre Street Bridge is the central point of the quadrant system of the city.

Sien Lok Park is an urban park located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It sits between the Chinatown neighbourhood to the south, and the Bow River to the north. The park was established in 1982 by the Sien Lok Society of Calgary. The park features several sculptures and seating areas, as well as a playground. The Bow River pathway runs along the north side of the park.

The Calgary Folk Music Festival (also known as "Calgary Folk Fest") is held in late July each year at Prince's Island Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. July 2022 is the Festival's 43rd edition. The four-day Calgary Folk Music Festival annually features 70 icons and upstarts from 16 countries on 11 stages in over 100 distinct concert and collaborative programming performances to a 52,000+ audience the 4th weekend of July at Prince's Island Park. A genre-bending affair, it features roots, funk, country, old-time, world and indie icons and upstarts from around the globe. Ever-evolving programming brings on-the-fly collaborations where musical arranged marriages spark one-time works of art. The 44th annual Calgary Folk Music Festival will take place July 27-30, 2023.

The New Gallery (TNG) is a non-commercial artist-run centre that presents and promotes contemporary art in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. TNG is a not-for-profit arts organization and does not sell art. Instead, it provides a venue for artists producing new work that may be experimental in nature or not commercially viable. As with many other artist-run centres, programming is selected by a peer jury process. TNG is funded by the federal, provincial, and municipal governments, by grants from private organizations, and by donations from the public. Artists who exhibit with TNG are paid CARFAC fees. In addition to providing early exhibition opportunities for artists, TNG provided the impetus for the creation of a variety of other local cultural organizations, including EMMEDIA and the Mountain: Standard Time Performance Art Festival. TNG is also known for fostering the production and trade of Artist Trading Cards. TNG has been known by two different names in the past: the Clouds 'n' Water Gallery and Visual Production Society and Off Centre Centre.

Eau Claire is a planned and approved CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada part of the Green Line. Construction is expected to begin in 2022 and complete in 2027 as the northern terminus of construction phase one. The station is named for and located in the high density urban community of Eau Claire, immediately north of downtown Calgary. The station will be underground, integrated into the future Eau Claire Market redevelopment site. Similar to Calgary's Central Library, the redeveloped market will have a tunnel portal on the north end of the building where the line will exit the station and enter an S-curved elevated guideway over Prince's Island Park.This station will provide access to Chinatown, as well the Bow River Pathway, Princes Island Park, the Peace Bridge, the Chinese Cultural Centre and numerous office, residential, and commercial towers.