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Originally Posted by J-MAN
well, I pulled into Regina on albert St, off the trans - canada, turned right onto victoria ave and drove around downtown which seemed very open and small,
with Scarth st being a 2 story resturant of some sort to the right, maybe 8 story building infront of it then the two twin 20 story buildings at the end;
turned right down 12th ave
turned right down hamilton st
then back to trans canada;
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sure that was a bit of an exageration comparing it to Brandon but in short I think Regina feels a bit smaller then Saskatoon
thats just my opinion
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I like both Regina and Saskatoon, but I agree that Regina feels much smaller than it is...
Infact when I was on my trip to Winnipeg, I spent a Wednesday night in Regina. I decided to exit the highway at the Wascana Parkway at around 10:30ish PM. I drove right through to downtown and I kid you not I encountered only a single car ... travelling a mind numbing 40km .. until I reached College ave. Beyond that the number of people I saw in the downtown area was very minimal.
I did see a lineup of people in front of the Milkyway (ice cream stand east of downtown), but that was as much activity I witnessed than night.
I also stayed in Regina the following Friday on my way back. The city was a buzz on my arrival in the late afternnon, as the Riders were playing that night at Taylor Field. Gainer the Goffer stuffed animals were seen everwhere. It seemed like a massive event was taking place. Since I had a few hours to kill that evening I took a drive, but once again beyond the football stadium the city was complely without action. It reminded me a great deal of Lethbridge. Quite with a slower pace.
Regina's downtown does have a nice collection of 7 to 15 story buildings, mostly government in nature. There are also 3 buildings which were 20+ stories, but each house with government offices, even including the Delta hotel across from the casino. Thanks to Grant Devine's 1980's attempt to show Saskatchewan was open for business many glass buildings were contracted out to Harvard Developments (McCallum Hill) and built, too bad the overwelming majority of the office space in those buildings were/are leased by Saskatchewan governmnet departments and crown corps... Some of those buildings, like the Canada Trust building contain small bank offices, the remaider of it were government offices. In the case of the twin towers.... the lowly bank branch in the lobby has its logo on the tower, in an attempt to hide its real occupants in the rest of the floors.. the other tower ,without logo, doesn't even have a private enterprise to utilize the signage space.
Regina is a really nice small & quite government city.. but it feels like an even smaller city than it is.
For the record I used live in Regina and am reasonably aware of its makeup.