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Originally Posted by Jebby
And lifestyles don't change? Architecture can't influence lifestyle?
I bet you if they were able to build a covered plaza that could be used 300+ days of the year, it would be heavily used. Especially when you have 6-10 residential and office towers and a huge mall connected to it giving it life 18 hours a day.
Who wouldn't like a nice plaza where you can have a coffee or a beer in a large open space year round with heaters in the winter, a roof for the rain, and shade in the summer?
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i know myself and my family and friends would prefer to head to the walking trails or beaches than hang out at a mall
judging by the hundreds of people who would rather hang out in the evening at english bay beach than any number of outdoor spaces downtown i think helps prove people in this city just don't feel the attraction of plazas
winter is different obviously, i think we get so few great days when we do outdoors is more popular
the convention centre is alright but i would guess its 90% tourists hanging out down there
i don't know
brentwood and any number of places is okay if you have to be there but no one really would choose to be there from what i have heard/observed
i think with this town its like lets go do the grind not lets go do the plaza, i am not a grind person however