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Old Posted May 16, 2017, 2:44 PM
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Originally Posted by fenwick16 View Post
It shows how easy it would have been to keep Buckingham Street without really sacrificing much space for Scotia Square. If they could have foreseen the distant future (the present) then they could have had street level retail along Buckingham Street to make it inviting for pedestrians.

It is sad to think of how little planning would have been required to make Scotia Square a much more pedestrian friendly complex.


Here is a photo I took last fall in the Scotia Square parkade. I wonder if the cobblestones in the photo are part of the old Buckingham Street or perhaps Jacob Street?

I would be interested to learn more about them.
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