An interesting tidbit in a T&T article today discussing vagrancy, homelessness and the lack of public washroom facilities in the downtown of the city.
A city hall spokesperson mentioned that the city was in the preliminary design phase for a kiosk in the plaza in front of the Avenir Centre which, in addition to other things, will contain a public washroom.
A kiosk such as this was in the original plan for the Avenir Centre, and at that time, would have corresponded to "parcel C" in the outdated site plan below.
Times have changed however, and the "parcel C" site is now occupied by the Resurgo art piece which was commissioned by the city. I have no idea where the kiosk could go now, but I would wonder if they would locate it on a portion of the green space at the south end of the plaza.
The original thoughts regarding this small building included a place to rent skates to use on the outdoor ice surface, a small cafe or takeout to get hot chocolate & coffee, an information kiosk and the public washrooms. It will be interesting to see what the newer iteration of this kiosk looks like.