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Originally Posted by spaustin
If this doesn't proceed it won't be the end of the world (the rhetoric for both the pro and con side has gone way over the top). There is a Plan B for these blocks so it's not like it's all or nothing. The government could also start again with another request for information. It has happened before with government projects. Stuffing the convention centre underground and covering over Granville Street are dumb ideas and the design isn't all that inspiring. Check out what Ottawa is building for $170 million:
http://ottawaconventioncentre.com/
It would be interesting to know why the Cogswell site was nixed. That would have took government money and leveraged it to do something that betters the city in a way that's greater than just a new convention centre. At the Cogswell, the convention centre would have been on the waterfront and certainly wouldn't have been buried deep underground. We could do so much better, and maybe it's worth waiting another 3-5 years for a better proposal then settling for this one. |
Very well put.
I don't know how many people attended the fusion event last evening, but i know personally there was something everyone should take away from that event.
For a city our size to have no less then sixteen projects either approved or pending approval is simple unheard of. I mean there are many larger cities who could only wish there was that much in the way of private development.
To all who say downtown is dying or dead is simply not the case. Yes things are slow; but that is the game in that real estate development is market driven and the market will dictate what happens (supply & demand).
What distrubs me is when people think that this proposal is the make or break for downtown's future, which is simply not the case.
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