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Originally Posted by NOWINYOW
All the recommendations sound wonderful. None of them will cause anyone that isn't already using the Parkway pathways to visit the area.
A restaurant at the end of Parkdale sounds great. However, that really isn't "prime" real estate along the river. Whatever happened to the restaurant off the Champlain Bridge? Now that's prime real estate for a restaurant. And what do we have there now? Nothing. Nadda. Zilch. A parking lot, that's it, that's all.
I'm all for a vibrant waterfront. But pathways and bike paths won't bring people to any area. People want to be where people are. They want to shop. They want to be entertained. Ottawa is full of parks. All of them are virtually empty all of the time. Brewer Park is busy on weekends with the market. Take any other day of the week and with the exception of the playing fields, nobody is there.
I love the Parkway area. I'd love to see it become vibrant. I've been to cities that develop their waterways with restaurants, hotels, etc. That could happen over time along the riverfront. But settling for bike paths? That's not going to entice one person from downtown, Kanata, Orleans, Barrhaven etc.
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I love the idea of eliminating the cloverleaf interchange, but have similar doubts as you regarding the restaurant. If they could somehow tie it into the development of Tunney's. They could even put it on the top of a smaller building to give panoramic views of the Hills and city.
I think if Tunney's, Bayview and Lebreton have high-density, mixed-use development could bring more people to the waterfront.
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