Centre Mall -> The Centre on Barton

[ryan_mcgreal]

Originally Posted by markbarbera

The redevelopment is much more pedestrian friendly than you care to admit

Likewise, getting punched in the face only once a minute is quite a bit better than being punched in the face twice a minute. (No, I'm not suggesting that Centre Mall is literally akin to getting punched in the face.) The redevelopment is not pedestrian friendly in any meaningful sense of the term. The fact that it is merely possible to walk from one store to another (unlike the Meadowlands, in which even that minimal sop to walking is absented by retaining walls and culverts) does not make it pedestrian friendly when the primary orientation is entirely to the interior surface parking.

Originally Posted by markbarbera

quite frankly the textbook design just does not fit at this location.

Why on earth not?

Originally Posted by markbarbera

Now is not the time to give a credible critique of the project.

Live and don't learn, that's Hamilton.

Originally Posted by markbarbera

Any being presented now is based on very few facts, a considerable amount of conjecture, and a great deal of bias.

We know enough to know that the development will present Barton Street with the blank rear walls of one-storey retail warehouses punctuated by entrance/exit ramps for vehicles. Frankly, I think your high-handed "wait and see" attitude as at least as self-serving as my open contempt for a wasted opportunity to build an urban retail development in an urban setting.