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Originally Posted by terrynorthend
Keith, do you remember when they blocked the Monastery access to Yukon and Yale? I seem to remember a time post-Quinpool Centre that you could still access those streets from Monastery. Methinks the residents raised Cain and lobbied council to have these roads barricaded. One of those poorly thought-out "traffic calming" exercises, not unlike those ridiculous chicanes on Romans behind HSC.
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I thought it was simultaneous with construction but I'm not sure. I know that the development was hugely contentious at the time (what a surprise) and there were a lot of people in the immediate area fighting it tooth and nail. The thinking seemed to be this would be a hugely busy shopping mall, which it never really became. Big concerns about traffic, which led to the island to prevent right turns out of the parking lot to go up to Allan St., which everyone just drove over/around anyway, these street blockades, and the inability to go straight through onto Vernon St. at the other end, forcing traffic to turn left or right only onto Quinpool.
Qunipool Center was a disappointment on many levels, not just the commercial space, but the residential units also. The tower units are not a very appealing location now. One thing I will give them credit for is the recent reclad of the townhouse units from their 1970s dark stained wood to a white and neutral clapboard, which has really updated their look quite nicely.
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