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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns
] I wonder if the office tower NSP is vacating in SS could be converted into residential? Certainly it could become another hotel though couldn't it? If Barrington tower converted to residential - that would add quite a few units right in the central core. Imagine the commute - you'd be indoors, grab your coffee, wander through the pedways and there you are at work!
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Thats the idea! an interconnected downtown with buildings of all sorts from residential to professional, retail and recreation. Really its what they were getting at back in the 60's when they built SS. It came with the 3 apartment buildings across the street which were connected by the pedway over albermarle street. If this was the 70's i would totally be living there. Thats when Woolco was there with the red grill, the movie theater, dick turpins, the grocery store, 50's diner and the Discotech "Razzle Dazzle". You could live, shop, work, eat and have a night on the town without ever stepping outside!
Its so convenient yet there is this demand today for stores facing the street or a parking lot rather than being inside, and urban planners are against climate controlled connections between buildings like tunnels and skyways. The streets would be devoid of people but that doesnt mean the city is dead. They are all just inside out of the cold.
Hopefully they will figure out a way to connect the Nova Center to the downtown links.