10-02-2016, 09:45 PM
I made my way further along the corridor and got a sense of the local feel of things. It is interesting to see now; the residential side is almost perfectly shut out by the new fence, yet no new barriers are up on the Fairway side. There are some existing fences, like behind the Michaels plaza, but the gap there remains open.
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Next door, behind Swiss Chalet/Harvey's, it's even more permeable - though there is a thick run of close-planted evergreens, there are several gaps.
But the topper comes behind Royal Bank and PartSource - where virtually no barriers exist at all!
![[Image: 4uVdezx.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/4uVdezx.jpg)
You can really see how local residents would have become accustomed to entering the commercial strip at one of many convenient points. Obviously this is a major change for them, and even a single crossing would be truly a boon to their accessibility.
Next door, behind Swiss Chalet/Harvey's, it's even more permeable - though there is a thick run of close-planted evergreens, there are several gaps.
But the topper comes behind Royal Bank and PartSource - where virtually no barriers exist at all!
You can really see how local residents would have become accustomed to entering the commercial strip at one of many convenient points. Obviously this is a major change for them, and even a single crossing would be truly a boon to their accessibility.