11-20-2020, 11:53 AM
(11-20-2020, 10:05 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Overall I like the design. At first I wasn't a fan of the white, but it is growing on me. It will definitely be one of the nicest structures in the region. If you look at the night render on AD 605, It would be cool if they could have the exterior white panels have some sort of lighting feature to highlight the building at night. Personally I prefer the bus entrance off duke as oppose to king. I also think it is ridiculous that the regions hand is being tied on the closing of duke street. Also can't help but notice they are realigning Victoria street, but I see no mention of a separated bike lane? The plaza is alright, I do question municipally run water features, I know when i lived in Vancouver there were so many beautiful old water features and none of them worked. I can live with the parking for now, as long as there is a plan in place to sell the parking lot to a developer that will provide 65 underground/ garage parking in the future.
There are at least 3 other municipal water features in DTK right now (not including splash pads and pools), including one run by the region at the Charles Terminal. They are all operating. I think it's a question of investing in maintenance and operation. Given that this would presumably replace the Charles Terminal feature, which I assume has been running for 30+ years (the length of operation of the terminal), I am not too worried.
For closing Duke St....its' annoying that we are at the whims of metrolinx, but I'd say if the road remains open for cycling and pedestrians, that's the important use of the road. The lack of infra on Victoria doesn't surprise me, there is basically zero space around the Rumpel Felt building (the sidewalks don't even fit past the entryway), so I think the only way Victoria would get cycling infra is a road diet. But it makes it all the more important that Duke remain open because Breithaupt provides access to the terminal from Duke.