Uptown Public Realm Strategy

[danbrotherston]

I would tend to see this as a big reason in favour of public space at that location.

Why?

People go to parks because of the equipment in the park, not because it is close to city hall. The only people who go to city hall go there to pay property taxes or set up their utility account.

Yeah, nobody ever goes to the public square in front of Kitchener City Hall...or Toronto City Hall...or London City Hall...

Just to clarify, the above is sarcasm...all those spaces are heavily used...as is, in fact, (perhaps to a lesser extent, because there is also the uptown square) the parking lot next to Waterloo city hall, which is not entirely pleasant I find.

In any case, another vote for open space, there isn't a lot of it in Uptown, although I think it would be a reasonable trade to develop the land along King St. instead...given that plot is along the existing streetscape, continuing that would help extend uptown farther south.