06-29-2015, 01:18 AM
(06-28-2015, 10:47 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: Charles doesn't have enough activity to attract traffic, even today with the station. Create a line of shops facing the extended park, parallel to Ontario street, redevelop that street mall as well as the parking lot on Charles and Ontario and suddenly you have all the key ingredients, with a corridor connecting to downtown and nonstop flow from one place to another.
I think this is a good idea - Gaukel Street from Charles to Joseph serves zero function for motor vehicles after the Charles Street Terminal is closed. And neither is Joseph is a substantial corridor. So Gaukel Street itself, plus a portion of the terminal property would make for a fine extension of the park to the LRT station at Charles, and it could cross Joseph Street in shared space fashion.