02-11-2021, 10:30 AM
(02-11-2021, 10:19 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Unlike what seems like a majority of the posters on this forum, I like the design. I do agree on a few things though, It is ridiculous that we are building a new transit hub in Canada without covered platforms. I am sure the reasoning has been mentioned multiple times, but I can't remember, must be some transport Canada thing. Building a transit hub with out retail seems like a huge oversite. 100+million for what is proposed seems like a bit of a gouging. I think the city and region need to give up on the Rumpel Felt building. No part of that building is worth saving. It is probably one of the reasons the private transit hub plan fell through. Demolish the factory, subdivide the land, up zone it to allow 50+ stories and sell the parking lot and factory land separately to help fund the transit station.
I dunno, I agree with basically everything you said.
It's not the design I find bad (honestly, from renders, it's hard to know exactly what it would look like), but all the features you mention, uncovered platforms, no retail, high cost etc. are my main issues.
Out of curiosity, is it known that there is no contamination on the site?