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RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - Momo26 - 11-11-2020
I'm curious about this also. Was in the area and saw them working. I dont think Charlie West people need the space.
Are we getting a Grand artistic centre for the performing arts in the form of an award winning state of the art structure?
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - Rainrider22 - 11-11-2020
Drive through Covid test centre....not bad ....
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - DK519 - 11-11-2020
My money is on homeless shelter.
Given the property's current use and location it's not really a stretch. Pandemic and all it is kind of a no brainer and the Concordia club-esque structure makes it seem likely.
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - panamaniac - 11-12-2020
I think I may call GRT tomorrow and just ask ...
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - taylortbb - 11-12-2020
Took another photo now that the frame is assembled. The positioning of the two outer spans right in line with bus lanes and wide enough for a car really makes me think Covid testing centre.
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - panamaniac - 11-12-2020
Turns out GRT customer service doesn't know what it is either. And here I thought I was being so clever ....
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - jeffster - 11-12-2020
Drive-thru COVID centre makes sense. And they’d keep it up as a drive-thru vaccine centre, whenever we get it.
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - ijmorlan - 11-12-2020
Drive-thru restaurant service?
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - jeffster - 11-12-2020
(11-12-2020, 11:09 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: Drive-thru restaurant service?
Wouldn’t be a horrible idea, it would be good for those businesses downtown Kitchener. I’ll get that macaroni from Grand Trunk Saloon....nom nom nom.
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - danbrotherston - 11-12-2020
(11-12-2020, 01:17 PM)jeffster Wrote:(11-12-2020, 11:09 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: Drive-thru restaurant service?
Wouldn’t be a horrible idea, it would be good for those businesses downtown Kitchener. I’ll get that macaroni from Grand Trunk Saloon....nom nom nom.
I mean, I agree it's a horrible idea (last thing DTK needs is a "drive through"), although it could be supplied by DTK businesses.
I do wish more pandemic era businesses converted to servicing at their door/window so that there is less need to actually go into businesses. I realize it's a bit of work to achieve this, but I'd personally feel better.
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - KevinL - 11-12-2020
If they've signed up with Doordash/UberEats I have to imagine they can be takeout-ready.
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - dtkvictim - 11-12-2020
I have to admit I'd be a bit nervous about the quality of a homeless shelter they could set up there, especially with a temporary structure like that. I think the current hotel based shelters make far more sense, and I'd hope the city will be continuing that.
A Covid test center makes way more sense to me. Getting to the Glasgow test center on foot (sick people aren't taking transit!) from downtown, in the summer heat, with a sick person was a terrible experience. And given that a higher proportion of people living downtown don't have cars, I think the lack of a downtown or downtown adjacent testing center is a problem.
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - KevinL - 11-12-2020
A testing site does make sense. It's a property with driveways all the way through, owned by the Region, with an attached structure with washrooms and heat for the staff. Win/win/win.
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - panamaniac - 11-12-2020
(11-12-2020, 01:47 PM)KevinL Wrote: A testing site does make sense. It's a property with driveways all the way through, owned by the Region, with an attached structure with washrooms and heat for the staff. Win/win/win.Bonus - another reason for folks to come downtown ...
RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment - danbrotherston - 11-12-2020
(11-12-2020, 01:41 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: I have to admit I'd be a bit nervous about the quality of a homeless shelter they could set up there, especially with a temporary structure like that. I think the current hotel based shelters make far more sense, and I'd hope the city will be continuing that.
A Covid test center makes way more sense to me. Getting to the Glasgow test center on foot (sick people aren't taking transit!) from downtown, in the summer heat, with a sick person was a terrible experience. And given that a higher proportion of people living downtown don't have cars, I think the lack of a downtown or downtown adjacent testing center is a problem.
That was my take, and if they were doing a homeless shelter, the tent itself isn't much larger than the actual building that's heated right next to it...smaller if you include all the hallways.
A test centre would make some sense, but I'm not sure how big a lineup you'd be expecting, the terminal space isn't that big you probably couldn't fit more than 50 cars in line, I wouldn't really be looking forward to huge lineups of cars blocking our driveway (hence why I might have an interest in what goes in here). It would also end up blocking the GO Bus. But there is also a big need for a testing facility in an accessible location. I find the Glasgow location easy to get too, but that's only because I bike, by walking or transit, it's pretty inconvenient.
Honestly, I'd just like to know.