The multimillion dollar concrete pad which took years to pour in front of city hall, a couple bollards and a weird bench to take Instagram selfies at on Gaukel and a parkette that insects use more than we do doesn't really mean a whole lot when this region is soon to be approaching 700'000 people. There should be much more. There should also be MUCH more greenery...walk around a place like Berlin for 15 minutes and it'll seem more full of life than all of downtown Kitchener.
Downtown is simply not an inviting or desirable place for the vast majority of all those people and it isn't their fault, it's because downtown is just gross and undesirable. No amount of condos and concrete box planters or cheap lights is going to do anything about that. Even fewer people will want to move down there when they see buildings like this falling apart despite the ridiculous price tag.
The place needs a total overhaul by people who actually know what they're doing in regards to design and the approval.
Downtown is simply not an inviting or desirable place for the vast majority of all those people and it isn't their fault, it's because downtown is just gross and undesirable. No amount of condos and concrete box planters or cheap lights is going to do anything about that. Even fewer people will want to move down there when they see buildings like this falling apart despite the ridiculous price tag.
The place needs a total overhaul by people who actually know what they're doing in regards to design and the approval.