06-22-2020, 03:21 PM
(06-20-2020, 04:37 PM)Jacquie Wrote: Anyway, as my friend and I endeavoured to research this question, she stumbled across this thesis in architecture on the internet, devoted to the old abandoned church buildings DTK. I thought it suitable to upload here because as of now, we know that at least one of the churches (Trinity United previously located at Duke and Frederick) studied has been demolished in favour of a high rise condo building. It's a lost opportunity because it could've gone to much more creative use of the space, while preserving the heritage of the downtown, instead of doing away with it forever. (I also cross posted in the "Doors Closed Waterloo" thread. Here is the link: https://curve.carleton.ca/system/files/e...wntown.pdf
Some nice ideas in the thesis!
But, the challenge is that we need someone who wants to fund and develop those ideas. Land in DTK is not inexpensive, so any such project will be inherently expensive -- and the income streams from those projects are much less certain than from a residential or commercial development project. Unless the city decides to fund such a project, but getting city funding is not so easy, either.