Cambridge Mill Hotel | 38 & 24 fl | Proposed

[panamaniac]

Elora, Fergus, Cambridge and Paris all incorporated the Grand in their downtowns, to great effect. Kitchener, Waterloo and Brantford put parkland along the river and keep it like in the photo above. Both have their merits.

Historic Kitchener and Waterloo are both well west of the Grand and, even today, the Grand marks the eastern boundary other than in the Bridgeport area.  I'm not sure how the Grand could have been "incorporated" in the circumstances.  That said, it's hard to dispute the merits of having a substantial waterway coursing through a city's core.