05-26-2021, 11:53 PM
(05-26-2021, 07:47 AM)jamincan Wrote: Victoriaville Mall in Thunder Bay is an example of where they "mallilfied" a street. That particular case was to not-so-great effect and it arguably contributed to decline in the surrounding area as well by cutting off two major thoroughfares. It's really hard to say for sure that the mall did it, though, as there are really a multitude of factors to consider.
Yeah, there's something about a roof that doesn't always work out. Arcades can work but not always. I don't know. ijmorlan's arguments about roofs seem to make sense but yet there are examples of where it doesn't work.
I often think about St-Roch in Quebec and how they had a covered street that really did not work. Works better without a roof now. Here's a quite good article in French from 15 years ago about the de-roofing of that street (I guess you can use Google Translate)?
https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/122561/...saint-roch