Shops at Waterloo Town Square

[ijmorlan]

I believe laurel creek flows right under the mall though so i am not sure how viable any of that would be.

More or less right between the mall and the tracks, to my knowledge; then angling southwards to pass under the parking garage. I understand the reason for the weird angled posts in the parking garage is to bridge the creek under the floor.

The LRT platform in that location required a lot more foundation work than was typical for other stations.

I would like to see the creek daylighted and made part of the redevelopment. Before the LRT came I was imagining a large atrium with both the creek and LRT running through indoors (or semi-indoors; realistically it probably wouldn’t be reasonable to heat to room temperature in winter a space with a creek running through and LRT-sized openings). Just an idea, not even a conceptual plan — I don’t know what shape the rest of the structure might have had.

But one can imagine re-routing the creek slightly further from the tracks and putting patios next to it. Probably constrained between walls, not naturalized, but still would be nice to actually see the water.