Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C

[tomh009]

Cheers for the material. I had read and watched some of those articles, but not all. I agree with you in principle here. We should insist on a positive walking environment along this important stretch- it's not wrong to say that not all of the ~150 meters are retaining wall, but all is inactive- landscaping, retaining wall- or hostile (driveways). Add to that the underpass, which will likely be very well-executed but nevertheless fairly uninteresting, and we're dealing with a long stretch which is uninviting to people on foot.

I've said many times that I hope the retaining wall is improved.  And yet ... for most people walking, they are actually trying to get from A to B, just on foot (I am, at least, unless I'm just out for exercise).  An uninteresting 100m or 200m won't deter those people (we have those issues now), as long as the environment is not threatening or otherwise strongly unpleasant.  And with some landscaping (hopefully better than just a hedge) I think the stretch in front of King's Crossing can be at least neutral (and I do like GtwoK's suggestion of widening the sidewalk into a boulevard with some additional landscaping).

But let's see what the developer's actual proposal will be.