09-11-2019, 04:06 PM
(09-11-2019, 02:14 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(09-11-2019, 12:01 PM)Momo26 Wrote: What is the old bus terminal going to turn into? If indeed demolished and made into commercial/more condos above (ie. 2 towers), this could definitely be looked at the new central point - given proximity to park/clock tower. But for now, that corner of King and Victoria seems to take the cake of focal point of DTK...
(09-11-2019, 12:04 PM)ac3r Wrote: No idea what they're turning it into, but I can't see the old terminal area becoming the focal point of downtown. It's in a weird location. The focal point is definitely the King/Victoria area due to all the new projects and the transit hub eventually going in there, connecting people to the LRT, buses and regional trains and just steps away from towering condos and a lot of offices.
Wonder what you find "weird" about the centre of DTK. Is City Hall also in a weird location? To me, it has always been and always will be King and Queen ....
Right. King/Victoria will maybe have some exciting developments in the pipeline (although at the moment there is only one active project within a two-block radius of that intersection). But Station Park is on the very edge of the downtown BIA, and there is far less development going on in midtown, (Kitchener) west of Station Park.
On the other hand, the stretch from Water St to Frederick St, and even the east end beyond that, is getting a massive amount of development. City Hall is there, So is Victoria Park, library, government offices -- and most of the bars, coffee shops and restaurants.
But each of us can have different criteria and choose a different focal point. Me, I love to live (almost) next to Victoria Park. And a ten-minute walk to GO/VIA really should be nothing for most people. You'll walk that much to get to the next subway station in downtown Toronto, too.