The Gaslight District | completed

[ac3r]

So it appears that when you visit here it's almost as if you've no clipped into the backrooms and you're in a liminal space that is surrounded by these century old buildings in your immediate view, but then in your periphery all you see is a giant barcode that you're unsure what would happen if you were to scan it. First time I've seen this since I have had zero reason to ever go, but wow.

At night, Tyrell Corporation turns on the giant death ray turns on and tries to burn every Burlingtonian who dares to approach us or something.

It has also been a popular place for the terminally online to come film a short reel for Snapchat or The Gram. On a sort of good note, it seems to be popular for wedding photos too...so maybe it's not all that bad? But from what I've seen, 99% of the time the photographers only keep the old stone buildings in frame rather than the hideous buildings HIP creates. There is a brewery that holds events here as well huge screen on the wall also shows sports and events I guess? A good idea and actually weirdly lacking in this region. Like somehow Kitchener city hall doesn't have a huge screen to use for major events that would draw in huge crowds. But whatever. Even so...when you see this place from a distance it's a terrible eye sore.

Hopefully someone else will decide to improve the podium in the future, so that it can actually be a nice space for the public. Right now it's...functional...but not nice. The inner courtyard is pseudo-public space which is okay to have, but it looks like garbage. The towers they build could have been really damn nice and initiated a renewal of the area, perhaps turning in into something like Toronto's Distillery District but they fucked it up soooooooooo hard. I feel bad for the neighbours who look out their bedroom windows and have to see this shit.