03-01-2023, 10:54 AM
(03-01-2023, 10:48 AM)Rainrider22 Wrote:(03-01-2023, 10:10 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: It should be, but that ship has already sailed.
And hey, I agree with Rainrider22...what a day to be alive.
FWIW...in 2019 CoK staff were moving towards this idea, unfortunately the pandemic utterly derailed everything. (Including sending regional staff to Copenhagen).
I'm not sure though...would I rather Jubilee be made car free before or after King St.
Edit: Alternate universe musings...Park St. could have easily been connected to Schneider and on to Mill instead of Courtland. It would serve basically the same traffic function, and go to the same place (eventually) but how would it have changed our city if it was. Would Mill, Carwood, Vanier, and Manitou all be continuous again? Would sprawl be worse or better or unchanged? Would the Park be improved or worsened?
HAHAH, yes...
Imagine if they had nice cobblestone street, and then have Gaukel street join king all the way to Victoria park with no cars... Beautiful walkable area. Just watch how fast the foot traffic would increase. And with all the new Condo towers coming on line, IN8 still has 2 more big towers coming close to Gaukel... I can see an incredible transformation. Highly desirable area to live then./
This would be a dream! I would love to see a parcel of land 20-30 feet wide on the left side of the Charles St Terminal property sectioned off and made into a 'courtyard' space that runs the length between Charles and Joseph, as an extension of a pedestrian-only Gaukel. There would be space for lots of trees, benches, a playground, tables to sit under the shade with a good lunch you bought from a restaurant around the corner. Besides providing more space to people, I think it would make Gaukel feel less like a 'street' and more like a plaza.