Centre in the Square

[panamaniac]

At the moment, the only amenity of any sort in the Civic District is the cafeteria in the Regional HQ. They could be doing much more, imho.

At least the library still intends to add a cafe.

That's the plan, but it will be inside the building and will need to adhere to Library hours, which seems to limit its viability. The irony is that a well-regarded local café tried to engage them and couldn't get them to focus on the idea of incorporating a "free-standing" coffee shop into the project. One understands that their priority was the Library itself, but it seems like a missed opportunity to me. I hope that KWAG won't make the same mistake if they ever have the resources for a new Gallery to display the Tannenbaum collection of naïve art that was recently gifted to them.

By the way, if anyone hasn't been to the Region HQ cafeteria, it's a decent lunch option but what makes the visit worthwhile are the old local history/heritage murals on the walls. They were originally installed in the old Waterloo Trust building at King and Ontario Sts.