General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[Bytor]

I drove down King St DTK last night around 7pm from Ottawa St. to Victoria.  On a warm Sunday night, I thought there'd be a lot of people out walking.  With the exception of the patios at La Cucina and Bobby O'Briens, out of all the people I saw on King St., all were homeless, except maybe a handful, and the street looked like a ghost town.  I did see one homeless man on a bike having a verbal altercation with a motorist.  My question is, what will it really take for DTK to turn the corner - will the additions of Charlie West, DTK and Young Condos change things overnight?  If not, how many more years do you think it will take before DTK becomes a bustling area?

Why would you think that?  DTK, other than Victoria Park, is not somewhere people go "out for a walk", even when there's not a pandemic.

It's also a lot different when we aren't in a pandemic, because there are plenty of people walking too and from restaurants, the Apollo, and so on. I've met plenty of other dog walkers on King St., for example.