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Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
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Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
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11-11-2020, 05:09 PM
I'm curious about this also. Was in the area and saw them working. I dont think Charlie West people need the space.
Are we getting a Grand artistic centre for the performing arts in the form of an award winning state of the art structure?
11-11-2020, 11:50 PM
My money is on homeless shelter.
Given the property's current use and location it's not really a stretch. Pandemic and all it is kind of a no brainer and the Concordia club-esque structure makes it seem likely. 
11-12-2020, 12:26 AM
Took another photo now that the frame is assembled. The positioning of the two outer spans right in line with bus lanes and wide enough for a car really makes me think Covid testing centre.
11-12-2020, 10:55 AM
Turns out GRT customer service doesn't know what it is either. And here I thought I was being so clever ....
11-12-2020, 11:09 AM
Drive-thru COVID centre makes sense. And they’d keep it up as a drive-thru vaccine centre, whenever we get it.
11-12-2020, 01:17 PM
11-12-2020, 01:20 PM
(11-12-2020, 01:17 PM)jeffster Wrote:(11-12-2020, 11:09 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: Drive-thru restaurant service? I mean, I agree it's a horrible idea (last thing DTK needs is a "drive through"), although it could be supplied by DTK businesses. I do wish more pandemic era businesses converted to servicing at their door/window so that there is less need to actually go into businesses. I realize it's a bit of work to achieve this, but I'd personally feel better. 
11-12-2020, 01:40 PM
If they've signed up with Doordash/UberEats I have to imagine they can be takeout-ready.
11-12-2020, 01:41 PM
I have to admit I'd be a bit nervous about the quality of a homeless shelter they could set up there, especially with a temporary structure like that. I think the current hotel based shelters make far more sense, and I'd hope the city will be continuing that.
A Covid test center makes way more sense to me. Getting to the Glasgow test center on foot (sick people aren't taking transit!) from downtown, in the summer heat, with a sick person was a terrible experience. And given that a higher proportion of people living downtown don't have cars, I think the lack of a downtown or downtown adjacent testing center is a problem.
11-12-2020, 01:47 PM
A testing site does make sense. It's a property with driveways all the way through, owned by the Region, with an attached structure with washrooms and heat for the staff. Win/win/win.
11-12-2020, 01:59 PM
11-12-2020, 03:17 PM
(11-12-2020, 01:41 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: I have to admit I'd be a bit nervous about the quality of a homeless shelter they could set up there, especially with a temporary structure like that. I think the current hotel based shelters make far more sense, and I'd hope the city will be continuing that. That was my take, and if they were doing a homeless shelter, the tent itself isn't much larger than the actual building that's heated right next to it...smaller if you include all the hallways. A test centre would make some sense, but I'm not sure how big a lineup you'd be expecting, the terminal space isn't that big you probably couldn't fit more than 50 cars in line, I wouldn't really be looking forward to huge lineups of cars blocking our driveway (hence why I might have an interest in what goes in here). It would also end up blocking the GO Bus. But there is also a big need for a testing facility in an accessible location. I find the Glasgow location easy to get too, but that's only because I bike, by walking or transit, it's pretty inconvenient. Honestly, I'd just like to know. |
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