Comments on: Demolishing Shoppers Parkade garage indicative of Downtown parking insanity

By: john

john — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:22:02 +0000

demolishing the building isn’t going to get rid of the shady activity. Cops on foot patrol walking around Downtown is the only way to discourage the bad element.

A surface parking lot detracts from the safety of pedestrians. Some street level retail businesses would be much better for getting positive activity in this spot.

By: kip

kip — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:07:06 +0000

the city can’t even take care of the walkways around city hall.

have you seen the south side of city hall. it’s a disgrace. big chunks of concrete and tile missing.

By: MC

MC — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:02:39 +0000

Talk to the people at Professional Building Lofts across the street; they own it. Residents asked about starting a community garden there, no word on how that’ll pan out. I just want that ugly dangerous place gone. Drug activity on that corner is awful. Surface lots make it easier for the cops to patrol areas…lots of space to hide shady activity by Shoppers Parkade

By: john

john — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:40:23 +0000

jferg, yeah it’s in bad shape, but why not spend the money fixing it rather than tearing it down? People are always complaining that there isn’t enough parking, yet we let our existing garages fall down and get replaced with surface lots that hold a lot less cars. Nothing about that makes any sense.

By: jferg

jferg — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:03:19 +0000

(That said, I do agree that replacing it with surface parking is a lame move.)

By: jferg

jferg — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:01:12 +0000

You’ve obviously never parked in the Shoppers’ Parkade garage. Parking there was taking your vehicle’s life into your own hands, what with the chunks of the roof of the above floor that liked to randomly fall onto vehicles and the plethora of pigeons.