I took a little walk around the wasteland yesterday.
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Downtown Hull is more like Centretown than the CBD, most SFH are actually multiple units stuffed full of students and younger professionals. Only the Terrasses-Portage axis is really a dead zone for office workers.Thank you for that Harley, I rarely get out there so this was a treat. Who knew there was so many murals and colourful art pieces, nice! Hull definitely has potential but I think, just like Ottawa's CBD, was is missing is residential density. Sure this is improving slowly but surely but imagine if Ile de Hull was filled with Montreal-style walk-ups and mid-rises at the minimum (vs. a few towers and old single family homes).
Loggia sur la Parc, Eleonore, a bunch of midrise and lowrise apartment buidlings, W/E2 and soon W/E3. Slowly, but surely, it's becoming a place to live.Downtown Hull is more like Centretown than the CBD, most SFH are actually multiple units stuffed full of students and younger professionals. Only the Terrasses-Portage axis is really a dead zone for office workers.
Of course you're right in the sense that it hollowed out since the 60s, it basically lost its city centre. However growth was over 20% last census, and with all the midrises under construction it will be even more than that on the next census.