[Oilguy]

Yes, the LRT entrance can be a problem but the entrance to this does not face that. Actually this corner is probably better than the one about a block west where all sorts seem to hang out near the bus stop and Tim Hortons.

Fair enough, I just worry about anyone putting their money into some of these places to be honest. I see Often is closed by the westin but that was such a weird place it was only a matter of time.

 

[Gronk!]

I see Often is closed by the westin but that was such a weird place it was only a matter of time.

That location has become a black hole for restaurants.
Just open a Sabor already ffs!

 

[Oilguy]

That location has become a black hole for restaurants.
Just open a Sabor already ffs!

It is weird because everything else on that street does well by all accounts, and everything in that spot dies,

 

[IanO]

Continue to be frustrated with the City from situations like this. Two character homes owner by the City, not kept up, not preserved or reinvested in, not sold to caring owners who would renovate and restore... just tear down and board up. Alas.

 

[The_Cat]

Probably owners that don’t even live in Edmonton.

 

[IanO]

City of Edmonton properties.

 

[IanO]

City, but unsure about the others. That said, lots of heavy hitters in the room with significant influence and connections.

 

[David A]

Do city/provincial/federal officials or politicians attend this event?

It seems to me that lots of adults in Edmonton have been having serious conversations about all our downtown problems for the last several years.

I am not sure how seriously our governments have been listening and if the actions they have been taking have been effective enough.

 

[archited]

Continue to be frustrated with the City from situations like this

Left over from the City's mowing-through-Rossdale days, wanting to turn that portion of the River Valley back into a pseudo-pristine nature-way. These should be issues for the current slate of wanna-be Mayoral candidates who seem to have focused on unresolvable issues instead of issues that would make a difference to the physical City.

 

[Avenuer]

I am getting whiplash from all the contradictory suggestions and demands on how to fix downtown:

"There's too much construction, I can't get there!"
"There's not enough investment, things are falling apart!"

"We need incentives to make development financially viable!"
"Why do taxes go up every year? We need to get our fiscal house in order!"

"There is so much crime and disorder and no one is doing anything!"
"The city should stay in its own lane. Get back to the basics!"

Rather than glib demands to get 'adults in the room', I think it would be more productive to acknowledge there needs to be trade-offs and no solution will be perfect.

Yuuuup, can't have their cake and eat it to, in terms of Downtown investment and construction. Lots of hypocrites out there.

 

[Avenuer]

Continue to be frustrated with the City from situations like this. Two character homes owner by the City, not kept up, not preserved or reinvested in, not sold to caring owners who would renovate and restore... just tear down and board up. Alas.

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The green house was demolished as the land was claimed by Parks and is going to be used as public open space as the Capital City Downtown Plan (or something similar) called for a pocked park in the area (I believe).

 

[IanO]

The green house was demolished as the land was claimed by Parks and is going to be used as public open space as the Capital City Downtown Plan (or something similar) called for a pocked park in the area (I believe).

Yup, which is stupid. It's intended to be a 'connection' from 103 to the garden and yet you can access it by walking 100' and instead we lose a character home and more residents.

Stupid.

 

[David A]

The green house was demolished as the land was claimed by Parks and is going to be used as public open space as the Capital City Downtown Plan (or something similar) called for a pocked park in the area (I believe).

... to add to all the other empty lots in the area? There must be a half a dozen to a dozen. We need buildings and people living here not more empty lots!

 

[David A]

Yuuuup, can't have their cake and eat it to, in terms of Downtown investment and construction. Lots of hypocrites out there.

There is such a thing as staging projects and not doing everything all at once. It is called planning or maybe more precisely good planning.

 

[David A]

Left over from the City's mowing-through-Rossdale days, wanting to turn that portion of the River Valley back into a pseudo-pristine nature-way. These should be issues for the current slate of wanna-be Mayoral candidates who seem to have focused on unresolvable issues instead of issues that would make a difference to the physical City.

You would have thought the mow through Rossdale bureaucrats probably from the 1980's would be retiring by now, but perhaps they mentored others. Bad ideas can be like weeds, lingering, stubborn and hard to get rid of.

However, personally I want a mayor who can deal with the difficult issues and also have some more positive vision for such neglected areas. I don't feel it should be either or.