Roaring Flames
Senior Member
"Eau Claire Market isn't needed and a nobody goes there!"
Eau Claire Market gets demolished
Eau Claire Market gets demolished
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thecivilengineer
New Member
But that place was old and theatre was worse. Also the location was not centralized.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Retail isn't always the answer, something to do in some place interesting is probably the most important part. I did see if putting in a skating rink on the west end of downtown at River Hall (Olympic Plaza's skating rink is no more. Or at least until the plaza is redone, if it even includes rink...)
DougB
Active Member
Eau Claire Market did far better before the growth in the surrounding residential population. It failed for many reasons.
Dkeirle
New Member
I remember when Eau Claire market first opened the place was bumping for a while. You could go to any of the restaurants after work and they were busy, the market and mall itself was busy all through the day, especially at lunch and after work. I don’t know what happened to them all but something sure fucked it up.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
Could it have been because of the revitalization of the Core mall? Drawing a bunch of patrons away to a more central location...?
darwink
Senior Member
No, it was in decline before that. I think it could have done well with more curation and patient capital (lower rents). The Imax theatre generated constant foot traffic and should have been subsidized as an anchor, instead it left when Chinook was renovated. Having visited Winnipeg's Forks Market in 2005, 2011, and 2018, and seeing it go from sad to destination over that time (run by Canada Lands or some other federal entity I think?), I am confident that the city didn't really know what it was doing when developing and running the project in partnership, and never gave the market the mandate, and funding to be what it needed to be.