PukeGreen
Active Member
That last photo of St. James before Market Square, and the second photo in this thread showing the bleak aerial view of of the St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood amaze me. I keep going back to them again and again. To think that these photos were taken in my own lifetime, or perhaps only a year or two before I was born, is astonishing.
I think it's valuable to look back on this when we are discouraged about the development of the city, or things like the snails pace progress of the waterfront redevelopment. Change does happen, and while it seems slow to us, a few years or decades is really not that long in the greater scheme of things. The SLM area is now my favourite part of downtown and I can't envision living in another part of the city.
While I agree it is a shame that any beautiful Victorian buildings had to be torn down, I have to say that Berczy Park and St. James Park both add a lot to the area. Plenty of Victorian architecture does still remain. While nothing is perfect, clearly many more good choices were made during the redevelopment of this area than bad choices.
I think it's valuable to look back on this when we are discouraged about the development of the city, or things like the snails pace progress of the waterfront redevelopment. Change does happen, and while it seems slow to us, a few years or decades is really not that long in the greater scheme of things. The SLM area is now my favourite part of downtown and I can't envision living in another part of the city.
While I agree it is a shame that any beautiful Victorian buildings had to be torn down, I have to say that Berczy Park and St. James Park both add a lot to the area. Plenty of Victorian architecture does still remain. While nothing is perfect, clearly many more good choices were made during the redevelopment of this area than bad choices.
