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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
The Granville Strip north of Nelson is always packed with people whenever I go there during the day, so IDK where that analogy is going.
Yup - plenty of spaces which aren't nightclubs or bars that could benefit from a pedestrian-only Water Street. The only things to be "ashamed" of Gastown about are the state of the cobblestones and how nobody picks up after their dogs.
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The brick pavers were a tremendously bad idea (as were the tree choices). Every time there's a replaced service connection they get into worse and worse shape, and often get patched with concrete or asphalt 'temporarily' and stay that way. And the trees have caused serious heave to the sidewalks in places too.
There's only one patio (other than Local at Maple Tree Square), and that's whatnext's childhood memory of Old Spaghetti. So much traffic uses it as a route from the east that it's really not that pleasant on the street. Repaving the street and widening the sidewalks, and replacing the trees would make it better, and taking traffic away better still.
It looks like 131 Water might actually get redeveloped - the restaurant space is empty, the hat shop just moved, La Differencia shoe store has closed and for now Premiere fashion is the only business operating on Water Street.
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