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#361 lanforod

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Posted 08 March 2018 - 11:08 AM

Just name the new pool after Emily Carr.


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#362 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 08 March 2018 - 11:13 AM

That makes sense, actually.


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#363 Cassidy

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Posted 08 March 2018 - 11:15 AM

Just name the new pool after Emily Carr.

Perfect!



#364 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 08 March 2018 - 11:19 AM

I guess except the pool is not being built any time soon.


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#365 Nparker

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Posted 08 March 2018 - 11:42 AM

I guess except the pool is not being built any time soon.

And if it gets a new name expect something akin to the James Bay library.



#366 Jackerbie

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Posted 08 March 2018 - 01:05 PM

Just name the new pool after Emily Carr.

 

Emily Carpool


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#367 Nparker

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Posted 08 March 2018 - 02:08 PM

Emily Carpool

They could probably get some extra gas-tax funds this way.


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#368 LJ

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Posted 08 March 2018 - 07:53 PM

I guess except the pool is not being built any time soon.

Don't worry, Emily is not going anywhere.


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#369 baconnbits

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Posted 08 March 2018 - 08:22 PM

Why is this walkway called David foster way? A man who doesn’t live in Victoria and doesn’t really do much back here at all. Not sure i understand the cities obsession with him?
Surely a past mayor, prominent citizen (who lived here) or someone more relevant

#370 G-Man

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Posted 11 March 2018 - 10:29 AM

Yup many have said it and I am not sure how the name was originally decided. Harbour Walkway is a significant improvement. The original design with all of the musical bits would have been a planning disaster of epic proportions.

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#371 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 11 March 2018 - 10:59 AM

I think it was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing with Fortin.  There was no discussion or debate at council.  Anyway, whatever the name is is less important than how it's marketed.  I still see a LOT of tourists with the Mobi Maps or whatever they are, hopefully it's highlighted nicely there.


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#372 Rob Randall

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Posted 11 March 2018 - 11:49 AM

I think Foster was fishing for a bit of recognition--around that time the Cedar Hill Rec music centre renaming fell though. Foster and his ex-wife once owned the five million-dollar suite at Shoal Point overlooking the trail.



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Posted 12 March 2018 - 09:01 AM

I think it was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing with Fortin.  There was no discussion or debate at council.  Anyway, whatever the name is is less important than how it's marketed.  I still see a LOT of tourists with the Mobi Maps or whatever they are, hopefully it's highlighted nicely there.

 

Yup, it's simply labelled "Harbour Walkway" on the Mobi map: http://www.mobimaps....r_maps/victoria



#374 tedward

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Posted 12 March 2018 - 02:55 PM

Why is this walkway called David foster way? 

 

I thought he made, or had made on his behalf, some sort of financial donation to the project long ago? 


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#375 Nparker

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Posted 12 March 2018 - 03:03 PM

I thought he made, or had made on his behalf, some sort of financial donation to the project long ago? 

As a federal, provincial and CoV taxpayer I most certainly have made a financial contribution to this project. Will a section of it be named for me?



#376 Jackerbie

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Posted 12 March 2018 - 03:06 PM

As a federal, provincial and CoV taxpayer I most certainly have made a financial contribution to this project. Will a section of it be named for me?

 

Sneak onto the work site after the concrete has been poured and it could be!


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Posted 12 March 2018 - 03:24 PM

^ Personally, if you're going to shoot for anything, I'd vote for naming whatever plaza is built at the Northern Junk project after you NP. It could include a statue of you riding a whale made out of surfboards, giving the middle finger to the bridge.


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#378 Hotel Mike

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Posted 13 March 2018 - 07:33 AM

I seem to recall that Foster committed $10,000 to the walkway...not very substantial. The idea came from Michael Bublé, much beholden to Foster for his successful career. He bugged Mayor Fortin at the time. Fortin must have felt the pressure and was convinced that naming the walkway after our golden boy, would result in international attention. As the City struggles to complete the project, I sure can't see any great interest in the fact that Foster's name is attached to it.


Don't be so sure.:cool:

#379 Mr.B

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Posted 13 March 2018 - 08:41 AM

Be thankful a former local/quasi star has his name on the pathway and big corporate hasn't figured out a way to donate/market public infrastructure... 'Walmart Harbour Walkway' anyone?   



#380 Mattjvd

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Posted 13 March 2018 - 08:57 AM

Be thankful a former local/quasi star has his name on the pathway and big corporate hasn't figured out a way to donate/market public infrastructure... 'Walmart Harbour Walkway' anyone?


Heck if a company wants to take the bill for the walkway off the tax payer's hands, I don't care what they call it.

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