Should Government Street become a pedestrian boulevard?
#681
Posted 12 June 2020 - 07:45 AM
#682
Posted 12 June 2020 - 07:48 AM
#683
Posted 12 June 2020 - 07:51 AM
Victoria sees 4 million tourists per year. Are we to believe 1.2 million of them are BC residents, 20% of the BC population?
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#685
Posted 12 June 2020 - 08:35 AM
I'm a little confused over the photos. The first one, is that down by the corner of Humboldt? I thought it was only the block by Earls that was to be barricaded. From that photo it looks like a very long stretch of Government is closed off. What constitutes "local traffic only"? If I want to drop off someone to visit a shop along there, is that local traffic?
#687
Posted 12 June 2020 - 08:46 AM
letter in tc today says that the 17 food trucks to be welcomed on government st. is a slap in face to downtown restaurants that have paid rent and property taxes for 3 months of not being open.
Sure it is but restaurants aren't as cool as food trucks. Ask any hipster.
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#688
Posted 12 June 2020 - 08:49 AM
letter in tc today says that the 17 food trucks to be welcomed on government st. is a slap in face to downtown restaurants that have paid rent and property taxes for 3 months of not being open.
I don't believe that is being offered...
#689
Posted 12 June 2020 - 08:51 AM
as others have stated part of the key is office workers coming back. I know an employee in the federal building. they are not coming back until at least January.
I know of a couple of offices that opened and then closed again as so few people were coming into work that it wasn't worth the hassle of cleaning and sanitizing the areas.
With the fear of a second wave I would think that it would be January at the earliest before we see a large number of office workers return to downtown. We may also find at that point that the new normal may only be 50%-75% of what it was.
Dr. Henry reduced the restrictions on dining yesterday allowing restaurants to operate at more than 50% capacity if they could support spacing of seats. This would benefit restaurants with larger outdoor areas as long as they are willing to invest in all weather seating and think that they have the demand. Having said that, my own personal experience has been that even the most popular restaurants are having difficult filing their reduced capacity.
Edited by spanky123, 12 June 2020 - 08:53 AM.
#690
Posted 13 June 2020 - 02:26 AM
how will this work for the many parades that (although not this year but usually) go down government work? there are atleast 2 that i can think of that are huge draws for people and tourism (pride parade and santa/christmas parade-which is in the off season and can be a great draw for restaurants)
#691
Posted 13 June 2020 - 01:31 PM
So if every day can be a beautiful Saturday, the experiment will be a success!
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#692
Posted 13 June 2020 - 01:43 PM
have bard & banker and irish times both expanded? they have little (esp. bard) outdoor seating to begin with.
earls only has about 8 tables.
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 June 2020 - 02:02 PM.
#693
Posted 13 June 2020 - 01:58 PM
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#694
Posted 13 June 2020 - 05:05 PM
The mish mash of picnic tables that the City has placed on Government Street were all full today, Saturday afternoon.
I wouldn't call Gov't Street anything more than "occupied" (certainly not "packed") - but most folks who were there were also taking advantage of the fact that they could stroll down the middle of the street.
#695
Posted 13 June 2020 - 06:59 PM
^So who is sanitizing those picnic tables?
#697
Posted 14 June 2020 - 03:00 PM
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#698
Posted 15 June 2020 - 06:43 AM
I only saw a couple of picnic tables there today.
the place is packed!
Edited by rjag, 15 June 2020 - 06:43 AM.
#699
Posted 16 June 2020 - 12:49 PM
#700
Posted 16 June 2020 - 03:23 PM
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