Should Government Street become a pedestrian boulevard?
#1121
Posted 16 July 2022 - 03:33 PM
#1122
Posted 16 July 2022 - 06:23 PM
Halifax has a nice ped street as well, bollards that go up and down, nice stroll and pedestrian friendly.
#1123
Posted 17 July 2022 - 07:18 AM
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#1124
Posted 17 July 2022 - 07:24 AM
Personally I really dont care what they do with government street since we have virtually stopped going downtown or spending any money there. But they need to give some real thought to policing the area.
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#1125
Posted 17 July 2022 - 07:34 AM
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#1126
Posted 17 July 2022 - 07:55 PM
Government St. was plenty crowded today but then so was all downtown, Deuce Days was more crowded than I had ever seen it.
Edited by LJ, 17 July 2022 - 07:55 PM.
#1127
Posted 17 July 2022 - 08:18 PM
Deuce Days is a great draw for Victoria's tourist sector. Any other great ideas to draw more solid tourism here?
#1130
Posted 18 July 2022 - 06:44 AM
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#1131
Posted 18 July 2022 - 08:24 AM
We had a walk around yesterday to look at the cars and walked back along Government. I really don't care any longer as I now vote with my dollars and none are being spent down there, as they used to be at Murchies and Munroes. I am curious, however, as to why on Broad St. there are wooden cow corrals outside of shops that don't appear to be restaurants. What's going on here? Also because the street can no longer accommodate a street sweeper, the gutter is full of weeds. The whole area looks unkempt.
These places. The only way in to the shops is through a walkway and you can't look in any of the windows due to wooden fences.
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#1132
Posted 18 July 2022 - 08:27 AM
We had a walk around yesterday to look at the cars and walked back along Government. I really don't care any longer as I now vote with my dollars and none are being spent down there, as they used to be at Murchies and Munroes. I am curious, however, as to why on Broad St. there are wooden cow corrals outside of shops that don't appear to be restaurants. What's going on here? Also because the street can no longer accommodate a street sweeper, the gutter is full of weeds. The whole area looks unkempt.
These places. The only way in to the shops is through a walkway and you can't look in any of the windows due to wooden fences.
There is (and has been) an issue with the underground vaults there. There needs to be some work there as eventually there is potential for problems.
#1133
Posted 18 July 2022 - 08:28 AM
...I am curious, however, as to why on Broad St. there are wooden cow corrals outside of shops that don't appear to be restaurants...
Many of those poorly built cattle containers are a blight on the downtown streetscape. In addition, a fair number of them never seem to be used. I am not sure why the CoV felt the need to extend their existence.
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#1134
Posted 18 July 2022 - 08:43 AM
Many of those poorly built cattle containers are a blight on the downtown streetscape. In addition, a fair number of them never seem to be used. I am not sure why the CoV felt the need to extend their existence.
mbjj was talking about the wooden structures along the 1000 block of Broad that stop people from walking on the sidewalk but still allow access to store fronts. As for all the unused 'patios' yeah it's terrible they have been left out there. Summer hasn't been all that great by this point, but yeah hard to see the value in them right now.
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#1136
Posted 17 December 2022 - 08:49 AM
I was wrong in another post about there not being any Christmas lights. The City installed these blue light strings to celebrate the season (or are they there all year? I dunno).
Here’s Broad Street between Broughton and Fort. Same time as above.
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#1137
Posted 17 December 2022 - 09:12 AM
I see the cattle corrals are being put to good use as well.
#1138
Posted 17 December 2022 - 09:16 AM
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#1139
Posted 17 December 2022 - 11:01 AM
Wait until January when the holiday season is over.
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#1140
Posted 17 December 2022 - 11:07 AM
Note that both Government and Broad have those lights year-round. There’s no hint of Christmas there, at all.
On some lamp standards the City put up little trees with blue lights. And they’re not on every standard. I can only see two in this photo, none across the street towards Shoppers. This is the main drag, and its main intersection at Yates.
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