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[G-Man]

New post up on Sidewalking Victoria tonight, on my recent trip to Jordan River.

 

https://www.sidewalk...ng-jordan-river

[G-Man]

My latest post follows a project that I have been working on at home like I am sure many of you have been doing as well. My project was fixing up an old Canon Canonet Camera and taking some pictures with it.

https://www.sidewalk...first-film-roll

[G-Man]

Possibly a little controversial for a VV audience but my latest post looks at how we can make Victoria's urban villages safer through the removal of parking on the main streets by opening up parking on residential only parking streets. 

 

https://www.sidewalk...strian-friendly

[G-Man]

Latest post on Sidewalking Victoria is up, this time I am looking at the first of a few ideas for helping local businesses, A Parking Spot Auction. I am also offering free advertising to the first two local restaurants that take me up on it for the next six months. 

 

https://www.sidewalk...parking-auction

[G-Man]

The second in the series on restarting business in Victoria looks at the recent impact on the arts scene but also links it to tourism and restaurants. Have a read and let me know what you think!

 

https://www.sidewalk...moting-the-arts

[G-Man]

My latest article is up and for likely the last time I am looking at ideas for getting business going downtown. In this post I look at tourism. 

 

https://www.sidewalk...staurants-again

[G-Man]

New post up this time looking at the new pedestrian mall on Government Street.

 

https://www.sidewalk...downtown-uptown

[G-Man]

The latest post is up, this time Cordova Bay! Let me know what you think!

 

 

https://www.sidewalk...beach-community

[G-Man]

Finally a new post and this one is for all those would be planners out there. What really makes a great ground floor? This post gives my take. You can also download a free mini-poster!

https://www.sidewalk...f-ground-floors

[jasmineshinga]

A good take on it for sure.

 

I would note that the only thing worse than ground-level offices is a ground-level gym.

 

No one in the gym wants to feel like they're on display, and I don't want to be guilt-tripped when I walk by eating a fancy pastry...

[Rob Randall]

I would note that the only thing worse than ground-level offices is a ground-level gym

 

Is a fitness facility with mirrored "windows" better or worse, then?

 

As I mentioned before, if that fitness facility is a hot yoga studio with a powerful exhaust vent blowing onto the sidewalk, that is a new kind of fresh hell.

[Nparker]

...I would note that the only thing worse than ground-level offices is a ground-level gym...

Ground level bike storage is pretty poor as well.

[G-Man]

Interesting. I hadn't considered gyms. Usually you want any aromas to draw you in but maybe that is appealing to yoga folks.

I do think from a business point of view a busy gym visible through windows would generally draw new customers tho maybe not in the time of Covid.

[G-Man]

Yes any sort of ground level storage I would say would be near the bottom of the list.

[Nparker]

... if that fitness facility is a hot yoga studio with a powerful exhaust vent blowing onto the sidewalk, that is a new kind of fresh hell.

Or perhaps more accurately, a not-so-fresh hell.

[G-Man]

I did an interview with Dean Murdock on his new Amazing Places podcast. Have a listen to our talk!

 

https://www.buzzspro...thomas-guerrero

[Victoria Watcher]

Just finished my latest article, this time on things to do in Point Roberts, Washington this time of year. Have a read and let me know what you think!

 

https://www.sidewalk...n-in-the-spring

 

 

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is asking Canada for help with U.S. residents of a small peninsula who have been marooned by the pandemic-related closure of the U.S.-Canada border.

 

Point Roberts is part of Washington state, but it juts out from the Canadian mainland south of Vancouver and it is not connected to the rest of Washington. About 1,300 Washington residents live there.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...dents-1.5696135

 

point roberts population density:  246 per square mile.

 

lower mainland (canada):  1,905 per square mile.

 

delta:  about 1,600 per square mile.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 22 August 2020 - 03:48 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

“All the other restaurants have closed down, the golf course is closed,” Hansen said. “Quite honestly, I probably should have just closed.”

 

 

https://www.vicnews....ton-state-town/

 

 

 

zero infections in point roberts but the economy has been collapsed by government.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 August 2020 - 03:12 PM.

[Nparker]

Maybe it should be spelled bureaucrazy.

[G-Man]

My mom lives there and has been somewhat trapped by the pandemic but at the same time I know that she is likely safe there too. Such a wonderful place really.