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[Riseth]

The thought of asphalt patches littering that beautiful sidewalk makes my heart sink.

 

[Chris R.]

Do they ever replace the bricks to the previous state when they rip them out???

In Hamilton they patch it with asphalt until the bricks stop being produced, then install new bricks that don't match.

 

[Northern Light]

Three comments. First of all, as noted above, Draper Street is scheduled for quite the rebuild and streetscaping soon, although I am not sure, based on what I have heard from residents, that it will start this year but next. Some angst about potential conflict between the streetscaping work and damage from the construction activities associated with the SmartCentres 467 Wellington West proposal. The Draper Street community is extremely tight knit - any attempt to do a large scale buy-out to repurpose the street, or even sections of it would encounter very fierce resistance.

Draper Street Streetscape improvements are the subject of a motion on next week's Council agenda:

Agenda Item History 2024.MM18.11

Agenda Item History 2024.MM18.11

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From the above:

 

[Towered]

That's very nice and all, but how about an actual rezoning while they're at it??

 

[Northern Light]

That's very nice and all, but how about an actual rezoning while they're at it??

Why do you want to unilaterally rezone the heritage houses of Draper?

 

[Towered]

Why do you want to unilaterally rezone the heritage houses of Draper?

To enable a quaint little retail street in those historic homes, kind of like Baldwin Street, or the old Mirvish Village!

 

[Northern Light]

To enable a quaint little retail street in those historic homes, kind of like Baldwin Street, or the old Mirvish Village!

That will addressed by the EHON retail zoning reforms, tentatively set to pass Council Q4 '24.

 

[rdaner]

Bridgette Bar opens tomorrow at 5. Wellington is going to be hopping! Taken 16 May.

 

[karledice]

Bridgette Bar opens tomorrow at 5. Wellington is going to be hopping! Taken 16 May.

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Wow! Beautiful Wellington, grand boulevard vibes

 

[rdaner]

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[Andy_in_Toronto]

The butchery of the once beautiful sidewalk:

 

[Riseth]

It's like a crime scene

 

[Don Coyote]

That is actually appalling, but not shocking

 

[Obsidian]

 

[Doppleganger]

I'm almost tempted to say, "See, this is why we can't have nice things!"