The future of McGill College Avenue: no answers
CTV asks what the future of McGill College Avenue looks like but provides neither images nor answers. The Gazette is also merely a report on the city’s consultation with little substance. It almost goes without saying that merchants in the area don’t want an endless construction site on the short street. Global asks whether the street could be the location of an urban river, reminding me of the law that says any question asked in a headline can always be answered “No.”
Uatu 11:02 on 2019-03-03 Permalink
I guess they’re just brainstorming ideas, but that urban river reminded me of when someone had the bright idea to drill holes in McTavish in the McGill campus and planted grass to make it a “green space”. Probably the most idiotic idea as everything died and they ended up filling it with pavement again. Although, later on that area did end up being an urban river when that water main broke…