Comment 35157

By Peter (anonymous) | Posted November 06, 2009 at 23:53:23

This is one of the first time I have hear people get upset about a proposal for new park, it almost always it the exact opposite, too much development people complain about. Reading some of these comment also greatly disturbs me as I see such a high level of ignorance about well established and tested urban design principles around the world.

As some who was a participant in the 1997 design Charette and as an architect and urban planner, I can attest that far more was suggested than merely convert the roads to two lanes, to which we are still fighting for. One of the recommendations was to eliminate the disaster that is surface parking lots. We have far too many parking lots in the downtown core. There are several notable studies that have shown that large parking lots help to contribute to increase crime and violence in the immediate area. Also as an owner of several buildings in the downtown core I would very much appreciate a park down there. Does it require to bulldoze all the buildings surround the parking lost, NO. It would actually be quite nice to keep them, but that will take creative well though out planing and leadership. Something that has always been lacking in Hamilton.

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