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Originally Posted by Metro-One
This notion of tearing down the viaducts shows how uncreative the city is. There is plenty of room available along NEFC to develop without their removal. Mr. X's post perfectly shows what can be done and how viaducts can actually be an interesting and functioning part of an urban fabric. All this councilor want to do is tear down the ducts so the city can pick some more low fruit by building another bland Yaletown to make a quick buck in development, but then what?
The funniest thing is they are making this a big story on news 1130 as if it is almost a done deal to tear them down.
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The Creekside Park expansion poses as a major problem to making the viaducts more of a lively and active place. For one thing, the park is going to be underused and secondly it would be much more ideal if buildings lined up along Pacific Boulevard to provide some pedestrian activity along the street. Add in having developments between the viaduct spaces, some aesthetic improvements to the viaducts themselves, and you have the solution.
It's park overkill.