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Originally Posted by kw5150
It could also be interesting to start a whole network of these Calgary Parks establishments along the river pathways. Not too sure about the pumphouse theatre location. Wouldn't the peace bridge area be better?
I think we on the verge of having to move this talk to another thread.
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Didn't we talk about something like this for part of the Simmons building? The thinking there was that the building needed multiple purposes to make it work. Fact of the matter with restaurants is, you need to be making money most hours six days a week.
When my parents went to Hong Kong years ago, they spoke about a night market that came up on a large parking lot used by office towers during the day. It was populated by carts, and was alive till the wee hours. Not just food but small market type businesses as well. Just something to think about. Might even help with the poverty reduction initiatives.
You can see here that the carts have wheels - this is the Temple Street Night Market:
http://www.findinhk.com/sites/defaul...011/night2.jpg
Forodhani Park in Zanzibar's historic Stone Town has lots of street food that comes alive at night, but it is all quite portable. Perhaps with the wide walks we have coming in, there can be something done with this model? Granted, cooking is more based on grills / bbq than in big converted trucks / buses.
http://mg.co.za/article/2011-08-17-z...-spice-of-life