QUARTERS REDEVELOPMENT
So here is a overview (map) of what my plan for the area would be:
Sorry the lines are a little uneven.
Basically these are what the colours mean:
- Purple: pure retail. Nothing else.
- Dark brown: office (3-15 storey) with ground floor retails
- Regular green (somewhat darK): Park
- Blue: hotel with ground floor businesses
- Turquoise: low rise loft/condo (2-5 storey) with ground floor retail
- Teal: 6-15 storey loft/condo with ground floor retail
- Lime green: 16-20 storey (buildings might not be able to go that high so bare with me) loft/condo with ground floor retail
- Red: other attraction
- Orange: education(al)
And most of the left over buildings would be turned into lofts on the above floors (maybe a few with businesses) and ground floor retail.
As you can see 96 St (Church St) is changed into two one ways, with the Armature in the middle. It will really add to the mature feeling of the area.
For #3 on points of interest (these are really just some examples, as there could be waaaay more neat things) it says large bookstore. And you'll notice a building already exists there. So what? A replacement building? No I accidentially highlighted that area, it's just going to be converted into a big bookstore, with a small expansion. Imagine Powell's books in Portland, Oregon.
The Interior Design Art Gallery was really just an example. What I really meant was some sort of Art gallery.
The Chinese school would be something like Campus St. Jéan.
This would be a very yuppie neighbourhood, but due to ethnic areas just to north, I think it would maintain a very diverse culture.
Here are some examples of the styles I'd think:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3502122...16605/sizes/m/
http://i.cnn.net/money/.element/img/...l_district.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinca...50755/sizes/m/
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/courses/geog4...-yaletown2.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...v/100_0023.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rrelHill-1.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...astLiberty.jpg
http://www.kcphotos.com/gallery/albu...resid_3333.jpg
http://www.kcphotos.com/gallery/albu...resid_3464.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/...aed633.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/entheos...92059/sizes/m/
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...orhood/205.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...0Creek/236.jpg
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Yt0evG8K2QE/Rj...E/IMG_4517.JPG
Inspirations from Portland, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, vancouver, and denver.
What do you guys think?