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Yes, it can be multi purpose, but a fountain does not have to be huge and take up as much space as an ice rink. Probably a rink over grass without cooling would not do well on those days in winter when it warms up.
No. I think it's going to be very nice and well used.
Very far from it. I'm very excited for this park and what it includes. The water feature is a miss in my mind but with public funding you have to sometimes make choices. I think the team here did the best they could and it's 95% there. Most of this park is a decade's effort and once-in-a -generation opportunity at getting more greenspace Downtown for residents to enjoy and supporting surrounding development.
I really hope we do not have to start to pass the hat around to it. If so, then residents should be able to deduct their donations from the amount the pay to the CRL.
From a strictly design POV: a little bit half assed
I agree with the previous motions, I think it will be successful. I 1000% mourn the absence of the water feature, but they kept all the other areas, I think the big Instagram moment is gonna be the "Aurora Borealis" ring with the swings.
@Gronk! count me in! I really think that even if they didn't want the water feature in the Pavilion, they should've considered it for the art installation instead of those metal clouds or whatever they're planning. Take 'The Convergence' in Victoria Promenade, it's listed as part of the Edmonton Arts Council—imagine something like that at Warehouse Park! Also, I'm curious about the mechanics of that fountain. There doesn't seem to be a mechanical room nearby. Seems like it could've been a great fit for the park.
If I understand correctly the two parking lots west of BP along Jasper Ave will remain. It would have been nicer if at least the one to the west was included in the park, but I suppose we can't have everything.
Those lots are owned by a guy in California who gives two shits about Edmonton and doing anything with them; I've spoken with him directly and he was not particularly friendly or interested in listening to ideas or realistic expectations.
... hold the phone, Architech is from California...
First, it is Archited not Architech (you are trying to make me sound like some kind of engineer or worse... an urban planner
). Give me the guy's contact info and I will have him re-schooled and if that doesn't work I will plop a colony of army ants next to his abode and if that doesn't work I will set up a bank of loudspeakers next door to his living quarters and blare 'O Canada' from dawn 'til dusk and if that doesn't work I will have a woman with a nasally, annoying voice phone him every ten minutes saying nothing more than "eh" and then hanging up and if that doesn't work then I will spray crazy glue on his front sidewalk and if that doesn't work I will send him a personalized invitation to visit DT at Mar-a-Lago and if that doesn't work I will send him a box of fine chocolates injected with a strong laxative and then we will see what he gives two shits about.you would have thought a connection to a fully functioning LRT/subway station would have been a major attraction...
