The Old Oakville Post Office Redevelopment - 193 Church Street

[just east of the creek]

This bit of news popped up today - reported in two Oakville news sources.

Oakville main library to move to old post office site​

An interesting choice, not unwelcome.

See the attached.

www.oakvillenews.org/local-news/oakvilles-new-central-library-moves-closer-to-reality-11944077

www.insidehalton.com/news/oakville-post-office-library/article_bc36ef42-66c8-5a18-a3e3-437d6e1b9abf.html

 

[Red October]

I used to go to the old Central Library all the time. I actually like that location better (actually on the main strip of downtown, right by the river), but I remember the building felt tired even 20 years ago. Getting a nice new building while still keeping elements of an old(er) building is a pretty good result. Hopefully it'll also cause more development of the surface parking lots around it and expand downtown past the one street.

 

[just east of the creek]

I used to go to the old Central Library all the time. I actually like that location better (actually on the main strip of downtown, right by the river), but I remember the building felt tired even 20 years ago. Getting a nice new building while still keeping elements of an old(er) building is a pretty good result. Hopefully it'll also cause more development of the surface parking lots around it and expand downtown past the one street.

A couple of things. The town is looking at another vertical parking structure for downtown, in one of the current surface lots.. there is some discussion of digging as well. Why they are not combining a sub surface lot with vertical development is a question?

I agree with you 100% re the current library. Lovely but tired. Great location. And then the question is….what is happening with that property? There has certainly been lots of talk with the pool property closing, possibly revamping of the theatre complex and now the library. Plenty of scope for something unique on a lovely site. Please, just not condos.