Aldebaran
New Member
Perhaps it is one of those decisions that may seem like a mistake in the beginning, but will turn out to have hidden benefits later in the future... when different thinking, practices, and technologies are available.
The decision to build a city hall and establish a centre around Square One instead of Cooksville seems increasingly to be a blessing... even when/if that decision was just a move to cater to the car with the nearby access to the 403, at the time.
As a result, and with a future Dundas BRT/LRT as well as a GO RER service at Cooksville, along with a Hurontario LRT, two things will become doable:
A) linking the current/new city centre around Square One with the old city centre around Cooksville
B) rejuvenating Cooksville into a dense, urban secondary centre
Essentially, we now can correct the two problems that came with the relocation from Cooksville to Square One, namely foregoing the train tracks and causing Cooksville to decline in importance.
Instead of having a simple + (plus sign) configuration of development around an intersection, we can now look forward to a future where, with help from Downtown21, we have a more interesting and expansive ♀ (female sign) configuration.
It would be like having a miniature version of downtown Toronto and a smaller North York City Centre further down.
The decision to build a city hall and establish a centre around Square One instead of Cooksville seems increasingly to be a blessing... even when/if that decision was just a move to cater to the car with the nearby access to the 403, at the time.
As a result, and with a future Dundas BRT/LRT as well as a GO RER service at Cooksville, along with a Hurontario LRT, two things will become doable:
A) linking the current/new city centre around Square One with the old city centre around Cooksville
B) rejuvenating Cooksville into a dense, urban secondary centre
Essentially, we now can correct the two problems that came with the relocation from Cooksville to Square One, namely foregoing the train tracks and causing Cooksville to decline in importance.
Instead of having a simple + (plus sign) configuration of development around an intersection, we can now look forward to a future where, with help from Downtown21, we have a more interesting and expansive ♀ (female sign) configuration.
It would be like having a miniature version of downtown Toronto and a smaller North York City Centre further down.
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