The area is at the juncture of Upper Lachine and St. James and the idea is that a couple of unnecessary roads will be rerouted to maximize the green space.
Upper Lachine will be turned into a dead end, although I'm not sure how much that will please the little grocery store that sits there. Some of the unnecessary sporting facilities that were heaped onto Oxford Park can be switched over here, thereby allowing the greening of the jewel of St Raymond's back to what it was meant to be when bequeathed by the Brodie clan to the city. As for how the new park -- which we propose be named Coolopolis Park -- be laid out will be for the planners to decide, but here's an idea off the top of my head. (left before and after pix).
So I can blame you if Upper Lachine becomes a dead end? Good to know.
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion is just to increase green space. The remake of Upper Lachine is something they've been talking about since Marcel Tremblay's days.
ReplyDeleteThere's also some scheme to buy the now-abandoned property that was once an Ultramar Station at St. James and Oxford and connect it with the adjacent Terry Fox Park.
But that's a bit silly because the park is on the wrong side of the street and was only used as a place for hookers to furtively provide tender acts of professional oral sex behind a little hill.
That lame effort at increasing green space on the south side of St. James is a waste of time as it is and will forever remain inaccessible due to the cars and the cliff.
I'm more in favour of the city actually buying up houses or industrial lands and simply transforming them into parks.
I remember when they built those two roads in the mid 1950's; prior to that the site hosted a SuperTest gas station on the west side and a transport company on the east side.
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