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Parking vs. Heritage

in the Warehouse District

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WHAT IS SITE B?

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Heritage Value

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Hide House

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Boiler House

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Water Softener Building

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Bonded Warehouse

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ADAPTIVE REUSE:WYCHWOOD BARNS

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Wychwood Barns then...

The Wychwood Barns no-frills maintenance garages, really were

built in the 1910s and 20s to service Torontos growing fleet ofstreetcars.

By 1978, they had fallen into disuse and it soon became hard to imagine

them as anything more than dilapidated eyesores.

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Wychwood Barns now

The restored brick walls and soaring ceilings conjure marketing campaigns for

pricey lofts. The ad copy writes itself: exposed beams and park views in a

heritage building just a stones throw from a reinvigorated St. Clair West.

Eye Weekly

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WHO CARES ABOUT SITE B?

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We do!

To destroy these buildings would not only be

tantamount to taking another step in destroyingthe neighbourhood, but also gives in to car-

centric planning that dominates too much of thecitys urban planning decisions. Tom Graham,

Waterloo

It would obviously be shameful to dismantle

heritage to solve a temporary problem, but in thelong term one would also question demolition of

this group of buildings. Lisa Harmey, Kitchener

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We do!

The Warehouse district is now evolving into acheckerboard of isolated buildings and blocks of

surface parking, with all the sterility of life and

streetscape of a suburban business park. John

MacDonald, Kitchener The idea that parking supports intensification

put forward by the developer of the Tannery,

Cadan, is patently ludicrous and flies in the face

of all the City of Kitchener has been trying to do

in revitalizing the downtown core. Kitchenerdoesnt need more surface parking lots; it needs

fewer. Kimberley Barber, Kitchener

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A TOUR OF THEPARKING DISTRICT...

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Surface Parking in the Warehouse District

Blue Lang Tannery Site A

Orange Lang Tannery Site B

Red Surface parking within a five-minute walk of Site A

Green Bramm Street yard

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Short Term

Bramm Street Yard

Plenty of space; available soon

No street frontage

Other properties

City lots

Some may be underused

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Joseph and Victoria?

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Could We Use the Buildings for Parking?

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Long Term

Use existing parking more efficiently

Charge market rates

Trim excess capacity

Reduce downtown parking demand!

Investment in transit

More residents downtown

Walkability and bikeability

Less parking, not more!

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Please do the right thing.Thank You.