TD Bank Rises

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• I agree Andrew, another dead block in the city. No doors to invite people on the side streets, no retail. Just another dead zone. I wish we could put all the banks on one end of the street that way downtown is more pedestrian friendly. Oh well. such is life in Windsor.

• At least, it's putting people who want to work, to work, I guess. I wonder if there will be any new TD jobs created if it's done this year.

• Another dead block, sure, but still more alive than the abandoned building that previously occupied this block, so no complaints there.

  Will this building have underground parking? One thing that bothers me about a lot of the new structures being built downtown is that they almost always have underground or attached parking. That means that the people who work at that building will park there car, ride the elevator up to work, go back to their car, and go home. It almost ensures that people don't set foot outside the building and shop downtown. In that way, it does nothing to revitalize downtown. 400 City Hall Square is a prime example of this. All the workers park underground, and most probably don't set foot outside of the building.

  Other examples of this are the casino with it's attached parking. Patrons park, gamble, and go home. Employees don't even park downtown, they park at a lot at Droulliard and Riverside and a shuttle brings them right to the employee entrance.

• Rob - Yes. Underground parking.

  David - Doubtful. Three branches are closing for this one. Wyandotte & Ouellette; University & Victoria; and the Commerical banking branch previously mentioned on here.

• I just noticed they're resting all those steel joists on top of the pedestrian walkway !! yikes! I wonder if that's allowed?

• I drove by earlier today. Those pipe trusses are now on the roof "I" beams.

• Are the upper floors of the Canderal building open to the public?

• I can see the 1 Bank at the Corner of University & Victoria closing, as that is a stand alone building with a property that has been wanted for a new Apartment Complex or Hotel Complex for years. The other Corner, at Wyandotte & Ouellette is kinda upsetting, as this is 1 of our City's main intersections and it already had 1 Dead corner from the former CIBC bank and soon the TD. Someone in the City has to look at this issue and realizing that this corner needs more attention and bring something into those 2 buildings, when TD moves out.

• Had the opportunity to visit Chicago last week, where I got family nearby in Indiana. It was my first opportunity to see the city since high school back in 1985. Could not believe how much the city had changed for the better. Back in 85, Chicago was your typical American big city: graffiti and trash everywhere, old and dilapidated trains and buses, no trees or flowers anywhere, hardly any people walking around. Fast forward to 2009: trees and flowers planted along major arteries, trash-free streets and sidewalks, brand-new buses and trains and lots of people everywhere. Hell, if Chicago could get its' act together in 25 years why can't Windsor?

• ^ George, Windsor is moving in that direction. Francis has looked toward Mayor Daley's efforts to beautify his city and to follow his lead. It's starting to happen in Windsor - the Dougall Avenue corridor is much nicer than it was 10 years ago and the downtown streetscaping is progressing. Stamped concrete is included along major arteries as well now. There are hundreds of flower baskets around downtown now too. Unfortunately with the city strike, medians and boulevards look like hell these days.