“We’re in talks with the city, businesses and residents about whether we can have more of a central waste system,” said Walley Wargolet of the improvement society. “Can we get away from having 25 bins in each of the alleyways to make them more palatable to people walking through them?”Charles Guan reimagined Trounce Alley between the Cordova and Water street sides of the Woodward’s parkade into a brightly painted strip with grass, cobblestones and businesses.
“Let’s start that conversation, so we can develop a solid, well-thought-out ,” said Wargolet. “Get as many different opinions and ideas together and synthesize that into one great plan.” An alley between West Cordova and Water streets in Vancouver this week. ‘Those would be active places ,’ says Peeroj Thakre. ‘It also helps the pedestrian network in the neighbourhood, it gives it a finer grain.’The study was done by Gastown-based ph5 Architecture. Peeroj Thakre of ph5 said the city has already been looking at Gastown through its Transportation 2040 plan, but the business improvement society is “more nimble” and could do something quicker. So it did.
Wargolet said there are now about 3,500 people in the area, with a mix of market and low-income housing . There are about 550 businesses.
Nothing like the stench of piss as I enjoy my kale salad
As they currently stand, probably not. But there is very big potential on our wide back alleys. Let's do it!