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Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by Craig Wright

Craig Wright — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:50:06 +0000

Spencer Smith Park and it’s greenspace should be preserved.

It is not the appropriate location to relocate Freeman Station and I also believe that Freeman Station whereever else it could be located is deserving to be better than a washroom.

Washrooms are already available in the Discovery Center at Spencer Smith Park.

Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by Alice Harding

Alice Harding — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:55:17 +0000

Please leave our park as it is. It is such a beautiful place as is.

Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by Peter Stuiver

Peter Stuiver — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:24:12 +0000

I agree we should retain the greenspace in spencer smith park, an option for the station could be to place it on the beachstrip in place of the present snackshack. and put in washrooms, showers, and a snackbar along with a historical display also. perhaps lease out some of the floor space to one of the local eateries for the summer. This could really draw in the boaters and sun worshippers on the weekends.

Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by Margaret Lindsay Holton

Margaret Lindsay Holton — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:19:35 +0000

In principal, agree, the Freeman Station must be ’saved’, but Spencer Smith Park is not the right place. Wouldn’t it make MORE sense to link it into one of the ‘GO station’ locations, maybe Aldershot or Guelph Line? That would a)give people coming/going something to historically consider relative to the area, b)there’s ample parking, so that wouldn’t be an issue for ‘tourism’ c)it would generate revenue for both transit, and the municipality, d)it would ‘link’ the whole notion of ‘transport’ in the minds of transient citizenry …

If ‘washroom facilities’ are needed for the park – and I wonder are they REALLY needed – (How have we MANAGED for so long without????) – I suggest the VERY basic minimum closely aligned with the Pier. Leave the park, as such, alone. There’s no other place like it on the lake at the moment.

I also tend to agree that the PIER should be FINISHED first, before taking on additional costly replacement/refurbishing ventures. At present, the much heralded pier is turning into an overpriced and embarrassing boon-doggle …

Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by maggie pentecost

maggie pentecost — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:58:45 +0000

We enjoy our glimpse of the lake. Look at Toronto’s waterfront. (where is the lake?) Huh !!
I love to walk my little dog and have my grandson race back and forth along the embankment.
Please do not add more buildings to our waterfront.
I am still not happy about the restarant being built, taking up more green space, so badly needed in our built-up communities. I am not against progress but let it be the right kind of advancement in our community.
Maggie Pentecost
Cavendish Drive
Burlington

Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by John Pegg

John Pegg — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:31:35 +0000

I am not in favour of locating the old train station in Spencer Smith park for any reason. Let us try amd maitain as much open space as possible.

John Pegg

Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by Peter

Peter — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:58:04 +0000

Like the approval of towers at Old Lakeshore Road, City Hall is making a decision on the waterfront without proper public consultation – despite their recent talk of ‘improving’ community engagement.

The City reveals their lack of vision for the waterfront and the downtown area. What seems to guide City Council is their desperate need to plunk the train platform somewhere, which supersedes any commitment to protect Spencer Smith’s green space and public views.

The strong reaction against the Freeman Station in Spencer Smith Park reflects unfinished business. Many citizens remain unhappy about the City adding the hulking Discovery building in the Park and reduced parking access.

Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by Jerry Fairbridge

Jerry Fairbridge — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:24:13 +0000

I’m very much in favour of retaining green space but I’m also concerned that we’re turning into an opposition to anything city management suggests. Consensus is almost impossible and it can become too easy just to oppose any decision. In fact some will always oppose any proposal. The old station is not a high rise. It could be made an attractive and useful piece of the park.

Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by Jane Ishibashi

Jane Ishibashi — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:29:45 +0000

Save the building, but NOT at Spencer Smith and NOT as washroom! Tacky, tacky!!

Comment on Freeman Station okayed for Spencer Smith waterfront park by Jo-Ann Myles

Jo-Ann Myles — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:06:21 +0000

I thought the photo at the first of your letter made the historic train station look very comfortable in that location. Do any of you people ever go to Spencer Smith Park…why it is full of events most every weekend in the summer. And when not being used for Rib Fest, Art Shows and the Sound of Music it is full of families enjoying the waterfront. Maybe it could be used for more than one function, ie when the pier is finished it could be where folks come to pay for the use of a daily slip, ice cream shop upstairs gets my vote. If you have small children or kids of all ages for that matter a bathroom can never be too handy for a Mom with one child that has to go “Quick”. My concern is that the city does not take so long to make a decision about relocating the train station that we loose out on the promised Government money that expires in 2011 if I read that correctly.