By Pepper Parr
July 4th, 2017
BURLINGTON, ON
How did some people decorate their home to celebrate Canada 150?
The residents of this building were, for the most part, showing their colours.
There is a building in the downtown core, on the corner of Pearl and Pine with a bit of a view to Lakeshore Road.
If you look up a laneway from Lakeshore Road one could see the large Canadian flags hung from the balconies – it will be interesting to see what the residents do next year when the word gets out that we will be around to see if every balcony is draped with a Canadian flag.
The Gazette was out doing its check up on various construction projects in the city.
The Bridgewater project has now poked its head above the street grade – soon the public will get a sense as to the impact the two buildings are going to have on the way we see that part of Lakeshore Road and how much of the lake you are going to be able to see.
The city currently has three projects under construction south of the QEW with a number of others that are ready to get taken to city hall for approval.
The city that people experience today will be significantly different within five years. all were approved before the city released its Grow Bold plans which are currently being reviewed by citizen groups.
The opening from the Lakeshore Road into the public area that will be between the hotel on the west and the 22 story condominium on the east will be about where the crane tower is shown in this picture.
Architects rendering what what the Bridgewater project is going to look like when it is completed in 2019. The project will consist of a condominium on the right, a hotel on the left and a smaller condominium south of the hotel.
There will be some surprises when people realize just how small the opening to the lake actually is – progress.
Come on – stop using this “Progress” crap as an excuse for anything and everything that’s sacrificed to growth and development.
Just tell it like it is, and the excuses given for why it happened.