  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5960 Registered: 10-2003 |
Here is today's P.D.J. | ||
Fastcarsfreedom Member Username: Fastcarsfreedom Post Number: 75 Registered: 11-2005 |
You will notice two distinct "boxes" within the building's structural steel. The lower one is the Theater/Entertainment Center space--the upper one is the Convention Hall. It's worth noting that these levels will be extended easterly across McDougall Ave where they will link to the existing builidng--essentially making the building appear like a single structure--albeit with two remaining lanes of McDougall running through the lower level. | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 602 Registered: 09-2005 |
Although I support the expansion (Windsor is getting a theatre and convention centre for nothing), I did not realize that the view north from McDougall was going to be blocked. I have often noticed that when you stand five blocks or so south of the river looking north that you experience an optical illusion where you cannot see the river and the Ren Cen appears to be part of Windsor. I think that will be gone. | ||
Fastcarsfreedom Member Username: Fastcarsfreedom Post Number: 76 Registered: 11-2005 |
Upinottawa--you are correct--that view will change. The full width of McDougall at street level will remain open--two lanes (one north, one south) for traffic--and three lanes for the Hotel Tower and Valet. Above street level the entire "lower box" of the complex--the Entertainment Center and Convention space will extent out across McDougall for almost the entire block between Chatham and Pitt. |
