Thursday, May 16, 2013

RATE YOUR BEST & WORST OF THE QUAY


What do you like and not like about the Quay? Now that a Councillor wants to know how you feel about the trains, we want to hear what you think about the Quay as a whole.

3 comments:

  1. What I love is walking the boardwalk and hearing all the various languages from around the world.

    What I love is seeing a place where dogs are welcome and how many people love their animals. That speaks volumes to the type of people that visit or live at the Quay.

    I honestly do not like the trains. When I first moved there , the trains were only in the day time and never at night. Now, they are day and night, with even more trains in future with the coal issue.

    Overall I love the Quay and I do thank the Quayside Board for all their hard work and caring for the community.

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  2. Like any other commercial area, the Quay's ability to flourish depends on two things: location and accessibility. The Quay has tremendous potential as it is located in a prime waterfront real estate, surrounded by a densely populated area of downtown New Westminster.

    However, accessibility is a great problem because of the railroad. One has to either walk on the overpass or cross Begbie Street. No customer would like to climb stairs or wait a long time for the train to pass in order to enjoy what the Quay has to offer.

    Given the surrounding residents' access to Skytrain, the businesses around Columbia and the Quay are competing against downtown Vancouver, Metrotown and even Surrey Central for customers. If the Quay is to flourish, the City has to convince the residents of downtown New Westminster that their money should stay and be spent in New Westminster. The only way to do this is to provide multiple safe points of access to the waterfront park and Quay by eliminating the railroad and the parking lot on Front Street.

    The commercial buildings around Columbia Street should also be modernized to accommodate office spaces as opposed to just being retail and food service friendly. This would encourage spending in the area during weekdays.


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  3. love the esplanade. appreciate tremendously the gardeners and parks workers. wish dogs were on leash and taken to the off leash to defecate. am encouraged by the rebirth of the quay market and impressed with the new park. suggest we look at some free parking times to increase business and beautify the access points for pedestrians. love the trains, wish there was one for passengers.

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