Comments on: Shipping Returns to the Columbia River http://urbanworkbench.com/shipping-returns-to-the-columbia-river/ Sustainable Designs for Life Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: tracy http://urbanworkbench.com/shipping-returns-to-the-columbia-river/comment-page-1/#comment-3248 tracy Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:35:42 +0000 http://urbanworkbench.com/?p=2807#comment-3248 Our neighbour knew about the turbine coming through (or going through?) and he stopped outside our house to tell us, so we could take our 5 year old over to see it....handily, we were headed for Tim Horton's, so while I went and stood in line for 15 minutes my husband and kid got to watch it go past - it was quite impressive!! My thoughts exactly - let the town know about it in advance, celebrate it....I know many parents would have loved to have to opportunity to show their children what the river can do. Our neighbour knew about the turbine coming through (or going through?) and he stopped outside our house to tell us, so we could take our 5 year old over to see it….handily, we were headed for Tim Horton’s, so while I went and stood in line for 15 minutes my husband and kid got to watch it go past – it was quite impressive!!
My thoughts exactly – let the town know about it in advance, celebrate it….I know many parents would have loved to have to opportunity to show their children what the river can do.

]]> By: Janice http://urbanworkbench.com/shipping-returns-to-the-columbia-river/comment-page-1/#comment-3227 Janice Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:26:14 +0000 http://urbanworkbench.com/?p=2807#comment-3227 Actually very little has ever been planned in Castlegar. It just grew like "Topsy". Take the Downtown. If it had been planned, then the main road would have been Thirteenth Street, would have been wide, and had a magnificent view of the Lion's Head Rock across the Columbia River. The Downtown just happened. Look at City Hall. Approaching it from either direction, it cannot be seen by anyone in a vehicle until one is level with it. It is obscured by the R.C.M.P. building on one side and the visually aweful buildings on the other side. The best view is from the Kel Print building opposite. I can forgive the original town being as it is is, but not the City Hall. Actually very little has ever been planned in Castlegar. It just grew like “Topsy”.

Take the Downtown. If it had been planned, then the main road would have been Thirteenth Street, would have been wide, and had a magnificent view of the Lion’s Head Rock across the Columbia River. The Downtown just happened.

Look at City Hall. Approaching it from either direction, it cannot be seen by anyone in a vehicle until one is level with it. It is obscured by the R.C.M.P. building on one side and the visually aweful buildings on the other side. The best view is from the Kel Print building opposite. I can forgive the original town being as it is is, but not the City Hall.

]]> By: <img src='http://urbanworkbench.com/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/twitter.png'/> Mike Thomas http://urbanworkbench.com/shipping-returns-to-the-columbia-river/comment-page-1/#comment-3216 Mike Thomas Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:53:35 +0000 http://urbanworkbench.com/?p=2807#comment-3216 Janice, Planning a whole city to face away from the Columbia River seems ridiculous considering it is one of our best assets. I've met a few people who wished, they'd seen this coming through - not very well advertised I guess. Janice, Planning a whole city to face away from the Columbia River seems ridiculous considering it is one of our best assets. I’ve met a few people who wished, they’d seen this coming through – not very well advertised I guess.

]]> By: Janice http://urbanworkbench.com/shipping-returns-to-the-columbia-river/comment-page-1/#comment-3215 Janice Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:37:07 +0000 http://urbanworkbench.com/?p=2807#comment-3215 I hate it when I miss seeing something like this. The Columbia River runs alongside Castlegar and sometimes it seems as though it does not exist in our everyday life. Where I lived in England, (Bedford in Bedfordshire), the River Great Ouze was really visible to the everyday resident and was really a part of our lives. Always something happening. I hate it when I miss seeing something like this. The Columbia River runs alongside Castlegar and sometimes it seems as though it does not exist in our everyday life.

Where I lived in England, (Bedford in Bedfordshire), the River Great Ouze was really visible to the everyday resident and was really a part of our lives. Always something happening.

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