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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2426The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dully December 2009 e.d. Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library PICKERING DOWNTOWN N CORE A BRIEF HISTORY, ]DECEMBER 2009, BY ALBERT DUTLY DISCOVERY PLACE AND THE PICKERING CIVIC COMPLEX PARK THE PICKERING DOWNTOWN CORE In 1985, the News Advertiser described the Pickering Plan as follows: "When completed, the area between Highway 2 and the 401, from Brock Road to Liverpool will form the downtown core of Pickering. [In addition to the Pickering Town Centre] other attractions include the Metro East Trade centre, the Pickering Recreation Complex, the Pickering Corporate Centre, Pickering Place Apartments, and the soon to be built Pickering Municipal Building,[ Library and Park] i" Twenty four years later what was a dream then has largely become a reality now. This is how it happened. i [Pickering dawn town.] In TheNeuuA&eiGsn, August 7, 1985. p. n2 The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dully page 2 Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library The Prelude In 1961 William McKay described Pickering as mostly rural. "Farming is still the major source of wealth." 2 In fact both sides of Kingston Road were open farmland. The only diversions were two drive in theatres, one of them, the Tepee, located on the site of the present Loblaw store on Liverpool Road. 1961 could also mark the beginning of modern Pickering with the development of Bay Ridges. "Restrictions were tightened and areas at West Rouge, Liverpool and Bay Ridges came into being. This latter [Bay Ridges] at present [1961] is the only residential area in the township which has sewer and water facilities installed when the houses are built. Paved roads, storm and 24 inch sanitary sewers, water mains, underground wiring for street lighting, and hydro — poles installed along the rear of each lot, puts this development of 2,085 lots which is to house 12,000 people in one community in a unique position in the township." 3 The Government of Ontario in 1967 opened its Go train commuter service linking Pickering to Oakville with limited service to Hamilton. Pickering residents could now travel by GO train from the Pickering core to downtown Toronto Union Station in less than 40 minutes. Pickering further increased its commercial reach when Highway 401 was completed in 1968 stretching from Windsor to the Quebec boundary. The 4 lane highway passed through the core of Pickering. It would not be until 1996 that the Markson Study could report, "Highway 401 is presently being widened across Pickering to a core and collector system."^ In the Markson, Borooah Hodgson Study, 1996. the major elements in the downtown core are identified as "the Pickering Civic Complex and Main Library, the Pickering Town Centre Shopping Mall, the Recreation Complex, Esplanade Park, the existing lowrise residential apartments to the south and the new Tridel development north of the Civic Complex notably the Casitas on Esplanade north."5 _ "Three studies conducted [between 1977 and 1996] indicate similar principles in neighbourhood qualities and development strategies for Pickering's downtown."5 These are 2 Mckay, William A. The Pickering story Pickering Public Library, c1961, p.147 3 Mckay. p.150 4 Markson Borooah Hodgson Architects Inc., Weinstein Leeming & Hindle & Lehman Associates, PMA Landscape Architects Ltd., Royal LePage Strategic Advisory Services, McCormick Rankin Ltd. Pickering downtown core_A land use and urban design study for the Town of Pickering, phase 1 -report, March 1996 p.12 5 Markson p.7. 6 Markson, p. 4 The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dutly page 3 Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library [The Ziedler Study, 19777; The Diamond, Schmitt Study. 19918 and The Colborne and Lind Study, 1994.8] All of these events and studies set the stage for the development of the Pickering core. But construction within the parameters laid out in the plans began with the coming of Sheridan Mall. The Beginning of the Core In 1996 it was reported that "The Pickering Town Centre Shopping Mall is one of the 12 largest shopping centres in Ontario.... Almost half of those who shop at the Pickering Town Centre Mall work in Metro Toronto."10 The Pickering Town Centre first opened as a small enclosed mall called the Sheridan Mall in 1972 but its expansion in 1985[ Eatons/The Bay wing] and 1988[Sears wing and other shops] moved it into a class with the Oshawa Centre and the Scarborough Town Centre. Pickering Place Apartments Ltd. owned extensive property along the Pickering Parkway and on December 3, 1981 received approval to begin development. They opened rental -- apartments at 1875 and 1865 Glenanna Road, 1530 and 1540 Pickering Parkway and 1530 and 1540 Diefenbaker Court. In 1994 the request of Pickering Place Apartments Ltd. to convert the 274 residential apartment units east of Valley Farm from rental to condominium tenure was approved." The Pickering Recreation Complex after five years of planning and one year of construction opened in 1983 and included multipurpose areas, pottery and ceramics areas, a 600 capacity banquet hall, a tennis court, an 8lane, 25 metre pool with a diving well, and an arena for ice skating . In the summer of 2009 it is undergoing an expansion of 5,000 square feet which will include 3 aerobics studios and two doubles squash courts The first phase of The Discovery Place condominium project north of the Pickering Civic Complex was completed in 1990. In 1968 Ontario passed a Condominium Act. An early Tridel project was to build a series of condos collectively known as Discovery Place in Pickering on a block of land bordered by Kingston Road, Valley Farm Road, The Esplanade North and _ Glennanna. The first phase of Discovery Place at 1890 and 1880 Valley Farm Road was completed by 1990. Then came The Casitas in 1995 and Millennium in 1999 on The Esplanade North. The final piece to complete The Discovery Place project was Liberty on The Esplanade _ North in 2005- Within its walls Discovery Place includes: 2 gated communities. 5 condominium corporations, 6 rows of townhouses and 4 high rise towers, 3 swimming pools, various parklands and walkways, a boulevard and numerous recreation facilities. 7 Ziedler Partnership's Pickering Town Centre, Urban Design Study. October 1977. 8 A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Co. Architects and Planners" Pickering Main CentralArea Urban Design Study, Design Guidelines, April 1991. 9 The Colborne Architectural Group Inc. and Victor N. Lind's Town Centre West, UrbanDesign and Land Use Study, Town of Pickering. June 1994. 10 Markson. p.8 11 Resolution #142194 in Appendix 1, Town recommendation report no. 28/94. Town of Pickering The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Duty page 4 Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library Also in 1990 Pickering Civic Complex, Library and Park were opened. "The new Pickering Civic Complex is a 46,000 square foot building that features an impressive bell tower" 12 The Civic Complex can also be identified by its distinctive dome which covers a circular council chamber. The Pickering Central Library a $10 million, 33,000 square foot, two story building opened on May 26,1990. It was fully automated and for the first time all branches were connected by an automated catalogue and the LAN system. In July 2009 it broke all its previous records with a one month circulation of 120,000 items. It is home to the Pickering archives and by means of PADA it provides an online digital archive at www.pada.ca . "Esplanade Park is a formal park associated with the Civic Complex. It is the site of [a performance bandshell,] formal gardens, walkways and sifting areas."13 The Markson study recorded, "The hydro corridor is currently [1996] being planned to provide opportunities for walking and cycling as well as youth oriented activities such as basketball, volleyball and rollerblading."14 The development of the south-east comer of Valley Farm Road was discussed at a public meeting on September 19, 2002. Rockport, a developer, proposed commencing the sale of town homes beginning September 28, 2002 .15 A rezoning application would permit the addition of a retirement home. Chartwell Select Retirement Residence opened in 2007 on the south-east corner of The Esplanade Park. Developments along Valley Farm East, North of the Recreation Complex were Avon More Square built in 2003-2004 by Coughlin Homes. Then in November 2009 a sales pavilion was built for the Galleries on Urban Park.16 The development is to be located at the south east corner of Valley Farm and Kingston Road. The first phase will include "a 10 story building", "195 condominiums" and "52 stacked townhouses" Esplanade Park has become a venue for weekly concerts, occasional outdoor theatre and evening strolls by local residents to admire floral displays. It has been the scene of an annual craft show and Rotary rib fest. In winter it is lit up for December, for Winter Fest and for the annual Ice Sculpture contest. Remembrance services are held at its cenotaphs. The Olympic torch passed through the park on December 17, 2009. The core had now formed around a town square "The Esplanade Park". with The Pickering Town Centre, The Civic Complex and the Main Library on the West, the Pickering Place Apartments on the South, Avon More Square, the Pickering Recreation Complex and the Chartwell Select Retirement Residence and town homes on the East and Discovery Place Condominiums to the North. 12 Pickering Civic Complex. News Advertiser, May 18,1990. p. At 9. 13 Markson. p. 10 14 Markson. p. 11 15 City of Pickering Statutory Public Information Meeting minutes. September 19, 2002. p. l.www.cityoj icp kering.com 16 News release. Curent development City of Pickering. November 2009, p. 1 The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dutly page 5 Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library "Downtown Pickering is well accessed regionally through Highway 401, Kingston Road, Liverpool Road, Bayly Street, Go rail service and Go bus service." 17 it is now connected to Highway 407 via Brock Road and to Durham Region by means of the expanded Durham Transit. The former Pickering Bus Transit merged with Durham Transit on January 1, 2006. Presently Glenanna at the Pickering Town Centre serves as the major Pickering transfer point for regular Durham Transit buses. As well flag bus 1 and 2 connect to the Ajax hospital via Cosco, Ajax. The flag bus 3 route is Kingston Road West and Bay Ridges. The Go bus run is via Highway 2 to Scarborough Town Centre or the Oshawa Centre and beyond Location! location! location! is a popular slogan. In the case of Pickering's Downtown Core it is true. Residences and businesses are within walking distance of public transportation, shopping, information and entertainment. Residents in the Pickering Place Apartment on Glenanna have a Durham bus transfer stop at their front door. Home owners on Valley Farm north of the Recreation Complex can catch a Go Bus at the corner of Kingston Road just steps from where they live. In 1993 a Medical Centre was added at Glenanna and Kingston Road that included dental and medical offices, labs and even a walk-in clinic. Residents of Casitas, Millennium and Liberty condominiums have direct access to the Medical Centre through a gate. The Pickering Downtown Core is becomig increasingly pedestrian friendly. The Core Expands The larger downtown from Liverpool to Brock Road also filled out. Plans are not always fulfilled in exactly the manner we expect. The Metro East Trade Centre on the Brock Road was replaced with a shopping centre known as Smart Centre. The end of the Metro East Trade Centre was sealed at a meeting of the Pickering Committee of the Whole, on July 29, 2002. The Metro East Trade Centre was to be demolished in February 2003. Many small merchants who counted on the centre to survive protested in vain. The trade centre had also attracted numerous shows and people. First Pro won the right to develop the new box store mall. The mall spokesperson submitted a market study indicating that "once the land is fully developed, it will provide employment to up to 1,200 persons and taxes of about two million dollars.".18 First Pro hoped to commence construction in the Fall of 2002. The new shopping mall officially known as Smart Centre was located on the corner of the Pickering Parkway and the Brock Road. Its many stores were to include Walmart, Sobeys and Sams Club. In June 2009 , "Pickering Council approved Smart Centre's request for an increase in the gross leasable floor space to accompany the expansion of two stores -- possibly three in the future --to 55,000 square 17 Markson p. 11 18 City of Pickering Committee of the whole minutes, July 29,2002, p.2.www.cilyof nickerina.com The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dutly page 6 Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library metres (the maximum is now 49,000). The amendment was needed for immediate expansion of Wal-Mart, the former Sams Club (Lowes is moving in) and possibly Sobeys in the future."19 The work of building the core of Pickering continues. The City of Pickering has been recognized by the Province of Ontario as one of a limited number of 'Urban Growth Centres' in the Golden Horseshoe as part of the Province's Places to Grow program. Metrolinx has designated Pickering's Go station and downtown environs as an Anchor Mobility Hub. The Corporate Centre is a work in progress. Located in the southwest corner of the Pickering Town Centre it presently includes two eight story towers housing the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC). On May S, 2009 Pickering in a news release announced the receipt of an application for the construction of a new'Class A' office tower ".... this 132,000 -square- foot office tower will be built to LEED silver standards [and]... construction will start in July 2009 with occupancy slated for early 2011."20 .... A further news release on September 10, 2009 announced a major project alongside the new Class A office tower. "Through the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, the Federal and Provincial governments are committing $5 million each towards the construction of a fully enclosed pedestrian bridge ... [to] span Highway 401 and connect the Pickering Go station ...[to the new class A] office tower ...[also] Go transit has committed to building a $20 million parking structure at the base of the office tower. This will result in 500 new parking spaces for the Pickering Go station - a 25% increase in total parking capacity....The pedestrian bridge and parking facility will be owned and operated by Go Transit which means it will also be responsible for all the construction, operating and maintenance costs....Mayor Ryan was actively involved with negotiations .... With funding commitments now in place, all three projects will be built concurrently with an estimated completion date of March 2011.21 As we approach the Pickering Bicentennial in 2011 it is a time to look back to celebrate Pickering's achievements and look forward contemplating new challenges. It is also an opportunity to celebrate those who continue to plan for the future of Pickering's downtown and those who have caused past plans to become reality. 19 Kristen Calls. "Pickering shopping to be more pedestrian friendly" In Pickering News Advertiser, June 17,2009. !Y w,ogw5durbaloreaion.com/news/pickering/article/128853 m News release. Land mark LEED office tower... City of Pickering, May 8, 2009 p. 30 21 News release. $30 million of infrastructure investments for downtown Pickering. City of Pickering. September 10, 2009. p.30 The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dully page 7 Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library Appendix A From "A Crusade for Cores" by Miss Jacqueline Tyrwhitt, Visiting Professor in Town and Regional Planning, University of Toronto .....what do most people remember most about London? Surely 'Goodbye Piccadilly; Fairwell Leister Square'! And the same is true of Edinburgh (Think of Princess Street); Paris (the — Boulevard). The spaces that seem so pleasant to us when we visit these centres are.... Sometimes quite small spaces, with some seats and a few trees, where they sit about of an evening and gossip. .... an open space in a city is like a pause in activity; a moment in which you can stop to take a breath- to think, perhaps to appreciate, perhaps just to rest ... "22 Appendix B Preface This expanded history of the development of the Downtown Core of Pickering was inspired by our experiences living in Pickering at various times and a conversation with Gordon Zimmerman, a retired architect, local historian and an advocate for Heritage preservation in Pickering. Gordon agreed a short history documenting the growth of the Pickering core has not yet been written and would be useful. Gordon Zimmerman was instrumental in locating the relevant architectural study and he reviewed the draft manuscript on several occasions In addition I have touched base with Pickering three times in its history. In 1953 while a — high school student in Brockville I attended a youth conference in Whitby and travelled along a short original piece of Highway 401 that had been constructed between Scarborough and Oshawa. It was a showpiece of what was yet to come. From 1963 my wife and I lived in Bay Ridges for 8 years. Kingston Road was then a country road. The Cedarbrae Mall in Scarborough and the not yet enclosed Oshawa Centre were the closest large shopping centres, There was a small mall at the south west corner of Baseline and Liverpool which included a grocery store, bank and hairdresser. A Gray Coach bus came along Kingston Road a few times a day: Bay Ridge residents walked across the Liverpool bridge to catch the bus at the old coach house stop at the corner of Liverpool and Kingston Road. Life was revolutionized with the advent of the Go train in 1967 and the completion of Highway 401 from Windsor to the Quebec border in 1968. After my wife and I retired from teaching we returned to live in Pickering in 1999 in the Millennium, a Tridel condominium on The Esplanade North. Changes were significant. The core was well on its way to completion. During the last ten years we have watched developments from the vantage point of our balcony. In this brief history I try to document how modern downtown Pickering happened � Tyrwhitt, Miss Jacqueline. Talk broadcast from CBC Toronto, Special Speakers series to TransCanada at 10:20 E.S.T., March 29, 1953 The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dutly Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public library Appendix C Chronology of Consauctim (approval add completed) fiom the files of Planning and Development City of Rokering S13/89 Street Number Site Construction 510/02 Street Name Valley Farm Road Approval Completion au der 55/08 Galleria on Urban Park 510/01 SE7EN 18T97029 Various Avon More Square 'May 1/02 2003-0,1Coughlan Homes 55/87 { 1880 Discovery Place,Condo Sept 13/1988 1989 Tridel 55/87 f 1890 Discovery Place,Condo Dec 17/1987 1989 Tritlel W81 1867 Recreation Complex 1981 1983 Ellis Don Conshuction S10/06 1801 Chartwell Select Retimrrent Residence May 3/2006 2007 The RockportGroup 57/02 1775 Serenade, (Freehold) June 19/2003 2004 The RockportGroup S13/89 The Faolanatle North 1400 Discovery-Casttas„Condo 58/97 1000 Diso-Millenuium„CoMo 510/02 1200 Discovery-Liberty„Condo 55/88 1 Civic Complex ^ 1 Central Library 53/03 1895 C I B C Bank May 10,1994 1994 Tridel June 25,1998 2000 Tridel April 28, 2004 2005 Tridel April 11, 19M 1990 Taylor/Woodmw A 1990 Tayior/Woodrow 13.3, 2003 2004 (Corporate Contracting 1885 Medical Centra, S7/81 f 1875 Pickering Place Apartments 57/81 f 1865 Pickering Place Apartments Welding Parkway all 1305 Corporate Centre, Rcom Centre SIV75 (n99) 1315 Corporate Centre, Fteore CerNe 510/01 1465 Meridiani 510/00 1535 Parkway Storage S7/81 ] 1530 village atthe Pines,Convento condo 57/81 ] 1540 Village at the Pines,Convert to condo Court 57/81 ] Diefanllakar 1535 village at the ParimComert to condo 87/81 1 1525 Village at the Pines,Comert to condo May 10,1994 1994 Tridel June 25,1998 2000 Tridel April 28, 2004 2005 Tridel April 11, 19M 1990 Taylor/Woodmw A 1990 Tayior/Woodrow 13.3, 2003 2004 (Corporate Contracting 1975 1979 JDS investments {Services Limned 1992 1993 JOS Investments ]Dec 3, 1981 1982 JDS Investments ]Dec 3, 1981 1982 JOS Investments 1975 1979 JDS investments 2000 2002 Nov. 7,2001 2002 Lesswocd Design/Build Inc Feb.3,2gg3 2001-03 ] U a: 3, 1981 1982 JDS Investments } Dec 3, 1981 A JDS Investments ] Dec 3,1981 1982 JDS Investments ] Dec 3,1981 JDS Investments S5/83 1365 Pickering Town CorreeJ1977,1985,1958] No record page 8 The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dully page 9 Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library Appendix D Samples of the Process in the Developing of the Pickering Downtown Core Sources from the Files of the Town of Pickering and City of Pickering Town Centre Community Planning Community 7. In the district plan of the district planning area of the Town of Pickering. March ed. 1985 p. 7-2ff. The Sheridan Mall Resolution #230/71 .... to set the date for construction of the Sheridan Mall to be extended beyond May 3,1971. Council, May 25, 1971. By Law .... to authorize construction of Sheridan Mall. Council. June 7,1971 The Recreation Complex Report of the Director of Recreation and Transportation, dated Aug.6,1976 proposed "that various architectural firms be invited to submit proposals dealing with the preliminary design concepts;" Resolution #83/81 .... that Bedell Shukla Partnership, Architects, proceed with the working drawings of the Recreation Complex and Totten, Sims, Hubicki be Project Managers, Resolution #44/82 based on the Executive Committee recommendation made on Sept. 28, 1981 ...that the tender submitted by Ellis Don Ltd. for the construction of the Recreation Complex at a net price of $6,432,000.00 ... be approved. Bylaw #1532/82 Signing of the agreement with Ellis -Don Ltd.,contractor, to build the Recreation Complex. May 12, 1982 Pickering Place Apartments Meeting of tenants. ....to express their concern re the conversion of 274 residential apartment units from rental to condominium tenure, to be developed by Pickering Place Apartments Ltd. on the East side of Valley Farm Road between Diefenbaker Court and Pickering Parkway on Blocks 7,8,9 810 Plan40M-1231. April 19,1994. Statutory Public Information meeting ...to ensure that the tenants rights were met re the above conversion of 274 residential apartment units from rental to condominium tenure. Thursday,May 19,1994. Report and recommendation of the Executive committee to Council. ...re the above conversion of 274 residential apartment units from rental to condominium tenure. September 12, 1994. Resolution #142/94 ...re Blocks 7,8,9 810 Plan 40M-1231 to permit the conversion of 274 residential apartment units from rental to condominium tenure. Discovery Place Plan 18 CDM -94002. Recommended by the Town Council to the Regional Council- the draft plan prepared by I.M. Pastushak Limited, Ontario Land Surveyors for Discovery Place Limited re the North side of the Esplanade North between Glenanna Road and Valley Farm Road. February 1994. Pickering Civic Complex and Library Tender T-3-88....that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute a contract to construct the Municipal Complex and Main Central Library ...not to exceed $15,000.000... a further $954,000 will be required... to complete certain components... as outlined in the letter of Shore Tilbe Henschel Irwin Peters dated March 23, 1988. File no. C1000 Financing of the construction. ...in addition to the $5,500,000... transferred from the 1988 Capital Budget ...an additional $3,224,000 be transferred and that an amount of $3,465,000 be transferred in 1988. The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dutly page 10 Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library CHRONOLOGY Date Event 1963 Construction of Bay Ridges 1964-1991 Tepee Drivein Theatre opens/doses 1967 Opening of Go train from Pickering to Oakville 1968 Highway A01 completed 1968-1990 Municipal office 0 Brock/I(ingsfon Road opened/closed 1972 Sheridan Mall opened 1977 Ziedler partnership's ... Urban Design Study 1979 Construction Original Picare Centre, 1305 Parkway, 1982 Pickering Place Apartments, 1865,1875 Glenanna completed 1983,2009 Pickering Recreation Complex 1985 & 1988 Pickering Town Centre is an expansion of Sheridan Mall 1990 First phase of Discovery Place completed 1990 Pickering Civic Complex opens 1990 Pickering Library Main Branch opens 1993 Construction, Medical Centre, 1885 Glennana, completed in April 1994 Hydra Corridor designated for youth acKvifies 199A Village of the Pines, convert to condos 2002 First Pro begins construction of box store mall on Brock Road 2002 2nd Picore Office Tower. 1315 Parkway 2003 Metro East Trade Cent. demolished 2003-2004 Avon More Square developed 2004 Serenade Ihreehold) beside Chartwell completed 2004 CIBC Bank, 1895 Glenanna completed 2005 Tridel Discovery Place completed 2007 Chartwell Select Retirement Residence opens 2009 Pickering Corporate Centre with Go parking expands 2009 Pedestrian Bridge over 401 to Go station approved 2010 Galleria on Urban Park sales dRce opens The Pickering Down Town Core. by Albert Dutly December 2009 e.d. Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library Esplanade Park. Summer 2009 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Tyler Barnett, Senior Planner, Planning & Development, City of Pickering Karen Emmink, The Pickering Public Library Lisa Harker, Co-ordinator, Records and elections, City of Pickering Valerie Ridgway, MA, MLS Director of Special Products, The Pickering Public Library Heather Rourke, Clerk, Planning & Development, City of Pickering Mayor Ryan. City of Pickering John Sabena, President and Editor., Pickering Township Historical Society Ron Taylor, Co-ordinator City Development, Office of Sustainability, City of Pickering Gordon Zimmerman. BA Arch. ...an open space in a city is ... a moment... to think, perhaps to apprecciate, perhaps just to rest." Miss Jacqueline iyrwhiff Foreground: Pickering Town Centre Background: Two towers of the Pickering Corporate Centre Highway 401 and the Liverpool Road Bridge Summer, 2009 The Pickering Downtown Core (Pictures) December 2009, ed. by Albert Dutly Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library Pickering Downtown Core (Pictures) December 2009, ed. By Albert Dutly December 16, 2009 Pictures Page 1 The Pickering Downtown Core (Pictures) December 2009, ed. by Albert Dutly Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public library Medical Centre on Gleenanna Foreground: Hyway 401 Pickering Town Centre from the Millennium condominium Foreground: Go train Backround: Pickering town Centre Backround: Pickering town Centre Foreground: Pickering Town Centre Background: Picore Centre Foreground: Go parking Background: Pickering town Centre and Discovery Place condominiums Ptetwes Page 2 The Pickering Downtown Core (Pictures) December 2009, ed. by Albert Curtly Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library Foreground: Esplanade Park Background: Millennium condomin- ium Esplanade Park The site of a performance bandshell, formal gardens, walkways and gardens metre _. - u htRWL 'R'y DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES PAI- y,,, �l''AP sMills Foreground: The hydro corridor developed for walking, cycling and youth oriented activities Background: The Recreation Complex and the Discovery Place condominiums Pictures Page 3 The Pickering Downtown Core (Pictures) December 2009, ed. by Albert Dully Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library The main Pickering bus transfer area is on Glenanna at the Pickering Town Centre. Flag bus 1 and 2 connect to Ajax Hospital Flag bus 3 route is West via Hyway 2 and Bay Ridges Pictures Page 4 The Pickering Downtown Core (Pictures) December 2009, ed. by Albert Dully Copyright, 2009, The Pickering Public Library Top right: Go Transit station Above: Pickering Town Centre from Highway 401 Bottom right: Foreground: Pickering Town Centre Background: Picore Centre, Liverpool Road Briiddge Pictures Page 6