From The Record

Poor urban planning

May 12, 2009 Hilda Mason

If she were alive today Jane Jacobs, the celebrated urban planner, would have a lot to say about Waterloo's current crop of "city fathers" and how they have betrayed the very citizens who elected them to serve.

For starters, she would suggest that they give their heads a shake. How could a city blessed with two universities provide through their bylaws the systematic ruin of streets formerly lined with beautiful, well-kept homes within walking distance of uptown, the Waterloo technologypark, and those same universities.

These were once proud, well-established neighbourhoods where professors, scholars, and other professionals once lived.

What they have allowed to happen under their watch is a Waterloo disgrace that defies all reason or logic.

Jane Jacobs where are you?

Hilda Mason
Waterloo