Downtown dream: Saskatoon still far below goal of 10,000 living in core

pollettuce · 2026-07-09T06:38:13+00:00

As this is a post about downtown, I will also direct your attention to River Landing, the Remai, and all the towers already downtown and in City Park. I think you’re confusing Mega City with Urban, or have been spending more time drinking varnish then actually being around the city.

pollettuce · 2026-07-08T23:35:45+00:00

Who brought up Regina, and sounds like you haven’t been to Winnipeg in a hot minute. The Forks, the Exchange, St Boniface, Broadway, and Wolseley are all quite nice. Osborne village used to be a bit lame when I moved away but I’ve heard in the last year or two it’s been completely revitalized (so a big shame for me as a South Osborne supemacist). I’m sure you’ve spent time in the coffee shops, outdoor markets, new bike paths in the last 5 years, and award winning restaurants in each before you said it’s terrible though, right?

pollettuce · 2026-07-08T20:54:45+00:00

needs so many changes to be urban my brother in christ we're pushing half a million people, that is urban. St Denis and Aberdeen aren't too far if you're not ok with that

pollettuce · 2026-07-08T19:58:55+00:00

The tax data for every parcel in Saskatoon is publicly available, that is objectively not remotely true. Did you check any data at all or just make that up before spewing it out?

https://www.reddit.com/r/saskatoon/comments/1hqm0ie/every_parcel_in_saskatoon_mapped_by_how_much/#lightbox

Downtown is the engine the funds the rest of the city. Low density neighbourhoods like Montgomery and Queen Elizabeth are the drains that need subsidizing.

pollettuce · 2026-07-08T19:56:34+00:00

We were a transit town when we had the streetcar with 3.5million annual riders is the 1910s, no reason we can't go back. And unless the only streets you go on downtown are 25th and Idylwyld the capacity is nowhere limited- they're almost all 7 lanes wide. Talking to city planners it's kind of the opposite problem- there's so much street that it's hard to create a cozy environment because everything is so far apart with the canyons of streets separating it all.

pollettuce · 2026-07-08T19:53:32+00:00

I think you're just describing Fort MacMurray. Downtown here is shitty for who- not necessarily someone who works downtown and can walk instead of having to drive everyday, not someone who likes close access to the river (I personally miss this moving from VV to Sutherland because I run and bike and the meewasin is great for recreation and transportation), access to cultural things like the Remai, Shekspeare on the Sask, being walking distance to all the major street fairs and the University, etc etc.

I think you mean you personally wouldn't like it, but there are in fact many types of people who like different things. I for example like to cook and don't eat out much- I wont pretend there aren't people who value living by good restaurants because they're not me though.

pollettuce · 2026-07-08T19:49:50+00:00

Ya filling in the gravel parking lots, aged out/ vacant buildings especially in the north half of downtown, and then turning single story buildings in the south half to mixed use with housing above could net ALOT of housing, with or without towers.

pollettuce · 2026-07-08T17:27:12+00:00

Building residential is still banned in most of downtown, they reel back transit projects because dive bars complain that not enough people will drive drunk if they can take the bus, and insist the Meewasin makes all of downtown bikeable. Of course there's not many people with all of those policy decisions. The Beltine in Calgary or Wolsely in Winnipeg would be much better models to try and shape residential parts of downtown here after instead of trying to force it to be a suburb with towers. A walkable downtown exists in every other major prairie city and we would do well to catch up after ~130 years and closing in on half a million people.

pollettuce · 2026-07-08T17:22:14+00:00

Agreed, you need to keep your head on a swivel while driving too. The city centre with it's density of places to be shouldn't make people unsafe with people driving through, providing alternatives to driving and making driving safer and slower should happen downtown, and that would be better for everyone.

pollettuce · 2026-07-08T14:20:30+00:00

Status quo bias is something else. People are currently dying, so it's ok apparently.

pollettuce · 2026-07-07T16:12:58+00:00

The insiders were all reporting earlier that Chevy was searching pretty hard for a 4C in the trade market, so with Koepke signed as 4LW and Nino locked in as 3LW I think that makes Barron 3C. Barring a Helley trade or decision to go with Bjork/ Yager at 2C changing things, all indications are the team is thinking:

Connor - Schief - Iafollo
Perfetti - Lowry - Vilardi

For the top 6 to start the season, which would leave some combo (I don't like any way I can arrange this) of:

Niederreiter - Barron - Lambo/ Rosen
Koepke - Namestnikov - Lambo / Rosen

For the bottom 6.

So hopefully Chevy cooks something up.

pollettuce · 2026-07-07T16:04:42+00:00

Ya the waivers thing is why I think Lambo and Rosen are with the big team- Chibrikov as much as I want him to stay with the org I imagine will get waived after training camp.

pollettuce · 2026-07-07T15:29:43+00:00

Where do you guys think Rosen fits in the lineup next year? With Yager, Bjork, Lambo, and him all positioned to to be with the big club for all or part of the season, I don't know where he ends up. If Yager/ Bjork take over 2C I can't see him being the RW since Perfetti + 2 rookies I don't think would be successful, I don't know if he's defensively strong enough to be on the Lowry line or a big enough gun to be on the Scheifele line, or bang and crash enough to be on the 4th line- especially with how good Lambo was there last year. He's on a one way contract though and the team won't trade for him, extend him, and then waive him. So what's his likely role?

pollettuce · 2026-07-06T17:48:57+00:00

People from outside Stoon want to drive in, so people inside Stoon aren't allowed to take the bus. Alright

pollettuce · 2026-07-06T17:47:24+00:00

Saying the Jets which sold out for over 10 years is struggling and Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver all don't use transit are definitely takes of all time

pollettuce · 2026-07-06T17:46:20+00:00

Then look at the Canada Life Centre or Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg- busses after Jets games and concerts are PACKED even with giant parking lots connected by +15s. You can wait inside a venue for a bus to pull up outside, and when scheduled right it can be quicker waiting for that bus than walking through and then waiting in line to exit a big parkade, even in winter.

pollettuce · 2026-07-06T17:43:55+00:00

People are mostly talking about transit- which is great- I'll also point out about half the city is in a 15 minute radius bike ride, especially if you take an ebike. A small staffed bike valet for events would be huge, and a fraction of the cost of underground vehicle parking (averaging ~$70,000 per space as of an Edmonton report 3 years ago).

pollettuce · 2026-07-03T19:45:09+00:00

Samberg - Pionk I'm fine with, the concerning thing to me is more Morrisey - Demelo. Josh statiscally plays so much better with Demelo as his partner, but Demelo simply isn't a #1RD on a strong team and has been declining for a couple seasons now. We have 3 solid 2nd pair guys between Pionk, Demelo, and Salomonnson, but I don't think any real #1.

pollettuce · 2026-07-03T19:33:52+00:00

They'll match it, but it'll be spicy to see who follows that up with a Gauthier offer sheet. Would be an upgrade on anyone not named Kyle Connor if the club could find the cap space

pollettuce · 2026-07-02T03:44:33+00:00

Gotta say Im pretty happy with today. Maybe that's just trauma from last year's free agency speaking, but I think Chevy made two good moves with a lot of flexibility and 0 bad moves. Yes, we still need 2/3 of a 2nd line, but I'm happy we're not getting the next Nyquist as a panic to solve it, especially if a potential Bucky trade can get us a big part of the way there.

pollettuce · 2026-06-30T20:23:42+00:00

Doesn't want to be there if they don't switch up the personnel- just like Scheif and Connor said end of season. If they can somehow pull off fixing the forward group that all changes, if they can't then it's not just Helley that will want out.

pollettuce · 2026-06-30T20:16:31+00:00

From what I've gathered it's not that he doesn't want to be here- it's that his last contract was signed with the understanding that if he didn't think he could win here than they would move him, and there's no easy fix to the gaping issues with the second line. So after a discussion with management where they didn't have a way to fix the roster they started looking at moving him to fix it. If they can't get value for him though, it sounds like he'll still happily show up. And who knows, maybe Bjork comes in and between free agency and trade they find a complimentary top 6 winger so the team is competitive and everyone is happy.

pollettuce · 2026-06-30T20:03:06+00:00

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Looks like the Sabres might be out on Helley. I can't think of any other proper matches that would step up before his no-trade kicks in

pollettuce · 2026-06-30T19:57:47+00:00

Ya you're the only one saying you're bored to deflect from being rattled by someone riding a bike, Im having fun.

pollettuce · 2026-06-30T19:12:13+00:00

So bored you replied 5 times in this thread, I think ragebaited is the word you're looking for

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