{"id":1227,"date":"2009-11-13T14:23:44","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T18:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:48:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:48:50","slug":"take-me-to-the-plaza-the-king-street-tannery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/11\/13\/take-me-to-the-plaza-the-king-street-tannery\/","title":{"rendered":"Take me to the plaza: The King street tannery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cars in the Tannery\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/TanneryView-600x417.png\" alt=\"Cars in the Tannery\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Co-written by Andrew Matheson and Giovanni Paquin<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Take me to the Plaza<br \/>\nI gravitate to the people hangin around<br \/>\nwith their cigarettes and coffee in their hands<br \/>\nat the centre of the town<br \/>\ntake me there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Jonathan Richman<\/p>\n<p><strong>FREDERICTON<\/strong> &#8211; Fredericton, a \u201ccity\u201d of some 50,000, is the provincial capital of New Brunswick and has been the place we call home for a little more than a year (Giovanni) and six months (Andrew) respectively. As expats from Montreal and Toronto, we\u2019ve definitely had to adjust to the change of pace in lifestyle in the city, but for the most part it\u2019s been a positive experience.<\/p>\n<p>Fredericton has a relatively vibrant downtown filled with clusters of public buildings (Provincial Legislature, Lord Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton Playhouse, City Hall), boutique shops, cafes and some not-so-aesthetically pleasing office buildings. For the most part, the downtown is a walkable place, but it also has a tendency to cater to cars in order to survive, which often results in overlooking some of the more obvious opportunities to develop great public spaces. One such example includes \u201cthe Tannery\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fredericton developed a diverse manufacturing sector in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, including a strong shoe industry. The Hartt Shoe Factory (now apartments) led the way and the local tannery helped supply the necessary leather to manufacture the dress shoes.<\/p>\n<p>The Tannery, now just a name and a few brick arches, has long since closed and is now known more for the bars and restaurants (terraces for 5 months of the year) that line the perimeter than for the leather it once produced. Located on <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=375+King+Street,+fredericton&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=375+King+St,+Fredericton,+York+County,+New+Brunswick&amp;gl=ca&amp;ei=MKb9Sr7nJ4fJlAeS9amaCw&amp;ved=0CAkQ8gEwAA&amp;ll=45.962327,-66.644536&amp;spn=0.002532,0.00442&amp;t=h&amp;z=18\">King Street<\/a> in downtown Fredericton, the Tannery has all the basic elements of a successful urban space. The one setback; it\u2019s crammed with cars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"King Street Tannery, Fredericton\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/TanneryView2-600x337.png\" alt=\"King Street Tannery, Fredericton\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Tannery is not living up to its potential as one of Fredericton\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericton.ca\/en\/transportation\/PaybySpaceParking.asp\">Pay-by-Space Parking<\/a> facilities. As is often the case for less-than-inspired City administrations, the revenue generated through parking is clear; while the spin-off potential of developing a plaza is not as palpable.<\/p>\n<p>The Tannery currently provides approximately 30 of 1,400 spaces within the City\u2019s parking facilities (not counting on-street parking). With the addition of Fredericton\u2019s new Convention Centre, which will provide an additional 450 spaces, maybe the time has come to consider enriching the City\u2019s downtown with an attractive new public space.<\/p>\n<p><em>photos by Giovanni Paquin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-written by Andrew Matheson and Giovanni Paquin Take me to the Plaza I gravitate to the people hangin around with their cigarettes and coffee in their hands at the centre of the town take me there&#8230; &#8211; Jonathan Richman FREDERICTON &#8211; Fredericton, a \u201ccity\u201d of some 50,000, is the provincial capital of New Brunswick and<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/11\/13\/take-me-to-the-plaza-the-king-street-tannery\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Take me to the plaza: The King street tannery&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8045,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5867,5873],"tags":[389,336,910,390,391],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-traffic","tag-fredericton","tag-historical","tag-jonathan-richman","tag-parking","tag-public-space"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Take me to the plaza: The King street tannery - Spacing Atlantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/11\/13\/take-me-to-the-plaza-the-king-street-tannery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Take me to the plaza: The King street tannery - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Co-written by Andrew Matheson and Giovanni Paquin Take me to the Plaza I gravitate to the people hangin around with their cigarettes and coffee in their hands at the centre of the town take me there&#8230; 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