{"id":2147,"date":"2009-12-09T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:45:58","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:45:58","slug":"york-street-liquor-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/12\/09\/york-street-liquor-station\/","title":{"rendered":"York Street liquor station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4003\/4171903182_690c631b46_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Co-written by Giovanni Paquin and Andrew Matheson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>FREDERICTON<\/strong> &#8211; Reconstruction has finally begun on Fredericton\u2019s beloved yet long-neglected York Street Railway Station. The future of the dilapidated landmark has been the subject of much discussion in this city for years. The potential reuse of this site understandably spurred the imagination of many Frederictonians. Its heritage status, unique architecture and central location led to numerous proposals from the community over the years, including a new home for the local Royal Canadian Legion branch and a train museum.<\/p>\n<p>Train service to Fredericton ended in 1962 and in 1995 all CP rail lines to the city were ripped up. While the torn up rail lines have been transformed into one of the nation\u2019s most extensive public trails networks (which we foresee discussing in more detail in future contributions), the same cannot be said for the trackless station, which was abandoned and has languished for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A little over two months ago, plans were first announced that the train station would be saved and be converted into a new central flagship location for New Brunswick Liquor (NB Liquor). For the most part, the announcement was met with a positive response from the community, if for no reason beyond the fact that it was the best way to save the station from falling down altogether. While there are definite concerns about the conversion of a public landmark into a liquor store, the optimists in Fredericton can\u2019t help but have visions of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Summerhill-North_Toronto_CPR_Station\">Toronto\u2019s Summerhill LCBO store<\/a> dance in his or her head \u2013 a beautifully-restored station surrounded by a public plaza, fountains and space for a summer caf\u00e9 (or even Montreal\u2019s Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des alcools (SAQ) store in the Jean-Talon train station for that matter).<\/p>\n<p>The more pessimistic among us, perhaps discouraged by the disappointing initial artist\u2019s rendering of the future site, can\u2019t help but have fears of the station being arbitrarily slapped on the front of a one-storey big box-like structure surrounded by parking. Here\u2019s hoping that the optimists\u2019 vision wins!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2600\/4170805560_9e51073e4b_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2600\/4170805560_9e51073e4b_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>photos by Giovanni Paquin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-written by Giovanni Paquin and Andrew Matheson FREDERICTON &#8211; Reconstruction has finally begun on Fredericton\u2019s beloved yet long-neglected York Street Railway Station. The future of the dilapidated landmark has been the subject of much discussion in this city for years. The potential reuse of this site understandably spurred the imagination of many Frederictonians. Its heritage<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2009\/12\/09\/york-street-liquor-station\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;York Street liquor station&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8046,"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":[362,5867],"tags":[1330,389,1331,336,1333,382,1332,1329,381,1328],"class_list":["post-2147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-history","tag-andrew-matheson","tag-fredericton","tag-giovanni-paquin","tag-historical","tag-initial-artist","tag-montreal","tag-public-trails-networks","tag-royal-canadian-legion","tag-toronto","tag-york-street-railway-station"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>York Street liquor station - 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\/12\/09\/york-street-liquor-station\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"York Street liquor station - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Co-written by Giovanni Paquin and Andrew Matheson FREDERICTON &#8211; Reconstruction has finally begun on Fredericton\u2019s beloved yet long-neglected York Street Railway Station. 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