WINDSOR CIVIC ESPLANADE
Welcome to the community information & feedback hub for the Windsor Civic Esplanade project!
The Windsor Civic Esplanade is one of Windsor’s greatest assets of public space in the heart of the city. It supports a wide variety of social, recreation and cultural activities, in addition to providing an important point of access to our new City Hall. Our goal is to create an inviting, flexible, multi-use and context-sensitive outdoor space that balances the needs of City Hall staff and users, the needs of our civic neighbors on the square, and those of the broader community.
This site is where you will continue to find project updates as well as surveys and interactive tools for your feedback, which will evolve as the project does.
Proposed Design - Updated May 5th 2023
*Public Information Session — Monday, May 8, 2023*
The Windsor Civic Esplanade project team has been hard at work integrating the vision of the community into a proposed urban space, and we are excited to share it! Join us on Monday, May 8th from 4pm to 5:30pm at Windsor City Hall for a presentation by the design team and opportunities for community feedback and discussion.
For further information on the proposed masterplan see “Design Concept.pdf” in the right-hand menu.
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What would attract you to spend time in the future Civic Square and Esplanade?
This space is for ideas both practical and daydreamy. Bold innovation and silliness welcome. Be as specific as you can & include a photo if you'd like.
(Please note that both registered and unregistered members are allowed to add their ideas. Unregistered members still need to use an email and screen name to post.)
View All Ideasalmost 3 years ago
A series of reflecting ponds, aligned, open all the way from the river to city hall
Each section themed to our history (ie. First Nations trading, French outpost and farms, transportation & trade, ...) with sculptures, points of interest, natural stage/speaking-performance/eating areas. It would also have open spaces for outdoor movies on the grass and places expositions Carouselof Nations). NO COMPLICATED gardens competing with other parks.
almost 3 years ago
Walking Trail/Skating Trail
Instead of the traditional skating "rink", build a walking trail around the perimeter of the property with refrigerant underneath to convert to skating in the winter.
over 2 years ago
Gradual walking tunnel
Gradual walking tunnel linking zone 4-5 under riverside dr
almost 3 years ago
Locate the Streetcar and the Beacon here.
It would provide a better site for visuals and the security of the historic nature of the streetcar.
over 2 years ago
Fountains and small festival area.
Would like to see fountains similar to the City of Ottawa and City of Toronto's City Hall outdoor spaces. Would love to have evergreens planted so there is greenery all year round. It would be nice to use this area as a small festival area on the weekends for local artists, musicians and small food carts. In the winter, it would be nice to light up the evergreens and create a tie in to the Charles Clark Outdoor Skating rink, and perhaps host a small Christmas festival again featuring local artists, and small food vendors. It would also be nice to link the Bright Lights festival to this festival area (perhaps with a park and ride shuttle feature between the two).
Who's Listening
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Email sfediuk@citywindsor.ca -
Email crowan@forrec.com -
Windsor Civic Esplanade
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| The City of Windsor is working with FORREC and Glos Arch + Eng to develop a conceptual design for the Windsor Civic Esplanade – the collection of greenspace and public squares connecting the new Windsor City Hall to the Riverfront Festival Plaza. |
