@@Urbanscopetv The UDC should lobby the government to build a streetcar/light rail train. One going uptown and one going west all the way to Portmore. Traffic is a detriment to a city. Cities need rail transit to move more people on their feet.
Encouraging to see this development. Should consider trees and shading, as well as connecting the Palisodoes walking/running area to the downtown area so that there’s a complete public waterfront. The good thing is that downtown is already walkable. Some more preservation of the older buildings, some more murals and points of interest would also serve it well. We don’t need a flashy capital that copies other capitals but a vibrant, Jamaican one.
Excellent point, it should be developed but still retain the unique features of Jamaica. Down Town has so much potential! I love the ideas. I feel so encouraged. The intention is that we make a better, liveable place for our Jamaican people. Another part of the development should include the revitalisation of the Ward Theatre and the different civic centers, restoration of St Williams Grant Park, the restoration of our churches. There should also make the city and oasis with trees, walk ways, jogging trails, seated areas and little points of interests juxtaposed and scattered as go about Down Town. And also why not make the Oceana Hotel have a 360 Restaurants and Roof Top bar and lounge......so much possibilites......BUT importantly ensure that every one of these are in accordance with proper town planning in order to have a well run and aesthetically pleasing city! We must leave a positive legacy for the future generation to look back and be pleased with.
They don't need anything pass 20 or 30 floor because earthquake, that main reason why the don't build all the way up, mini skyscraper is perfect its how they design and where they build them.. look at places like Panama and Dominic republic they have mini skyscraper Dominica republic is good example they have video on here where u can have good idea what i mean, but Panama City have mini skyscraper and skyscraper like Miami and NYC, but yeah jamaica don't need tall skyscraper
Jamaica don't have the money to build skyscrapers, I don't think it would be a problem to build a skyscraper in Kingston because if you were to build a 30 floor skyscraper you would have to put in piles foundation. They're skyscrapers in Tokyo Japan and that place is in a earthquake zone
Sean Bryan yeah but japan design dem thing specific fe ek, Jamaica! iam not sure all building up to date, as for tall buildings skyscrapers Jamaica don’t necessary need those well mini skyscrapers can work for Jamaica that it..
IKR!!! Down Town has so much potential especially becuz of the waterfront. They need to get rid of the venders who are peddling in the middle of the roads!!! Causes traffic and litter!
With all the redevelopment, there is not one single signature building with that 21st century modern look or appeal that has graced the waterfront's skyline! All the buildings just look like vertical standing matches boxes!
Wetdiaper like how you have friends in northern America lol why not invite them to Jamaica and see if you could work out a deal to build some skyscrapers 🤣😂
I like these developments that I'm seeing downtown in these videos, especially, near the waterfront. For a time downtown seemed hopelessly mired in crimes to the point where many businesses, schools and even churches were fleeing or just shutting down for good. It still grieves me how the large, beautiful All Saints All Age School and All Saints Primary had to close down because of the violence. Anyway, Kingston is historic and important so it has to be maintained/improved, at least to the extent possible in light of everything.
Can we at least have skyscrapers on the waterfront or in the business district. The area looks very unappealing look at Trinidad's port of Spain waterfront it looks modern
Do you know that sky scrapers are not modern"The first sky scraper was the Woolworth building in New York was built in 1900. It was the tallest building in the world, then Chicago built the Sears Towers a few decades later, and that became the tallest building in the world. Then countries in Asia started building them. I think Malaysia was the first country in Asia to build sky scrapers , one building became the tallest in the world. Other countries started to follow. Saudi Arabia has taken it to a new level, with buildings so tall you can see them swaying in the wind. Take note, the first sky scraper was build over a century ago. All the johnnie- come -countries are 100 yrs too late. Another thing Jamaica has a population of a little over two million, so is going to occupy all these sky-scrapers you people are crying out for? Do we need the tower of babel
@@pennyredfern I'm not sure what point your tying to make. I did not refer to skyscrapers as modern I referred to t&t waterfront as modern. Plus if skyscrapers where to be built downtoen they should follow modern architecture
@@romonelake3163 What makes Port of Spain more modern than Kingston? You did ask for sky scrapers on the water front, and then you said look at Port of Spain. So if you were't talking about skyscrapers , then my question to you is what makes POS more modern?
@@jasondenton5432 Exactly! Cities need "24 hour communities". Donship needs to be completely eradicated. Move the prison from Tower street and add apartment buildings - but not by garrison nor party - and not as "vote getters".
@@omaredwards1168 you of understand climate and weather and they and anything build in jamaica 2012 is up to date , yes you see older build in the videos but actual all the new build are up to date with building code, and its a reason why the design the build a certain why away too, even the grace Kennedy new build there design is simple, but i get u point i think its a matter of design
The UDC need to go to Rwanda in Africa and learned something. 20 years ago Rwanda was worse than Jamaica 😡😡 and today Rwanda is leading Jamaica by far, Rwanda is the Singapore of Africa and the capital is Kigali. Kigali is the cleanest city in Africa, if Rwanda can do it Jamaica can do it also
@@waynemcfarlane1233, how dare you compare Rwanda with Jamaica, one of the poorest countries in Africa? Are you freaking kidding me? You see a few high rises in the country and think that they are better than Jamaica! You people don't even understand how GDP/GDP per capita works. Jamaica's GDP is almost 20 billion USD and the population of Jamaica is roughly 2.7 mil. Rwanada's GPD is almost 11Billion USD and their population is close to 12.7 million people!
No ned to, those are very expensive names. A good sky scraper not hard to design. there are thousands of them, just chose one and add your own creativity. lol. its all about money and tastes.These owners are old men.
Edward Seaga established UDC in March 1968 over the years the UDC have been losing a lot of money on those properties it acquired over the years. Examples: Jamintel build on north street, Oceania Hotels on the waterfront in Kingston and the forum hotel in St. Catherine. It was KD Knight that turned around the UDC make it profitable by selling the Forum hotel and Oceania Hotels to investors and jamintel to the traffic authorities. Next year Oceania Hotels on the waterfront is going to open to the public and the forum hotel transformed into Bay front villas and apartments. If the public notice the redevelopment of our beaches.
@@seanbryan1739: Edward Seaga was prime minister 1980 to 1988 what did Edward Seaga did on the waterfront!!!! Nothing 😡😡 The building that all a you labourite say a Seaga build, Jamaica Conference Centre 😂😂😜😂 it was built in the 80's but it wasn't Edward Seaga doing 😂😂😜😅 .This beautiful building that they called Jamaica Conference Centre was the home of the International Seabed Authority and it was designed by the United Nations. It was Michael Manley who voted for Kingston Jamaica to be the home of the International Seabed Authority. Lol whenever Authority was in session overseas members have to travel from new Kingston to downtown it was costing too much money in transportation so they abandoned it as it's home. Sean Bryan go and do some research on your own
@@seanbryan1739No party mashed up anything the UDC had a lot of white elephants, the Jamintel building, Oceania Hotels, forum hotel and other building on the north coast. All these properties cost money to secure okay
Edward Seaga started UDC both JLP and PNP developed the waterfront the foreign affairs building is the previous government get the loan from China to build it most of those building on the water front was built in the 70's
Stop chat rubbish previous government was too busy robbing NHT Money. This is all JLP works. PNP did nothing for the waterfront because it's a part of West Kingston Constituency.
@@Grogu-485 The condition of many areas of downtown Kingston, including ALL of the political garrison communities, are squalid, underdeveloped, ugly, crime-infested ghettoes. None of those Members of Parliament or Political Parties or Administrations have anything to be proud is when it comes to those areas.
Wisdom, knowledge Understanding: Go and do your research the foreign affairs building that's the work of Portia Simpson Miller she's the one that went to China to get the loan. The UDC was spending millions of dollars every year to up keep these white elephant the oceana hotel on the water front jamintel building on north street, forum hotel complex over portmore and other properties on the north coast it was KD Knight who founded investor to purchase the oceana hotel, forum hotel complex and jamintel building was purchased by the traffic authority of Jamaica. This year the oceana hotel is going to open to the public
@@Grogu-485You see all those road works taking place all over Jamaica lol Marcus Garvey drive, barbican road project, 3 mile improvements project, Mandela hwy project, constant spring road project, relocating the entrance of up park camp *camp road project * come under Major infrastructure development programme MIDP started by the previous government.
These tall building need to be skinny, so we can have space to make more buildings, just like those buildings in Manhatten and Tokyo, stop making their width be huge as hell.
Brian Carless: I noticed that you Jamaican in foreign and Jamaica don't read the news papers or watch jis magazine:😂🤣 is the previous government got everything in motion to redeveloped down town because the UDC was loosing billions of dollars 😡😡👍It was KD knight turned around the UDC by selling forum hotel complex, jamintel building on north street, the hotel building downtown to investors etc. It was Portia Simpson Miller that went to China and got the loan to build the foreign affairs building on the water front and the selling of land to Grace Kennedy to build their headquarters etc. Go on TH-cam and watch UDC achievement since 2011
So much things need to be done.
A capital has to look like a capital .
Thank you Allanzo.. We continue to lead by design in making development happen. Stay tuned to the progress
@@Urbanscopetv The UDC should lobby the government to build a streetcar/light rail train. One going uptown and one going west all the way to Portmore. Traffic is a detriment to a city. Cities need rail transit to move more people on their feet.
Encouraging to see this development. Should consider trees and shading, as well as connecting the Palisodoes walking/running area to the downtown area so that there’s a complete public waterfront. The good thing is that downtown is already walkable. Some more preservation of the older buildings, some more murals and points of interest would also serve it well. We don’t need a flashy capital that copies other capitals but a vibrant, Jamaican one.
Excellent point, it should be developed but still retain the unique features of Jamaica. Down Town has so much potential! I love the ideas. I feel so encouraged. The intention is that we make a better, liveable place for our Jamaican people. Another part of the development should include the revitalisation of the Ward Theatre and the different civic centers, restoration of St Williams Grant Park, the restoration of our churches. There should also make the city and oasis with trees, walk ways, jogging trails, seated areas and little points of interests juxtaposed and scattered as go about Down Town. And also why not make the Oceana Hotel have a 360 Restaurants and Roof Top bar and lounge......so much possibilites......BUT importantly ensure that every one of these are in accordance with proper town planning in order to have a well run and aesthetically pleasing city! We must leave a positive legacy for the future generation to look back and be pleased with.
I wished Kingston would have high rise buildings and skylines.
They don't need anything pass 20 or 30 floor because earthquake, that main reason why the don't build all the way up, mini skyscraper is perfect its how they design and where they build them.. look at places like Panama and Dominic republic they have mini skyscraper Dominica republic is good example they have video on here where u can have good idea what i mean, but Panama City have mini skyscraper and skyscraper like Miami and NYC, but yeah jamaica don't need tall skyscraper
Jamaica don't have the money to build skyscrapers, I don't think it would be a problem to build a skyscraper in Kingston because if you were to build a 30 floor skyscraper you would have to put in piles foundation. They're skyscrapers in Tokyo Japan and that place is in a earthquake zone
@@Deco_2k ever heard of Japan. they have lots of earthquakes, yet so many tall buildings. lol
@@RR-ll2ns Japan has earthquakes, yet some of the tallest buildings. lol
Sean Bryan yeah but japan design dem thing specific fe ek, Jamaica! iam not sure all building up to date, as for tall buildings skyscrapers Jamaica don’t necessary need those well mini skyscrapers can work for Jamaica that it..
Loving the progress. Great job so far.
The entire downtown area needs to be thoroughly cleaned and kept clean.
This is wonderful but we need to teach our people to keep Jamaica clean. In my daily travel, I see garbage thrown everywhere.
These buildings need more creativity in their design. Make them look unique, can add a bit of the Jamaican vibe as well.
Thank you for sharing your videos with us love take care be safe bless up
K so for the run down buildings in downtown y’all should redevelop them it would be a big improvement
IKR!!! Down Town has so much potential especially becuz of the waterfront. They need to get rid of the venders who are peddling in the middle of the roads!!! Causes traffic and litter!
Ikr it looks like a bomb dropped there years ago n now it’s nuclear waste land
Attention also needs to be placed on The Ward Theatre, such a wonderful site needs to be properly kept
With all the redevelopment, there is not one single signature building with that 21st century modern look or appeal that has graced the waterfront's skyline! All the buildings just look like vertical standing matches boxes!
Thank you for your feedback. We continue to lead by design in making development happen. Stay tuned to the progress. Much more to come over time
Wetdiaper like how you have friends in northern America lol why not invite them to Jamaica and see if you could work out a deal to build some skyscrapers 🤣😂
@@waynemcfarlane1233 Lol.. If I had that 'clout' I would .. but I'm doing my little that I can.
Some a unnu just negative fi Jamaica..New name for yall,,SOUFLO
@@jamaicanice1522 Well said, SOULFLO puppets Indeed
First thing they need to do is get rid of criminals.
you can never completely get rid of criminals
@@chillbillyhimself exactly like yah i understand they're annoying but we can never and i mean never stop crime nor criminals
I like these developments that I'm seeing downtown in these videos, especially, near the waterfront. For a time downtown seemed hopelessly mired in crimes to the point where many businesses, schools and even churches were fleeing or just shutting down for good.
It still grieves me how the large, beautiful All Saints All Age School and All Saints Primary had to close down because of the violence.
Anyway, Kingston is historic and important so it has to be maintained/improved, at least to the extent possible in light of everything.
Can we at least have skyscrapers on the waterfront or in the business district. The area looks very unappealing look at Trinidad's port of Spain waterfront it looks modern
Do you know that sky scrapers are not modern"The first sky scraper was the Woolworth building in New York was built in 1900. It was the tallest building in the world, then Chicago built the Sears Towers a few decades later, and that became the tallest building in the world. Then countries in Asia started building them. I think Malaysia was the first country in Asia to build sky scrapers , one building became the tallest in the world. Other countries started to follow. Saudi Arabia has taken it to a new level, with buildings so tall you can see them swaying in the wind. Take note, the first sky scraper was build over a century ago. All the johnnie- come -countries are 100 yrs too late. Another thing Jamaica has a population of a little over two million, so is going to occupy all these sky-scrapers
you people are crying out for? Do we need the tower of babel
@@pennyredfern I'm not sure what point your tying to make. I did not refer to skyscrapers as modern I referred to t&t waterfront as modern. Plus if skyscrapers where to be built downtoen they should follow modern architecture
@@pennyredfern that's not the point
@@IamINERT And exactly is the point? Explain
@@romonelake3163 What makes Port of Spain more modern than Kingston? You did ask for sky scrapers on the water front, and then you said look at Port of Spain. So if you were't talking about skyscrapers , then my question to you is what makes POS more modern?
Need some apartments
Thanks for feedback. This is being considered in the proposals
More trees
@@jasondenton5432 Exactly! Cities need "24 hour communities". Donship needs to be completely eradicated. Move the prison from Tower street and add apartment buildings - but not by garrison nor party - and not as "vote getters".
And higher and more modern buildings that will give Jamaica a good reputation for its economy they should also work on New Kingston as well
The bull bay area is waiting for this development
What happens to the mall at the end of king st.
Please get rid of the old buildings ASAP.
Building designs are very outdated .UDC needs to take a look at modern cities around the world.
I was shocked when i saw what they built for the ministry of foreign affairs....
Downtown Kingston is being renewed at a fast pace. Stay tuned to the progress!
@@omaredwards1168 you of understand climate and weather and they and anything build in jamaica 2012 is up to date , yes you see older build in the videos but actual all the new build are up to date with building code, and its a reason why the design the build a certain why away too, even the grace Kennedy new build there design is simple, but i get u point i think its a matter of design
@@Deco_2k: All buildings in Jamaica build with build code
Please have on architectural plan for the development taking place so all developments done accordingly to that plan thsnks
Wow it nailey looks like Panama beautiful ❤️
Nice! Is Mandeville going to be the next big city in Jamaica?
We continue to lead by design in making development happen. Stay tuned to the progress
The UDC need to go to Rwanda in Africa and learned something. 20 years ago Rwanda was worse than Jamaica 😡😡 and today Rwanda is leading Jamaica by far, Rwanda is the Singapore of Africa and the capital is Kigali. Kigali is the cleanest city in Africa, if Rwanda can do it Jamaica can do it also
@@waynemcfarlane1233, how dare you compare Rwanda with Jamaica, one of the poorest countries in Africa? Are you freaking kidding me? You see a few high rises in the country and think that they are better than Jamaica! You people don't even understand how GDP/GDP per capita works. Jamaica's GDP is almost 20 billion USD and the population of Jamaica is roughly 2.7 mil. Rwanada's GPD is almost 11Billion USD and their population is close to 12.7 million people!
@@jamdawgutube thank you
Portmore ahead
Need to get the bus park working properly.
Thank God for Edward Seaga for establishing the Urban Development Coorperation (UDC)
The architectural design quality needs to be raised substanilly. UDC needs to work with well regarded international renowned firms like SOM or HOK.
what about engineers and architects who are born Jamaican in stead of looking for them over seas
No ned to, those are very expensive names. A good sky scraper not hard to design. there are thousands of them, just chose one and add your own creativity. lol. its all about money and tastes.These owners are old men.
Edward Seaga established UDC in March 1968 over the years the UDC have been losing a lot of money on those properties it acquired over the years. Examples: Jamintel build on north street, Oceania Hotels on the waterfront in Kingston and the forum hotel in St. Catherine. It was KD Knight that turned around the UDC make it profitable by selling the Forum hotel and Oceania Hotels to investors and jamintel to the traffic authorities. Next year Oceania Hotels on the waterfront is going to open to the public and the forum hotel transformed into Bay front villas and apartments. If the public notice the redevelopment of our beaches.
Seaga, last was pm in 88, so how comes KD turned it around? So his party mashed it up then? They were in power for all those years.
@@seanbryan1739: Edward Seaga was prime minister 1980 to 1988 what did Edward Seaga did on the waterfront!!!! Nothing 😡😡 The building that all a you labourite say a Seaga build, Jamaica Conference Centre 😂😂😜😂 it was built in the 80's but it wasn't Edward Seaga doing 😂😂😜😅 .This beautiful building that they called Jamaica Conference Centre was the home of the International Seabed Authority and it was designed by the United Nations. It was Michael Manley who voted for Kingston Jamaica to be the home of the International Seabed Authority. Lol whenever Authority was in session overseas members have to travel from new Kingston to downtown it was costing too much money in transportation so they abandoned it as it's home. Sean Bryan go and do some research on your own
@@seanbryan1739No party mashed up anything the UDC had a lot of white elephants, the Jamintel building, Oceania Hotels, forum hotel and other building on the north coast. All these properties cost money to secure okay
Need some boardwalk.
Honestly what took yall so long to do this I mean did you all not see the run down buildings and numerous eyesores?
wow wow
I am going down town......now
👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊
how was it
Edward Seaga started UDC both JLP and PNP developed the waterfront the foreign affairs building is the previous government get the loan from China to build it most of those building on the water front was built in the 70's
Stop chat rubbish previous government was too busy robbing NHT Money. This is all JLP works. PNP did nothing for the waterfront because it's a part of West Kingston Constituency.
@@Grogu-485 The condition of many areas of downtown Kingston, including ALL of the political garrison communities, are squalid, underdeveloped, ugly, crime-infested ghettoes. None of those Members of Parliament or Political Parties or Administrations have anything to be proud is when it comes to those areas.
@@janetcousins4645 PNP the main reason for that if Edward Seaga was in power for 18 1/2 year down town would be a beauty
Wisdom, knowledge Understanding: Go and do your research the foreign affairs building that's the work of Portia Simpson Miller she's the one that went to China to get the loan. The UDC was spending millions of dollars every year to up keep these white elephant the oceana hotel on the water front jamintel building on north street, forum hotel complex over portmore and other properties on the north coast it was KD Knight who founded investor to purchase the oceana hotel, forum hotel complex and jamintel building was purchased by the traffic authority of Jamaica. This year the oceana hotel is going to open to the public
@@Grogu-485You see all those road works taking place all over Jamaica lol Marcus Garvey drive, barbican road project, 3 mile improvements project, Mandela hwy project, constant spring road project, relocating the entrance of up park camp *camp road project * come under Major infrastructure development programme MIDP started by the previous government.
They are moving very very slow more should have been done and theirs still a whole lot to be done
Need more trees. Safe environment.
F trees
❤🇯🇲
Who else caught the dope shit
Too bad the pandemic’s disastrous economic effects may halt these plans
These tall building need to be skinny, so we can have space to make more buildings, just like those buildings in Manhatten and Tokyo, stop making their width be huge as hell.
Built by labour. Papa Eddie legacy
Brian Carless: I noticed that you Jamaican in foreign and Jamaica don't read the news papers or watch jis magazine:😂🤣 is the previous government got everything in motion to redeveloped down town because the UDC was loosing billions of dollars 😡😡👍It was KD knight turned around the UDC by selling forum hotel complex, jamintel building on north street, the hotel building downtown to investors etc. It was Portia Simpson Miller that went to China and got the loan to build the foreign affairs building on the water front and the selling of land to Grace Kennedy to build their headquarters etc. Go on TH-cam and watch UDC achievement since 2011
@@waynemcfarlane1233 bredda I don't think u know too well about me. I know more that u think. Go easy bredda
Is Bruce golding plans when he was elected prime minister to develop down town Kinston that's how the new bus park starts to be constucted.
@@carltonrowe5361 during the golding admin Digicel leff new kgn and went down twn.
Ok
Edward Phillip George Seaga best Prime Minister in Jamaica History UDC is one of his many legacy.
looooool
Shawn Anderson: Tell me all the good things he did in 1980 to 89
@@waynemcfarlane1233 1. He wasn't a Communist. 2. See #1.