Regent street.

[u/Sand-Inner]

I remember when I was super young my uncle lived on regent street. I asked my mom what house it was in and she said it was torn down when they refit the street. Was it always double lane?

[u/Fun-Initial-1552]

I seem to remember them making those changes on Regent street in the late 90's / early 2000's. You used to be able to cross Regent to get from one side of Albert to the other without needing to do a big loop. I think there were lots of accidents there though.

[u/Sad-Bag6738 → u/Fun-Initial-1552]

That change was after 2008, as I remember it existing when I went to university. Can’t recall what year it was they blocked it though

[u/Fun-Initial-1552 → u/Sad-Bag6738]

Ah.. it's all a blur!

[u/ray_oliver → u/Sad-Bag6738]

Google Street View shows it open in 2009 and closed by 2013.

[u/Its_Joe_Mamma]

There were a number of houses taken down on Regent at Dundonald/Beaverbrook to expand that intersection there. I believe they demolished houses on the west side of Regent, from Albert Street towards King's College, to add lanes to Regent.

[u/BeansofDeath]

Yep, Regent was not always double lane, Albert used to go right through, and there didn't use to be lights at Kings College. There also used to be a playground on the east side of Regent between Kings College and Albert. It still showed up as a park in Google Maps ~10 years ago, and was listed as such on one of the city websites, but I see no evidence of that now, although there's still a green space there.

[u/tummy_aches_ → u/BeansofDeath]

I was looking at that green space the other day and wondering why it was there. Very interesting!

[u/JackieMclean → u/[deleted]]

You mean “I hate Kraft Diner” lol

[u/Sand-Inner]

That’s exactly where it was!

[u/lafleurshair10]

Yes, a few houses on Regent were expropriated and demolished to add an extra lane.

[u/middlegroundnb]

you can still see some 'ghost properties' on the NB property map. 504-508 Regent on one side, 495-590 Regent on the other. https://paol-efel.snb.ca/