Comment 51814

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted November 17, 2010 at 22:44:16

If you want to draw people to a street, what you need is things to go to. I'd be surprised if there wasn't a fairly strong door-per-metre-of-storefront relationship downtown. Some streets, like James and King, have lots of homes, shops and restaurants close together, and see a corresponding rise in foot traffic. Others are like deserts with long concrete walls with next-to-nothing to draw people (York, Main, Bay, etc), and only single entrances to large structures. Witness how much busier the north side of King St is than the south between McNab and Bay.

What we need isn't "big attractions" - stadiums, hotels, convention centres - it's a whole pile of small attractions that can each draw a small crowd, which can then experience the rest on their way in and out. Something like...say...a market!

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