As I said in the street furniture thread, as nice as that would be, why should the city do this? I can guarantee that within a week or so of the sidewalk being re-opened those poles will be plastered with Think in Spanish ads, or Best Body/Booty Camp Fitness posters, nightclub ads, or any of the other lowlife businesses that are constantly blitzing the core with their spam.
What the financial district needs, frankly, is a BIA that stretches over to Simcoe, south from Queen, that installs, cleans, and maintains its own poles. The Downtown Yonge BIA is the model for this, as those poles down Yonge and some of the other streets under its jurisdiction are cleaned daily by a company the BIA hires, *not* the city, and that's why you don't see the kind of postering that takes place in other parts of the city.
If the major office towers downtown truly want the area to look worthy of a world class financial capital, then they should be advocating for a BIA. Otherwise I don't see the point of investing in those nice sidewalks only to have spammed, decrepit street furniture run along them.
