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Funny thing is, a generation ago, it was the east side--the Sams/A&A side--of Yonge which had the "youth energy", and the west side which felt shabby by comparison. Now, it's vice versa: east side's deadsville w/the ghost of Sam, while west side got the mall retail like American Apparel/Le Chateau/Ardene.
Maybe Jane Creba epitomizes that generational frontier.
Great news! Now the jane & finch crowd will now have to find somewhere else to loiter.
Ya, casting away these 'seedy' joints where suburban kids come to play is such a brilliant idea. More bright, shiny spaces with exposed warehouse ceilings for endless orgies of recreational shopping to satisfy our hip, urban crowd is genius. Hopefully that sketchy wreck referred to as Queen West where those pesky buskers annoy good consumers will soon be paved over as well with a mile of beautiful, name brand shopping and eating opportunities.
Hallelujah!!
The street corner has improved quite a bit in the last 3 years. Cleaner and better stores, great lighting, more police presence. The riff-raff have less places to hide, so they tend to stay away now.
I also find it funny that anyone that wears Hip Hop related clothing = bad.