[Benito]

Today.

 

[drum118]

Dec 16

 

[Kai]

Dec 17

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9P7A7185 by Kai White, on Flickr

 

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[busybeaver]

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I hope the papaya hut moves back in here!

 

[Rascacielo]

I hope the papaya hut moves back in here!

Or the Brazilian joint that used to be on Maitland

 

[evandyk]

More likely to be a cannabis shop and an Osmow’s. Or Popeyes/A&W.

 

[Bjays92]

More likely to be a cannabis shop and an Osmow’s. Or Popeyes/A&W.

I feel like this joke has run its course lol

 

[evandyk]

I feel like this joke has run it's course lol

Sadly, not a joke. I actually had a specific street scape in mind… the corner of Queen and Logan. On one side is ”new condo fine grained retail”, which consists of an Osmows, an A&W, a pot shop, and a Freshii. On the other side, you have actual fine-grained retail, like Hooked, Core, Eat BKK, The Roy, Frankie’s Italian, etc.

All of the places on both sides are nice things to have in any given neighbourhood. But the ones on the north side are the ones that make people actually come to a neighbourhood to enjoy the area.

 

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[FiveSigma]

I wish they planted some trees along Yonge St. frontage or at least flower/shrubbery beds - the street looks so barren and inhospitable.

 

[isaidso]

I wish they planted some trees along Yonge St. frontage or at least flower/shrubbery beds - the street looks so barren and inhospitable.

It does but isn't the whole stretch going to be ripped out and a quality pedestrian focused public realm built in the next 5-8 years? There certainly won't be 4 lanes devoted to cars either.

 

[ADRM]

Planter boxes with integrated seating would be a great interim solution.

 

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[alklay]

Thanks for the pics.

I really like the base of this building and think that it does a fine job of adding to the streetscape (and improving it. As for the what retail elements end up here, is another topic. I am just discussing form).

And yes, like so much of the public realm in the city, the area could certainly use some greenery.