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Lets go even further - lets make the street and sidewalk level and closed to traffic, convert the houses to commercial use with shops and restaurants and patios.
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That would be great, but I doubt residents will agree to be relocated. Even as a residential street, it could be so much more attractive if it’s paved with bricks or cobblestone.
 
Indeed. You would need somewhere to relocate the permit parking on the street at the very least as residents don't have off-street parking access. It's not impossible - the Netherlands has been building large, centralized garages to shift street parking off-street, but it won't be cheap.

That said - TOinView has Draper St scheduled for a full reconstruction from Q4 2024 to Q3 2025 right now:

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Three comments. First of all, as noted above, Draper Street is scheduled for quite the rebuild and streetscaping soon, although I am not sure, based on what I have heard from residents, that it will start this year but next. Some angst about potential conflict between the streetscaping work and damage from the construction activities associated with the SmartCentres 467 Wellington West proposal. The Draper Street community is extremely tight knit - any attempt to do a large scale buy-out to repurpose the street, or even sections of it would encounter very fierce resistance.

Secondly - more patio set up at The Well for the street facing restaurants.

Third, while this took place a while ago, I do not recall seeing it noted - all the broken glass sections in the canopy have now been replaced - all the temporary wood inserts are gone.

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Three comments. First of all, as noted above, Draper Street is scheduled for quite the rebuild and streetscaping soon, although I am not sure, based on what I have heard from residents, that it will start this year but next. Some angst about potential conflict between the streetscaping work and damage from the construction activities associated with the SmartCentres 467 Wellington West proposal. The Draper Street community is extremely tight knit - any attempt to do a large scale but-out to repurpose the street, or even sections of it would encounter very fierce resistance.

Secondly - more patio set up at The Well for the street facing restaurants.

Third, while this took place a while ago, I do not recall seeing it noted - all the broken glass sections in the canopy have now been replaced - all the temporary wood inserts are gone.

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Great commentary! They're really speedy with the glass replacements!
If only the King Toronto people could be so lucky to get their glass glazing procurement :)
 
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