So far the plans I'm seeing are just a bit too dramatic. I think Gore Park should be left alone in it's current state. King is also fine, it's not usually a quick or incredibly wide thoroughfare except for later at night.
I think Main St. needs to be focused on immediately. Some wide sidewalks, street-side parking and beautification coupled with future LRT. Something to reflect what was done with Bay St.
In the future the area around Gore should be tinkered with, but we've definitely got a good thing going there right now. Let's let the density build a bit and see what the current projects do to the area before we start changing it dramatically. Both of the big residential projects on King East, London Taps, Foster Building and the eventual Connaught project should change things a lot. Their progress may be hampered if things get altered too much in the near future.
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