Ran across this in Western's Gazette earlier on today. Normally the paper doesn't have anything terribly interesting or relevant to this forum, but this article makes some interesting points:
http://www.westerngazette.ca/2011/10/19/downtown-investments-starting-to-pay-off/
London's downtown was really in a downward spiral during the mid 1990s, but ever since revitalization efforts started in 2002 (which included the construction of the JLC), we've seen population and property values increase dramatically. The JLC seems to have also produced some positive externalities by enticing more desirable businesses to open up downtown. Now, as you can imagine, not everything is rainbows and cookies... everyone admits that Dundas Street is still a problem. In typical Gazette fashion, though, they don't seem to mention what the
problem specifically is, they just seem to broadly state "yeah Dundas is shit, we know" without pointing fingers. What are your thoughts?