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Originally Posted by Uhuniau
Yes, but you aren't going to hang out on a sidewalk if there's not a useful and interesting building on the inside of it.
Most of the CBD lacks that. The form and function of the building is a much more important factor than the width of the sidewalk. Most downtown Ottawa buildings —, and until better ones are built, or existing ones desucked, there will be no life on those sidewalks.
And no better ones will be built as long as the city keep approving garbitechture instead of growing some balls and saying "no" once in a while.
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Convenience for 100,000 people who work on 31 city blocks. I call that life on the sidewalk, even if it is only 3 times a day.
With the streets becoming less hostile thanks to the reduction of bus traffic and the widening of sidewalks, it might also encourage more restaurants and cafés at the base of office towers and they might open up to the sidewalks with terraces.
The point is, wider sidewalks is not a magical solution for downtown, but it can't hurt. It's one more thing that could help with a revitalisation.
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