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Originally Posted by niwell
I can't begin to fathom how someone would think Yonge looks like hell though. It can be seedy for sure, but that's part of the charm of the street. Not everywhere needs to be super gentrified and full of fancy stores/bars/restaurants.
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I appreciate seedy and odd ball shops. My issue with Yonge has always been the low quality/low brow nature of many of the buildings. They'd be butt ugly in the worst suburban strip mall in Scarborough. That they're on Main Street Canada has always been a shock to me.
Charming? I suppose the poor in Rio think favelas are charming. Torontonians are just used to Yonge looking like shit. Familiarity doesn't mean its ok. I'm on Yonge every day and still find it jarring how god awful huge swaths of Yonge are. It's vibrant, but it's the nastiest crap hole of a main street I've ever come across. Gerrard to Bloor that is.
I'm very interested to see 5ive Condos effect on its adjacent strip of Yonge. Yonge will need another 10-15 years of development before it starts looking decent. In 2030 we'll then have to turn our attention to the paving, asphalt, lamp posts, etc.
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