City Centre/Young Condominiums | 17, 25 & 6 fl | U/C

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I agree, but May until end of December is 8 months. I think you would see some decent "temporary" installation pop up along the corridor. Stuff that could be stored for 4 months and reinstalled. I think it would be a great opportunity for the city to open an art installation competition that could be run yearly. I know the city of Toronto did this for King st.  So king st could have a different theme or installations year to year. Along side the extended patios, which is the main reason to shut down king to vehicles.  

Sorry back on subject. I am looking forward to seeing the exterior cladding of this building. could make or break it.

Are you talking about the "King Street bubble" concept they had back then? I don't know the city history completely, so I'm unaware of King Street being pedestrian at any point.

Sorry, I don't know anything about the "King Street bubble" concept. I'm referring to an actual closure of King Street when it was all the rage in many cities back decades ago. I believe Toronto experimented with a pedestrian mall on Yonge Street and Ottawa created the Sparks St. mall. There are probably dozens of cities across North America that have tried this.

I see, different things then. Well, back when Market Square and the was built, they also had plans to enclose a huge section of King Street with canopies turning it into a pedestrian mall. Thankfully it never got built as I don't think it would have aged very well and would have likely been an even worse disaster for downtown than Market Square (and King Centre) ended up being. Here is sketch of King Street as envisioned by John Lingwood: