First day of Celebrate Yonge - Friday August 17, 2012
Citytv does an interview
The lanes between Queen Street and Gerrard Street, with Dundas Street in the centre, have been marked and workers are already busy installing the barriers and planters for the Friday August 17 opening and on through to September 16, 2012. We can always use some licensed patios, promotions and art installations in the heart of downtown. There are always people parked along the curb lane so it will be interesting to see what happens if someone tries to stop and block the one working lane in each direction.
A log cabin goes up on Yonge Street
1 comment:
Re: cars stopping to park and blocking vehicular traffic. There are lay-by's created between the patios etc., during the course of the event. This is to allow trucks to stop and do deliveries without disrupting traffic. So far, traffic doesn't look any worse on Yonge Street since setup started so that's an added bonus to creating the much-needed extra pedestrian space. This makes sense since Yonge Street in this area has much lower vehicle counts than comparable streets in the downtown core.
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