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‘There is nothing attractive about it’: Yonge-Dundas Square is struggling to attract people and is costing the city money. Can the heart of the city be fixed? (www.thestar.com)

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Hampered by its design and hit by the pandemic, the downtown public space needs resuscitating.

By Alyshah Hasham • Toronto Star

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Best buy, movie theater, jack astors, eaton center, way too many cars....it's just a glorified suburban mall with billboards and street preachers

[–] Son_of_dad 11 points 1 year ago

For a successful Central open area, check out Mississauga celebration square. Every time I pass there, there is an event, festival, or just people enjoying the splash pads and open space. They play major sports games on the screens, and it's not just a useless spot for people to get harassed by the Toronto, well known weirdos that nobody does anything about.

[–] Juujian 7 points 1 year ago

I passed by it so many times and it never quite regiatered it was supposed to be a square...