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Mayor Joe got it started with his Downtown Summit on April 27th, and there’s no good reason why we shouldn’t keep the conversation going. If you have a thought about the core that did not come up at the summit or you want to talk about any of the ideas that did, here’s your forum. Post it and see what others think.

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  1. Pedestrian-only traffic on Dundas and Clarence Streets

    There was a traffic study done in London in 1973 that recommended closing Dundas Street between Ridout and Wellington, as well as Clarence Street north of King Street, to all traffic except pedestrians and cyclists. I'd like to see that idea revived. It would allow for a public square at what is now Dundas and Clarence, possibly with gardens and a fountain, and also it can be integrated with Victoria Park. London Transit would run on King and Queens.

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  2. Move the social services and welfare offices from the MarketTower at Dundas and Richmond and dispere

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  3. How about moving some medical services into the down town core?

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  4. stop trying to keep so many buildings as "heritage", its costing us money and doesnt help anyone

    stop trying to keep so many buildings as "heritage", its costing us money and doesnt help anyone

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  5. a new newspaper.

    oh wait there already is one! LOL \

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  6. Gutt the whole downtown and start over. make it like Celebration, Florida! Google it and see why!

    Downtown London right now is a lost cause. Gutt the whole thing. Google Celebration, Florida...this is what our city needs. Beautiful bright colours. No loitering, clean, friendly. Lots of little shops and food places. Downtown needs a HUGE overhaul!

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  7. Hold building owners reponsible for removing grafetti as soon as it occurs.

    There is some grafetti that has existed on buldings on Dundas St for years. Yes, grafetti can be art, but defacing grafetti does not have a place in our downtown.

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  8. A train? Downtown? At rush hour? Welcome to London!

    Every city has its good and bad points. And while the bad points should always be improved, there is no reason why they can't also be embraced as part of a unique identity.

    For example, rush hour downtown trains - an absurdity, but also a reality.

    Since it would be far too expensive (and unsightly) to raise the tracks or dig underpasses, why not install video-billboards at the train crossings instead? News headlines, weather, sports scores and upcoming London festivals and events - every 15 minutes, updated twice daily. That way, at least the people waiting for the train to…

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  9. Facade Restoration

    Encourage facade restoration in the core. This does not have to be expensive in all cases. Think Collingwood, Hudson, MI., or Pipestone, MN.

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  10. Clean it up

    More police presence, especially bicycle cops. Get rid of panhandlers and people sleeping downtown. Crack down on rowdy after-bar drunks. Stop aggressive parking enforcement. Allow parking validation by merchants. Create affordable seniors and student housing, the criteria for which must be met. Refurbish historic structures (and stop tearing them down), and set up controls to make sure new architectural designs are aesthetically pleasing (unlike the ugly call centre that replaced the old Eaton building, or the new VIA station).

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  11. Make downtown pedestrian and bicycle ONLY

    I have a mock up in Google maps here:
    http://tinyurl.com/4xsfbdj

    The only reason we need vehicle traffic downtown is so people can find places to park in the core. If people had places to park around the outside of the downtown (or if transit solutions were better - the dirty buses are 2.75 each way - cash only), the inside of downtown could easily go car free. Maybe try it for a month this summer and see what works and what doesn't.

    I also see the an exposed riverfront that is open for bars, cafes, and bistros. Accessible only on…

    5 votes
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  12. Build this at Springbank > http://www.edenproject.com/

    Build a project like Montreal BioDome or Eden Project in Cornwall UK. A indoor adventure.

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  13. MOVE THE WELFARE OFFICE!! AND SEE HOW THE "HEART" OF THE CITY CHANGES!

    My moving the social services to another accessible location, cheque cashing, pawn brokers, drug dealers,and loiterers will follow suit. Even if the lease isn't up why couldn't they replace the space with another city hall department...like tax collection?? If city hall needs more temporary space they should seriously consider this transition. Who's brilliant idea was it to put the social services office there in the first place??? Idiots!!

    5 votes
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  14. More Dog Parks

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  15. Is there any chance the South St. hospital lands could house a new city hall and other developments?

    I think the land's a gem and presents a great opportunity. May be too far from downtown, though, to get serious consideration.

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  16. clean it up!

    -evict street loiterers -increase housing -remove cars - small business incentives -real trees!

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  17. Richmond and Dundas

    Add more attractive businesses anyway possible to this intersection to compliment Starbucks and McDonalds.If no retail business is going to use the old CIBC building find someone to turn it into an apartment. It cant just be left there to gather dust and die or just become another parking lot.

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  18. Connective Structure from Market to Forks via JLC & Middlesex County Courthouse

    Sadly, the beautiful old Middlesex County Courthouse building faces the non-descript backside (and parking lot) of the JLC, and is thereby cut off from the market. I have a vision of a tiered parking facility hidden by an outdoor theatre (for plays etc), the theatre sloping down /fronting onto the old MCCHB as a theatre backdrop, wonderfully lit up for evening plays in the Summer. From the highest level of the said parking garage would be a wonderful urban garden / walkway that gracefully winds its way along JLC's current parking lots and downslopes down to the Covent Garden Market…

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  19. more buskers and street performers and live stream video presentation in lieu of survailance,

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  20. Didn't Fontana say "no" to FKL balcony?

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