This is pretty common in Europe, where they have created pedestrian streets/plazas, and the al fresco dining areas are in the middle of...

Unfortunate but true. The homeless/drug issue really needs to be dealt with. Not just here, but for most NA cities.

Yeah the reality is that almost all the "vibrancy" issues in the inner city stem for the drug/homeless problem, and that can't be solved...

Man, I'll chain myself to the patio if they threaten to close the Ship! Hope they just redevelop around it!

My guess is that we don't have a flagship McDonald's due to there being a lot of them scattered around the city. In other parts of the...

The vibrancy used to go pretty late into the night on Friday and Saturdays when the street was completely closed to cars. When Terry...

Stephen Ave can be lively if the weather is nice.. On Friday/Saturday evenings, people fill the patios from about Centre St to 3 St SW...

Stephen Ave streetscape improvements kick off in July. Just like the businesses in this article, I too have mixed feelings about the...

Shops are starting to shutter. Turn It Up! moved a couple blocks west, Better Books & Bibles is boarded up. Unsure what's up with...

Good looking project, but I sure wish it were replacing a vacant lot or at least something other than a cool old retail building with an...

White's Flowers has been my go-to for years. Plus 1 on the loss of independent businesses. I do like the building and the design though.

Looks great. The nice thing is they are more or less replacing something good with something similar but nicer. Here's some more looks...

The lawnchairs are some fun additions to the slowest moving urban renewal project in the city...

I agree, the thing is, downtown revitalization will never work unless people are part of the equation. We know having office workers as...

It's a lot of money, but once the residents are there it should be permanent going forward. I don't like the idea of conversions being...