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RSS FeedsEdward Keenan: Is road hockey on King St. a sign of what`s to come?
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20 february 2018 23:39:40

 
Edward Keenan: Is road hockey on King St. a sign of what`s to come?
(The Star Food)
 


One thing you can say about these King St. merchants who are complaining so loudly about the streetcar pilot project in downtown Toronto: they have a kind of anti-Midas touch when it comes to PR. Whatever stunt they pull, they succeed in demonstrating just about the opposite of the point they are trying to make. First it was the ice sculptures. Worried that their business was down because record numbers of streetcar riders were apparently not coming in to eat, they cried out that they needed intervention to save them from bankruptcy. And to demonstrate how desperate for customers they were, businesses such as Kit Kat Bar & Grill displayed giant icy middle fingers in front of their restaurants. This clear, bold f-you to potential diners hinted to reasonable people that the main impediment they faced to continued success in the hospitality industry might not be parking restrictions. Then, on Tuesday, they hosted a big road hockey game on King St. If you’re smiling and thinking how cool that is — playing in the street, in the middle of a weekday! — you won’t be alone. Yet oddly, those staging the tournament were hoping to make the point that doing this shouldn’t be possible, that without cars on the road, King St. is a “ghost town.” This, we are supposed to think, is a bad thing, as if multiple lanes of cars and trucks speeding by is the very essence of urban vibrancy — as if a sea of cars that make the middle of the road a dangerous place for hockey players or pedestrians somehow keeps the cash registers of the businesses full. It’s nonsensical on its face, and obviously so. But moreover, those playing road hockey on the street are demonstrating a bit of the possibility that gets opened up when you free up space on the road. There is more room for people, to walk and sit and play and do things. You can have games in the road, performances, demonstrations, festivals. Those things are good for urban life, and ...


 
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