Market Lane Survey

[bolognium]

London.ca just posted a small article about Market Lane with an attached questionnaire. Thought you guys might be interested in adding your two cents.

Article and Survey


Here's what I wrote for the two main questions:

Q.What do you dislike about Market Lane?

A.It doesn't connect to Dundas very well. Right now it's just a hole in the streetwall that people occasionally meander through.


Q.How would you change Market Lane?

A.-I would turn the Lane itself into a bit more of a destination. A grander entrance on Dundas with vibrant lighting and large Market Lane signage. Give it an outdoor atrium feeling with a strong presence on Dundas.

-Add food vendors and allow street performing in the Lane to help draw people in off of Dundas.

-Team up with The MET to incorporate both sides of Dundas.

-Explore options with Fanshawe about developing a cafe that opens into the Lane.

[manny_santos]

Originally Posted by bolognium

Q.How would you change Market Lane?

A.-I would turn the Lane itself into a bit more of a destination. A grander entrance on Dundas with vibrant lighting and large Market Lane signage. Give it an outdoor atrium feeling with a strong presence on Dundas.

-Add food vendors and allow street performing in the Lane to help draw people in off of Dundas.

-Team up with The MET to incorporate both sides of Dundas.

-Explore options with Fanshawe about developing a cafe that opens into the Lane.

I agree. Market Lane, to me, is an underutilized asset in the downtown that could be used for food stands, fruit and vegetable stands, flower stands, and so forth. It would be too difficult to make it pedestrian only however, since it is used by delivery trucks to the Covent Garden Market.

[haljackey]

I say make it a naked street.

Market Lane is a good candidate for it. If it succeeds, perhaps we can also do that to Talbot Street in front of the Market and Dundas downtown.