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Originally Posted by coalminecanary
this guy is off by about 6 blocks to be part of any sort of barton revival.
butcher and vegan is part of james north.
this barton talk is like saying the burnt tongue is part of a cannon street revival... nope
barton will not improve from james->east. sure, near james there will be spillover but that wave will not ever carry through the crappy food basics/beer store/jail/parking/hospital stretch.
any movement on barton will start at wentworth and spread from there. victoria is too close to the hospital so values are starting too high for there to be any incubators.
unfortunately a barton revival is going to be reallllllly slow because everyone on barton already thinks they are the next james north and the prices are starting too high for anyone to take any risk there...
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The area around foodbasics could easily see some renovations to become more street friendly. Plus these things can hop a couple blocks here and there. I mean King and Main both have gaps where they go fairly residential for a few blocks then go commercial again. Plus success spreading east will probably spur infill (Ottawa has a lot of that, compare
this 2015 shot to
the 2007 view).