Bar Bans, By-Laws and the End of Ossington ⇒
23 October 2009, lunch time
The title seems a bit hyperbolic.
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23 October 2009, lunch time
The title seems a bit hyperbolic.
This is a post from my link log: If you click the title of this post you will be taken the web page I am discussing.
Planners correct me if I’m wrong:
I remember in planning school we learnt that you can’t legitimately make a noise complaint if you moved close to an airport, for example, because you knew before moving that there were some inherent problems with living next to an airport. But I disagree with those that argue that if you live near a major street, such as Ossignton, you should expect that it’s going to be loud. People that moved to Ossington before it became the next “hip place for the hipsters†expected a reasonable amount of noise that “regular” business (such as grocery stores, corner shops, galleries, clothing shops, restaurants etc.) make. They never expected it to be jammed full of bars with backyard patios. I think it’s important to have diversity on a street. Having only bars/restaurants on a street is devastating for the surrounding community. It’s not NIMBYism, it’s just smart planning. If the City didn’t put the interim by-law, Ossington would turn into another “clubbing†district. We already have one of those, we don’t need another. (And you can’t honestly tell me Hipsters are any better than clubbers. Yes, I have as much of a hate on for the hipsters as I do for clubbers.)
by sh!ma on October 23 2009, 2:13 pm #
I agree. Pretending this is straight-up NIMBYism is a bit silly. And it’s not like there weren’t bars on the strip before – there were Vietnamese karaoke bars and Portuguese sports bars. There still might be. So people were probably used to some level of noise and night life, just not a whole road worth of bars.
by ramanan on October 23 2009, 2:27 pm #