Reading a great article in the Globe about Sugar Beach in Toronto.
The author, Mark Schatzker, raised a great point about allowing the serving of Rum (among other alcoholic beverages). Allowing rum will definitely make Sugar Beach a destination point.
Bringing in more people throughout the day and evenings for a drink or to be with friends who may want to drink but end up hanging out and enjoying the sites.
Bringing in people for different reasons adds diversity to the area, which makes an area more lively organically.
Like I've said in the past: a diverse city is a lively city, a lively city makes more people want to be there, more people demanding to be there increases real estate values.
So how would alcohol make Sugar Beach more lively?
Well for one, its not a beach, its just a spot to spend a few minutes watching the lake and then you get bored and leave. Schatzker, correctly point this out when he said:
"There’s a risk that Sugar Beach, which is small to begin with, will suffer the same fate as Yorkville Park – lauded by design types, but underappreciated by everyone else."
There is a huge problem with neglected spaces: it actually breeds crime. Think about it, if no one has a reason to be at Sugar Beach, there will be nobody around, and nobody around will make the area a great place to do a drug deal or hire a prostitute.
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