Re:Yonge and Bloor public square
would be 'amazing,' July 27
I am struck and dismayed by Christopher Hume's comments on the future of the Yonge-Bloor intersection. He quotes the mayor as saying that Toronto does not have a tradition of public spaces. Here we have Toronto in a nutshell, and why it fails to be a first-rate city.
This is why Toronto does not have the transportation system that it needs, or the waterfront that it deserves. For the past 50 years, city councils have taken the attitude that if it costs money, they do not want to do it.
World-class cities do not just happen. They are planned and built, and then the people come to visit and enjoy them. I pray for the time when the city has a mayor with both vision and leadership who will guide Toronto toward achieving its potential.
Peter M. Leighton, Toronto
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