Don't you think it would be better to have some highly animated, touristy areas outside of the downtown core, instead of just having almost every major attraction in one area? We downtowners keep hearing suburbanites screaming that it's not fair that the downtown core gets all the good stuff and they get nothing. Then when someone suggests building areas with mixed usage and maybe a few attractions, these same people fight it.
All my favourite cities have great neighbourhoods and attractions in different areas, so the whole city is interesting to explore, not just the downtown core. With Etobicoke's great waterfront setting, I think it would be a great place to have some major attractions or at least a distinctive, animated district. Isn't that what the "South Beach" shopping strip is trying to achieve? The more fun and interesting areas we create in Toronto, the more options we all have, to get out and really enjoy the city we live in. Right now, the Etobicoke waterfront is pretty boring but it doesn't have to stay that way. Give people a good reason to come out there and they will.
I'd love to see a large pleasure pier built right into the water, with retail, restaurants, amusements and different attractions. People always complain on this site, that Toronto is lacking in major attractions and I agree. A few top quality attractions in different parts of the city, can only make Toronto a better place for tourists and for us. The Etobicoke waterfront is too nice of a place to keep it all to yourself. Don't be so selfish.