argus
Active Member
A reinvestment area doesn't automatically mean clubs. And while the Entertainment District is know for clubs, clubs don't define all what is entertainment in the area. It also doesn't grant an automatic pass to people or venue owners who decide to act poorly or break the law. To think otherwise is ridiculous. Moreover, Fashion House isn't even located in the Entertainment District.
As for your speaking on behalf of the area residents (of which I am one), people are generally not put off either by the restaurant scene and are used to noise values above what is to be expected in other residential areas. King-Spadina is "mixed-use residential" so residents are not a secondary component when it comes to any excesses found in the area. What you should also know is that a number of restauranteurs are put off by the excesses of the club scene (and note: I once again indicated "excesses"). Clubs and restaurants are not the same. That should be plainly obvious. Restaurants are inhabiting the retail space of many condos; clubs are not. I truly doubt that a club with a 1,000 person capacity and giant sound system would be allowed to do this. If you can find one example of this as a recent occurrence, I'd like to know.
If anything, residential intensification, growing office space and retail has been displacing many large clubs in the Entertainment District. The reason is quite simple: people don't move into the area for the nightclubs, they move in for many other reasons. Additionally, if an existing club or its patrons don't create any problems, they typically don't generate complaints. Your desire to grant a complete pass to all excess without exception goes far in showing no respect for the people who live in the area and who have invested in it.
