http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/restauranto/2009/02/04/the-patio-season-battleground-is-outside-future-bakery%e2%80%99s-front-door/ Daily updates from Toronto Life magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/restauranto/2009/02/04/the-patio-season-battleground-is-outside-future-bakery%e2%80%99s-front-door/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 s taylor Mon, 25 May 2009 14:54:58 +0000 http://www.torontolife.com/daily/?p=3350#comment-1423 The issue is not when is bedtime, but whether or not noise levels are so high at 8 PM that residents cannot even make a phone call in their homes with a window open, or watch a movie, or hold a conversation between two people. And yes, Futures is on a commercial strip (which still does not mean just any kind of activity is okay) but the Lab is on a RESIDENTIAL street. As for fun, go for it. But it must coexist with residential life, or there will be a flight to the suburbs and an American style city. The issue is not when is bedtime, but whether or not noise levels are so high at 8 PM that residents cannot even make a phone call in their homes with a window open, or watch a movie, or hold a conversation between two people. And yes, Futures is on a commercial strip (which still does not mean just any kind of activity is okay) but the Lab is on a RESIDENTIAL street. As for fun, go for it. But it must coexist with residential life, or there will be a flight to the suburbs and an American style city.

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