Ridgeway Plaza is a problem other cities can only dream of having. Here’s how to stop it from becoming a nightmare
Arriving at Ridgeway Plaza is strange. It’s like a downtown but located on the edge of town. Crowds, commerce, and life all in a place meant to be much quieter.
So much so that Mississauga is trying to curtail it, but it’s a problem of the city’s own making: designing cities almost exclusively for cars quickly becomes trouble.
Ridgeway Plaza has become a phenomenon, attracting people from across the GTA and North America to a series of strip malls that offer a variety of restaurants and shops primarily, but not exclusively, Middle Eastern and South Asian. It’s the multicultural Canadian dream at its most vibrant, but it’s clashing with another Canadian dream: car driving.
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Peel police tried to stop the gatherings at Ridgeway Plaza in Mississauga on Pakistan’s Independence Day pic.twitter.com/wWNfLogIpO
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“What Is A Nuisance?” – Ridgeway Plaza, Mississauga Ontario Edition:
The injunction, granted by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice allows for stronger enforcement of city bylaws at Ridgeway Plaza. pic.twitter.com/67t2KuyKbb
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Royal Rumble at ridgeway plaza in Mississauga pic.twitter.com/gGDjBb3LTI
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