Rarely a destination street and currently not hip or cool, Yonge’s been off the cultural radar for a long time. Don’t confuse that with being dead though as there is always life on Yonge, but it isn’t easily packageable and doesn’t have just one identity. Like Toronto’s population, it is a diverse street.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/05/17/yonge-st-needs-our-voices-to-get-the-redesign-it-deserves.html