Talk:Sparks Street

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Cross-posted from User:SimonP's talk page, because I have received no response:


 * Simon, re your new page on Sparks Street:

You wrote "Sparks Street is a street in downtown Ottawa, Canada that has been converted into a pedestrian mall, the first such mall in Canada." For some reason, that phrasing made me think that you were saying it was the only such mall in Canada. I think because of the combination of 'has been converted' and 'first such'. I think this could be fixed by giving the conversion a date (i.e., was converted to a ped mall in 19XX) or by saying something like 'the earliest such mall in Canada'.

In any case, is there authority for it being the first? That seems remarkable!

Regards,

Ken Klanda | Talk 04:04, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC) [Cross posted here Klanda | Talk 02:54, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)]


 * Be bold, feel free to rewrite any part of the article. The source for it being the first is its own website . - SimonP 03:20, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)

There used to be a pedestrian mall in gastown on Vancouver at the turn of the century but that was before cars appeared so it was not a pedestrian mall in the modern sense and it seems to have disappeared. The Granville pedestrian mall (still in Vancouver) seems to have come in 1974 after the creation of the Sparks street mall, and this is also seems to be the case for the Prince Arthur pedestrianized street in Montreal and Stephen avenue and Barclay street in Calgary. AlainV 02:23, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)

A subtle ironic joke? I'm no doctor, but I strongly suspect the following paragraph to be a very subtle joke. For the uninitiated, achondroplasia is a common cause of dwarfism. Can anyone confirm this? "West of Metcalfe Street was the location of the clinic in which the first successful procedure to reverse achondroplasia was performed. The spot is now home to a clothing boutique that preferentially caters to men of tall and heavyset profiles."76.10.169.52 (talk) 00:59, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

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Since the mall doesn't extend the whole length of the street, I suggest changing the title to Sparks Street Mall. Dynzmoar (talk) 16:36, 20 January 2019 (UTC)