Creating “safe spaces” was a selling point in the city's decision to close down the 400 block of Gay Street to vehicles on select weekends in November and December.

But there are two things Gay Street business owners and urbanites are whispering about even if the city isn’t addressing them directly in this effort: That open streets seems like a natural segue to open container and that redirecting traffic would cut down on excessive car noise.

Downtown reporter Ryan Wilusz and visuals journalist Brianna Paciorka discuss their experience trying out the open streets concept, including some suggestions for how to make this concept work longterm.  

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