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  Marcie Fehr, fourth year student, women and gender studies

  The Fox and Fiddle is the Earls for hipsters. The area’s always been gentrified, it’s just changing over owners. But I do love a lot of the working class institutions in the neighbourhood, like Ragpickers and Mondragon.

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  Gerry Lomonaco, owner, Sorrento’s Pizza

  Anything that can bring people downtown is always a positive thing. Just in terms of traffic it’s a good thing. When I think of the Exchange, I think of Europe. European cities all have centres of activity.

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  Barry Leib, second year student, philosophy and cultural anthropology

  I go to a lot of music shows in the Exchange, so I hope that stays the same.

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  David Tymoshchuck, music director, CKUW

  I think it doesn’t really cater to the need for music venues in the city. I’m really mixed about it. I generally think its catering to a different crowd.

Published in Volume 67, Number 8 of The Uniter (October 24, 2012)