 A widely implemented and important concept in the Toronto cityscape is that of the Main Street (not to be confused with the street actually named Main Street in East Toronto, which is not the city's "main" street), which entails a streetscape that is

characterized by buildings on small lots (frontages less than ) ranging in height from 2 to 5 storeys.These buildings have street-related retail uses at grade and residential uses above.Typically, they are built to the lot line and span the width of the lot.