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With very little street-level retail business to draw passers-by, the area around the medical center (6, 7, 10-12) offers few enticements for pedestrians. With both the School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital contemplating or implementing new construction, retail is part of the mix, as are upgrades to a dozen intersections not known for being friendly to pedestrians. Among the changes under way are the Smilow Cancer Hospital (3-5) and two ancillary buildings, a retail corridor along the grassy median that divides Legion Avenue (1-2) and a traffic circle (9) that brings vehicles directly from the Route 34 Connector into the Air Rights Garage (8) and keeps them off side streets.