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New townhouses and retirement residence proposed for old Target site in south Oakville: Official Plan Amendment 1515 and 1521 Rebecca Street FIle: OPA 1625.01 Description: To redevelop a 2.9 ha portion of the 8.5 ha South Oakville Centre with 86 townhouse units ranging in height between 2 to 3...

Yes, quite correct. To your point, if the church had been knocked down entirely and replaced with one story retail of this sort, the effect on streetlife could have been similar. However, even though it is a facedectomy, the building does add something solid to the corner and neighbourhood and...

I agree. It looks quite solid and substantial in person and has really helped to animate this corner. Streetlife was pretty lacklustre before other than the occasional folding table book sale. This is now arguably the busiest corner in the Beach.

Reads and looks like it will be a facadectomy: “The south and east (street facing) elevations of 1702 Queen Street East are proposed to be retained in-situ and incorporated into the proposed development.” “The proposed development retains the street-facing elevations of 1702 Queen Street East...

See http://bayadelaideeast.com/site_plan.html for the site plan including the proposed north tower (BAC3).

The view from on high today:

The corners won't be used as offices in all likelihood; they will be used for meeting rooms. In addition, the offices along the external walls (unless the floor is open concept) will all be the same size. This will allow the tenants to move their people around without worrying about seniority...

A view of it today (apologies for the reflection in the window):

They are putting up scaffolding around the structure that abuts the west of the parking ramp and covering it with panels. Panels are also being placed on a 45 degree slant from the top of the scaffolding to the top of the structure. Weather proofing for the work to take place "inside" the open...

Blue wire fencing has been erected at the east end of the site, east of Arnell Plaza and around the fire escape exit. It looks like workers are removing pavers and clearing an area. Skids of new pavers are located just east of the plaza inside the febcing. On another note, the concourse...

Workers are presently pouring the floor for the east side of the current floor. They seem to be keeping to the 6 business days (not calendar days) schedule for completing each floor.

That video shows a bit of the podium, or rather a series of balconies on the podium, but not the full height of the podium or how it meets the street.

I have a hazy recollection of this - I was a kid then. Perhaps to some it wasn't a success at that time, but then again we live in different times now with a much greater population living downtown. I'm also sure we could do better than some cheap parks and rec picnic benches scattered around.

I'm not the first to say this, but making Yonge from Bloor to Queen a Fußgänger or pedestrian only zone would, to me, be a great planning decision. Cross street traffic would still have to be permitted, but just banned on Yonge. Anchored by One Bloor at the top (let's stay on topic here) and...