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[Miscreant]

Well if Regent Park and Alexandra Park are any indication...

Right, yeah, point well taken.

 

[drum118]

Aug 15

 

[interchange42]

From earlier this evening:

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[Towered]

 

[Red Mars]

Pics taken Sept 2, 2015

 

[urbandreamer]

How many condoKIDS can you fit in 90 square foot bedrooms?

How many midrise condos are coming to K-market by 2025?

I got news for you: at least 6.

 

[greenleaf]

Anyone get a shot of this from say, the middle of College St at McCaul? This building will be the College St western view terminus. Kind of makes me wish the colourful side were there.

 

[urbandreamer]

^I did a few week's ago but deleted the shot: it's the view terminus from Yonge & College.

 

[urbandreamer]

Because I like freezing my arse off walking around the city this OctoBRRR I grabbed another crappy shot this morning:

 

[Towered]

I ride past this every day - it really overwhelms the area and sets a dangerous precedent.

 

[yyzholocaust]

it really overwhelms the area and sets a dangerous precedent.

"the area"

You mean the derelict stretch of College from Spadina west to Palmerston if not Ossington?

Such a tragedy.

 

[modernizt]

"the area"

You mean the derelict stretch of College from Spadina west to Palmerston if not Ossington?

Straw-man argument. The fact that you consider this stretch "derelict" doesn't make it acceptable to overwhelm the existing built form.

 

[Gphorce]

15 story building isn't too tall, and I wouldn't say it sets a dangerous precedent. It might be taller than the surrounding buildings, but this part of town is well connected to transit (especially so close to Spadina) that it makes sense to add some density here. In a few years the towers south on College to the east are going to be taller anyhow so it will be a natural progressing down-slope from University towards the west.

 

[modernizt]

That's a reasonable argument. I'm not sure what I think an appropriate built form is for this area, I was just pointing out the issue with the post above.

 

[yyzholocaust]

Straw-man argument. The fact that you consider this stretch "derelict" doesn't make it acceptable to overwhelm the existing built form.

Your belief that 15 stories would "overwhelm" an area is no less a "straw-man" by that definition.