Toronto Paintbox | ?m | 26s | Daniels | Diamond Schmitt

[44 North]

As suggested above, I'd far prefer that they save some of the red brick and incorporate it into some sort of commemoration, rather than saving a token building.

Pretty much exactly what I was talking about. Definitely not the highrise Dickinsons, and definitely not talking about making the brownbricks habitable. The interior design and layout is notoriously bad and ill-equipped for anything. It'd be a 100% gutting and incorporation of the brick facade, mass, and lawn (e.g as part of a new public building, square, or condo). How that could be done, I'm not sure. But I think there'd be some merit.

 

[Jasonzed]

 

[G.L.17]

Taken this week:

 

[khris]

Great article from The Guardian about Regent Park:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/...s-test-case-for-public-private-gentrification

 

[skycandy]

The hard elements of the remake involve bricks and mortar, but the real success story involves heart.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10157921529155492

 

[innsertnamehere]

Some updates today:

 

[alienhenny]

I'm so glad for the area and am a fan of the redevelopment.. but I will always forever miss the old regent

What is there to miss?

 

[skycandy]

I'm liking the irregular shape of this...

 

[Edward Skira]

Yesterday.

 

[interchange42]

The area needs more colour, and if they stick to Diamond Schmitt's cladding plan from this rendering, it'll get a little more!

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[Froggy]

Last Sunday:

 

[alienhenny]

Thank goodness for this development. A few years ago it was SO busted and ugly. So glad it's more chic and rich looking.

 

[modernizt]

So glad it's more chic and rich looking.

In that sense, it's just like the old Regent Park when it was new.

 

[junctionist]

Do we have any middle class neighbourhoods built with a similar plan as Regent Park, with townhouses along internal walkways and extensive landscaping and greenery? Regent Park was isolated from the city by its site plan and proved a failure. Many similar housing projects of its time also proved to be failures. But there were some success stories like Lafayette Park in Detroit, which has been a popular and stable middle class neighbourhood since it was built as an urban renewal project.

 

[jje1000]

Probably some of the older garden city layouts with smaller housing sizes and overall block scales.