ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
I hope the greenery turns out as good as that tower in Milan, Italy.
"Bosco Verticale" - the Vertical Forest
"Bosco Verticale" - the Vertical Forest
I wonder about some of the cedars that have been growing out of fractures in to rock face along the Niagara Escarpment: some of them are hundreds of years old, and would face similarly windy conditions. I believe that here, the greenery will need to be sheltered behind at least some glass. The trees up at the top of Shangri-La are entirely sheltered behind two-floor high glass walls, for example. Meanwhile, the deciduous trees on the terraces at Picasso—not behind glass—are already noticeably green, ahead of trees in general here.
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Went to the skyscraper museum in NY this weekend and they had an exhibition on Singapore's major push for very green oriented buildings, with many of them incorporating very interesting designs with large amounts of greenery, living walls, etc.. This building's design seems headed in that direction. I would love to see more proposals in Toronto take a similar route towards incorporating more green in their designs, over and above the green roofs that seem to mostly be glorified lawns. Some of Singapore's green integration was pretty ingenious.
OMB hearing scheduled for January 9, 2017: https://www.omb.gov.on.ca/ecs/CaseDetail.aspx?n=PL150988
In the meantime, Planning recommends staff continue negotiations with the developer to resolve outstanding issues: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-96809.pdf
Pisses me off; here's KWT quoted in that article: "...the village of Yorkville doesn't need a new glass tower, especially at the detriment of losing this very valuable heritage asset."
Unless the plans have changed, that's just wholly disingenuous -- the most recent proposal contemplates for keeping a significant portion of the heritage building.
Nice selective use of quotes to go after KWT. Heritage Services staff is also opposed, and KWT is sticking up for her staff. There's a reason why the city's opposing this and it's going to the OMB.
"[Planner and manager of heritage preservation services Mary] MacDonald said reducing the structures to their facades is not in keeping with the city's heritage conservation policy. City staff also say the project's height violates zoning bylaws."