Amare
Senior Member
I didnt realize how close this build was to the sidewalk on King. This really should've been set back further, it's a really cramped corner over at King and Caroline speaking from my days of waiting for the bus at that corner.
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Chronamut
Active Member
Isn't it just taking up the same footprint the original building did though?
PaperSun
New Member
Yes the City didn't get the right-of-way here
Chronamut
Active Member
Well.. technically they had to adjust it a bit to allow the modern need of a daylight triangle - hence why the corner is cropped.
Chris R.
Senior Member
Without the new LRT designs, we don't know, but the 2017 design shows the sidewalk shrinking even further actually too
Chris R.
Senior Member
Feeling a bit more bulky at this intersection with both buildings nearly finishing their second floors and starting to put up forms for the third floor base. Today:
Chris R.
Senior Member
Today:
Chris R.
Senior Member
Moving slowly, but I liked this picture:
DC83
Senior Member
The City doesn’t seem to be enforcing or even encouraging ‘LRT-supportive’ design in many developments along the line.
How did they not enforce the setback bylaw here, but in the east end dozens of deeply-affordable buildings keep getting torn down for this ‘right of way’. For a tram design we don’t even have yet (or anymore I suppose).
Why does Vrancor’s King & Queen development have a surface parking lot facing LRT tracks?
Why isn’t retail / commercial / community space units being mandated at street level along this corridor?
The City needs to get its act together, cuz this mishmash of hasty developments isn’t doing much in the city-building department.
Chronamut
Active Member
Maybe they, like everyone else, don't expect the LRT to actually get BUILT, and just used it as an opportunity to clean house on buildings they didn't like.
DC83
Senior Member
Hey! Cmon, man! They saved a whole chimney with birds living in it!
Give em a social media award already!
Chris R.
Senior Member
It will be built. There's stuff being done in the background, just slow. I suspect largely because of the city taking forever on the O&M stuff.
Chronamut
Active Member
as the estimated budget for it climbs yearly..
Chris R.
Senior Member
As do tax revenues, economic benefits and other things too though.
With inflation alone between 2015 and today the $1 billion would have been $1.267b.
Based on inflation the $3.4b that was announced in 2021 is closer to $3.9b today (unless the $3.4b accounted for inflation, which I'm pretty sure they do within a reasonable timeframe).
Chris R.
Senior Member
Almost done the walls for the third floor here, should be onto floor 4 by next week:
