Toronto ROQ City | 113.48m | 33s | Tricon | Hariri Pontarini

[torontologist]

It will. As the neighbourhood gentrifies there'll be more people floating around, as there already is today. I'm starting to see run clubs on Richmond and Queen East and never saw those before...

Question, as always, is where do the people who may be displaced end up?

Thankfully I don't think there is much displacement going on in this neighbourhood. Most of the new buildings are constructed on empty lots, paid parking, low intensity commercial, or gas stations. A majority of the low-rise housing has been gentrified for 30+ years now already (Corktown, South Cabbagetown, etc) and those folks aren't going anywhere.

Most of the below-market housing in the area is in Moss Park or on the Esplanade, which is TCHC and protected.

The more neighbours, the better. Hoping some nice/cool/different retail will move into the base of this project.

 

[GameOnBrad]

From Parliament abd Richmond

Queen Street sidewalk is completely blocked off and torn up, prepping for a new sidewalk.

And more...

 

[Edward Skira]

 

[Tuscani01]

You know what I just realized. On Level 1, the entire Queen Street side of the building has only a single door at retail level. It's just a wall of glass the entire length of it.

There will be an entrance to Food Basics next to the heritage homes on the west side, and an entrance to Shoppers Drug Mart on the east side.

 

[GameOnBrad]

Thankfully I don't think there is much displacement going on in this neighbourhood.

I wrote an essay and then got into a very long discussion about this with my professor in my Human Geography class back in the 90s.

Gentrification is a tricky business when looking at affordability. It almost never ends well with regards to affordability.

Even if population displacement is minimal on a lot, there are a whole slew of other factors.

These expensive builds, when enough of them flood a neighbourhood, drive up the "market rate" for the neighbourhood. That leads to landlords and developers charging more while using the market rate for justification. Then, the ma and pa stores can't afford to be there anymore, or move in, either because it becomes too expensive for them as well, etc, etc. It's like dominos.

The people that do live in affordable housing around these builds will slowly find it harder to find affordable places to shop, and so on. It trickles down.

Most often, it's not just the displacement of a specific location but the affect on the whole neigbbourhood around it.

My point is not the good or bad of it either. It's about seeing the ripples from the action, around and beyond the action.

 

[Rascacielo]

Today

 

[A Torontonian Now]

November 26:

 

[skycandy]