Recent content by Uptowner

I'm sorry I missed the discussion on this one as it was happening since I don't want to jump in on things that were mulled over 3-4 days ago. I would just say that any concerns over things like hospitals, school places, shops and other services can be so readily addressed through the planning...

Love it! Love it! Love it! Love it! Love it! Thanks, Great Eage and aA!

I'm saying I think we are all here unanimously grateful that this attitude has not been convincingly and consequentially persuasive throughout the entirety of our history as a city. I don't see that implies, or even hints, that planning is a load of hooey. I do not, for example, think that a...

Northern Light, I agree with most of what you said and I also cringe at the very thought of levelling rows of Victorian era houses to put up non-sequiturs. I also agree that we need different vibes in different areas to maintain a healthy and interesting city. The question for me is where do...

I agree it is the crux of an issue. Even more funadamental for me is first establishing what kind of density any given person wants. Before that is clear to me there is no way I could possibly say what is appropriate for achieving different people's goals. I know that my vision may require...

Yet another prominent voice on this website proclaiming New York couldn't have its current density with only two-storey buildings and that height therefore matters. Also, I agree New York's density is not only because "it is just towers everywhere." It always befuddles me that anyone could...

I've reconsidered the building and also think its aesthetics leave more to be desired than I did yesterday. Your point about density is one I have made many times and, as you will know, is completely consistent with my post. As you also likely know, Paris doesn't have the same lowrise detached...

For me height is a means to density. It is not height, per se, that I want. I have a vision of downtown Toronto (going with roughly 17 sq km) that is home to around 600 000 people. I would like a density of over 30 000 people per square kilometre and don't see that as possible unless we maximize...

I'm with those who think the design seems okay but are not excited. I do think they should have gone for a bit more height here, so I really hope this seems short in a another decade. Given how we do things, however, I suppose we need to set more of a precedent for the area before we go much...

To Maestro, Claim: I don't think there is one person that doesn't like 1 Scollard. Response: I'll just take your word for the fact that there is virtually no one that doesn't like 1 Scollard despite the UT report on the meeting. Or maybe you are saying everyone likes it but just not here. That...

Thank you for your usual thoughtful response. The site is lucky to have you. As for the specifics of this development, I’m not going to shift grounds but merely set some of what I wrote aside for the moment. What is important for me is that the fact that 18 Yorkville was proposed at a time...

Yet again I feel compelled to register my displeasure over the approach to sculpting a skyline peak in some formulaic manner. Unless you are planning on constructing a giant ski run starting at the top of The One and running over top of every other building to this one, then I don't get the...

I think what happened is they need to pay for their holidays without dipping into savings and the overtime to be generated from the extra work to come on this file will help with that for some of them. Did any of them even travel to the actual location before stamping a big fat rejection on the...

@wolfewood You've articulated a point I have been making for years and I couldn't agree more. Simply building more market rate units is not a solution to the problems we have with housing in Toronto. This point cannot be made enough and I thank you for explaining it so clearly. The point I was...

I agree with what you said, though it sounds like I am less concerned than you are about there being too much retail. I could be wrong, though, and the main thing I wanted to focus on was the fact that adding this many more people to the area in this space is not inherently bad. Getting the mix...