city hall is an eyesore to me. panorama isnt anything special. same with ice. I think my issue is that they are all just ovals or circular tubes with wraparound balconies. Really the only good curved building in this area is the absolute towers in mississauga imo.
bottom line is, almost every application in the core is too small to be deemed a site to meet the tall buildings guidelines. So, for staff to say that the adjacent site is too small is laughable. What else would they say. Someone can do a tall building with a blank wall on one side and suddenly...
I for one believe that the councillor should have some descretion on this stuff as planning staff sticks to some of their dogmatic ideas on projects without looking at the context of the buildings. However, these councillors better understand that these decisions to look the other way will come...
where does it say that she waived the requirement for the tower separation agreement? in the original staff report, staff recommended one, but it wasnt even a requirement in the draft by-law. am i missing something here?
12.5m? i cant even see them giving 5.5m on each side. my guess is a blank wall on the apartment side and units facing onto the park with windows on lot line? that property looks like it can't be much more than 25 feet wide. its not like shadowing on the park will be an issue with 501 yonge being...