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Did someone say International Design Competition? Isn't that how we got world famous June Callwood park.

The city just adopted the parks facility master plan which includes park improvements and new community centres etc. throughout the city. Its going to cost multiple billions to build out. Never mind the increase in staffing costs for new rec centres and maintenance etc. I think if the city can...

Thanks for sharing the article. Did Lifetime actually purchase the 2 sites? I don't recall ever seeing them listed, do you have info about the sale.

I agree that a land owner has the right to do whatever they want with their property as long as fits in within the framework of zoning, official plan etc. But what we are seeing in our real estate market is the relentless march towards higher and higher housing prices. Do we really want to sell...

Zoning bylaws are meant to regulate land use. The existing zoning bylaw is not repressing anything, it's simply doing what it was meant to do.

The big issue here is not necessarily about built form. I think most people would agree that this corner needs some intensification. Having said that, this corner is already congested and is brutal during the CNE, Caribana, TFC games etc. With hundreds of new units of housing already under...

the images all look great but this all sounds like a lot of hocus pocus. A company with no development experience is partnering with 3 levels of government that can barely implement a debit card system on transit and were supposed to be excited about the city of the future. Waterfront Toronto...

any word if any of the light industrial space will be rebuilt. I know a lot of people have an issue with the look of the existing building but the uses inside have an important function for local businesses that need cheap industrial space in the neighbourhood.

Who exactly will be leading the development. As it stands it takes the city and parks department 5-10 years to plan and build out fairly small park projects with mixed results. Berzcy Park vs. June Callwood park. Now look at other projects such as a number of the the bridges built and currently...

For anyone interested in Financial Information about the project. Not an expert on financing, but looks like a lot of money is allocated for miscellaneous consulting...

I am confused by this application. There is an existing planning application to develop the land by Build Toronto, and the local councillor is trying to rezone the land for a public park. Why would anyone put so much effort into an application on land they do not own. To make this feasible the...

I wonder if the city can sell the air rights from the approved plans to pay for a potential park??

Just thought I would share a little bit of history with everyone. Under The Gardiner was previously conceptualized in a 2004 document titled Fort York Neighbourhood Public Realm Plan. The new proponents of The Bentway simply brought some money and specific ideas on how they thought this space...

If you read through the Environmental Assessment you can see that it is trying very hard to suggest that building a bridge is the optimal solution to a problem that didn't really exist. Why didn't this assessment happen before the city spent money on traffic lights at June Callwoods Park??

Why is everyone so worked up about the name. It's just a distraction and gives a false sense of involvement. What we should be voting on is how we are going to create and use publicly owned space. While everyone is busy thinking about a name, the project team has decided that they need to spend...