Dan416
Senior Member
Thanks for the pics. In the photo with the houses it looks like it could be somewhere in Eastern Europe. I like it.
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canrocks
New Member
Any progress on this? I can't really get up there that easily 
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Hydrogen
Guest
Subdivision.
Nothing more.
Nothing more.
junctionist
Senior Member
Here's an image of what I suppose they want to evoke, a historic urban area with a prominent Slovakian cathedral towering above it. Judge for yourself.
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
it just always bugged me that they called it Cathedraltown... I think Cathedral Heights would have sounded a bit less tacky. No doubt this is an exceptional bit of architecture, but I dont really like the idea of communities built up around churches as they will tend to be semi-exclusive and may create nodes of homogeneity. I think the strong point for Canada is our mixing of ethnicities, religions, incomes etc...
Groups tend to colonize areas whether you have them centered around landmock churches or not. I hear your point about not wanting people to be sequestered in their own little world, but people belong to things - religions, cultures, clubs - and need to congregate to be able to enjoy the benefits of that. People cluster around places of worship all the time - this is just one of the more high profile cases of that.
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urbandreamer
recession proof
Surely buggy Amish and buggy Mennonites don't live around their churches? I thought they commuted by TTC!
I live close to my church too--my laptop.
I live close to my church too--my laptop.
wyliepoon
Senior Member
Nov 13
"Resurrecting" this thread to show some photos of suburban development around Cathedraltown. Haters of suburban photos should turn away now...
"Resurrecting" this thread to show some photos of suburban development around Cathedraltown. Haters of suburban photos should turn away now...
taal
Senior Member
The new town homes look somewhat better but the older stuff on the site is just plain hideous ... I can't see how anyone would pick this VS the more typical suburban development - just drive a bit north to Newmarket / Aurora.
SP!RE
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Amazing photos! Great job
Though for the most part it looks like most suburbia, I like the fact that the garages are behind the houses on laneways, or so it seems for at least part of the development it is.
I am also very impressed with this:
Though for the most part it looks like most suburbia, I like the fact that the garages are behind the houses on laneways, or so it seems for at least part of the development it is.
I am also very impressed with this:
kettal
Banned
Wow! So totally different than the rest of Toronto's suburbs! I feel like I'm looking at photos of Europe!
TOinTO
Active Member
The only thing distinguishing it from other suburbs is its embarrassing pretension.
Its amazing that the people creating it had so little clue, or so little commitment to what makes creates an old European town feel. Its the closeness of the buildings and the intimate scale. Front lawns and grass verges and 5 lane roads don't belong.
Its amazing that the people creating it had so little clue, or so little commitment to what makes creates an old European town feel. Its the closeness of the buildings and the intimate scale. Front lawns and grass verges and 5 lane roads don't belong.
alklay
Senior Member
I think Kettal was being sarcastic.
junctionist
Senior Member
The best way to photograph contemporary suburbia is to use high saturation and high contrast, because the fresh grass and warm materials of the lackluster houses look best that way. I think its a shame a truer New Urban development couldn`t have been built around that cathedral.
egotrippin
Senior Member
Yikes. What a vacuous and depressing place to be.