Bruvyman
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I think CityPlace is a horrid looking dump.
Its not THAT bad, is it? Are you prone to exaggeration, or just hard to please?
By me: June 30, 2011
I think CityPlace is a horrid looking dump.
I live in CityPlace and walk to work even though I've got a car and love to drive.
Any more info on how they're redesigning the Lakeshore/Gardiner/Spadina intersection? Right now it's crazy trying to exit from Fort York Blvd on to Spadina from CityPlace. The light is 10 seconds long and only about 3 or 4 cars make it out each time.
Its not THAT bad, is it? Are you prone to exaggeration, or just hard to please?
By me: June 30, 2011
I remember reading about that a few years ago. What's the timeline? Given the fate of the Fort York pedestrian bridge, I don't see this happening any time soon. I'm sure there would be any number of approvals needed to make this happen. The opening of Dan Leckie way has made things a bit better; it's barely used (Fort York is only one-way (eastbound) for half of it) so it's quite pedestrian/bike friendly at this point.There will be a proper cross walk for pedestrians and cyclists to cross the Gardiner on ramps.
I remember reading about that a few years ago. What's the timeline? Given the fate of the Fort York pedestrian bridge, I don't see this happening any time soon.
I remember reading about that a few years ago. What's the timeline? Given the fate of the Fort York pedestrian bridge, I don't see this happening any time soon. I'm sure there would be any number of approvals needed to make this happen. The opening of Dan Leckie way has made things a bit better; it's barely used (Fort York is only one-way (eastbound) for half of it) so it's quite pedestrian/bike friendly at this point.
I've been looking at a lot of other developments in Toronto and I can't find another condo community (5 or more towers all done together by the same developer) that is nicer than CityPlace. There are lot of gorgeous individual condos here and there. But as a community show me a developer that has done a whole area better.
I think the problem isn't that another developer could have done better with such a large piece of land. It's more like it's never a good idea to hand over such a large piece of land to just one developer no matter who it is. It creates something too monotonous.
I personally like most of the Cityplace towers when taken individually but it just gets tiresome so see them all right next to each other. Having just one developer hasn't been good for building lively streets and retail either. Hopefully this will improve over time though.
If you take a few of the best Cityplace towers and scatter them randomly around town, they would be so much easier to appreciate.