Dead end for a square?

[adma]

Though one problem currently is that ward boundaries are based upon 1990s ridings, not 2000s ridings. (As a measure of what that means, if we went by current boundaries we'd likely get an extra ward thanks to the incursion of Pickering-Scarborough East.)

 

[unimaginative2]

Ontario itself should be gaining a lot of seats in the next adjustment, including Toronto I'm sure, definitely Mississauga and Brampton, and parts of York Region I imagine.

Don't count on it. The City of Toronto hasn't really grown all that much. I wouldn't be surprised if all we got was a shift of Pickering-Scarborough East all the way into Toronto and then a re-arranging of existing boundaries. Many of the fastest-growing ridings are surrounded by ridings that have shrunk. A big chunk of booming Willowdale, for example, could be taken by slow-growing (or shrinking) York Centre. Trin Spadina and Toronto Centre are growing but all the other downtown ridings are shrinking (and they were pretty small to begin with). Some of them have shrunk so much that we might lose a downtown riding, though that will probably be prevented by having smaller-than-average downtown ridings again.

 

[M II A II R II K]

Development plan approved for Yonge-Eglinton Square


Apr 01, 2010

DAVID NICKLE

Read More: http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/c...pment-plan-approved-for-yonge-eglinton-square

###########################################

Toronto Council has approved a plan to revitalize the Yonge Eglinton Centre - a plan that includes the removal of the public square on the northwest corner of the intersection. Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of the project by RioCan - despite angry objections from North Toronto residents and some local councillors, that the planned redevelopment will effectively eliminate public space there. The plan will see existing buildings increase in size - adding three, five and seven storeys to three buildings there. And there will be 24,000 square meters of new retail and office space.

The project would include a rooftop garden as a kind of public space, but it would not be accessible as the square is currently. The project divided the community. St. Paul's Councillor Michael Walker, who represents the area to the south and east of the site, tried to convince council to simply reject the plan. "If we're going to build for the future and we've identified this for a major expansion, we'll have two transit systems here not just one," he said.

"Our vision is to have open squares, ideally publicly owned, at all four corners, and possibly an underground mall system and entrances to transit as well as the malls before you get to Yonge and Eglinton. This is a symbol of what our vision for the city of the future is. Is there something more important than profit and the almighty dollar or is there a vision of what exists for a city of people." Eglinton-Lawrence Councillor Karen Stintz, who represents the area, supported the plan.

###########################################