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Celeste said:
You mean the project on 17 Dundonald Street? Kyle Rae is trying to get that building declared a historical landmark.
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Nope, 17 Dundonald is yet another project, an "off-Yonge" project. Last I heard the deal was to integrate the front of the building into the project along with a 2nd subway entrance/exit, but I think that has fallen through now and may end up at the OMB. There's an active thread on this if you would like the full (and accurate) details.
 
dt_toronto_geek said:
Nope, 17 Dundonald is yet another project, an "off-Yonge" project. Last I heard the deal was to integrate the front of the building into the project along with a 2nd subway entrance/exit, but I think that has fallen through now and may end up at the OMB. There's an active thread on this if you would like the full (and accurate) details.
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Yes please. I would like the see the thread.
 
Celeste said:
Yes please. I would like the see the thread.
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Here are a bunch of links I came across while looking for 17 Dundonald re: downtown Yonge or off-Yonge projects in the works (or rumoured), presuming you know about One Bloor, Nicholas Residences, Karma, Massey Tower, FIVE etc. I likely missed a few.

S/E corner of Yonge & Gerrard - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/17678-385-Yonge-St-(se-corner-Gerrard-Great-Gulf-s-)

S/E corner of Yonge & Isabella - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...-Isabella-(YI-Developments-40s-P-S-IBI-Group)

Dundonald/Gloucester block - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...-9-Gloucester-St-(Stancorp-Properties-49s-HP)

N/W corner of Yonge & Queen - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...n-Street-West-(Cadillac-Fairview-65s-Zeidler)

Former Opera place lands west of Yonge - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/4922-11-Wellesley-St-W-(Lanterra-54s-KPMB-amp-P-S-IBI)

Gloucester at Yonge - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...onge-Angel-Developments-34s-Hariri-Pontarini)

460 Yonge (n. of College) - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...-Sizzler-s-Pizza-Canderel-Stoneridge-57s-G-C)

Soon to be former Coroner's Court property - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...amp-27-Grosvenor-St-(potential-redevelopment)

Parking lot across the street from Wellesley subway entrance - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...(Parking-lot-redevelopment-Plaza-Quadrangle-)

Toronto Star super-block development - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...(Pinnacle-40-70-75-2x80-88s-Hariri-Pontarini)

501 Yonge project (at Alexander-Maitland block) - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/16369-501-Yonge-Street-(Lanterra-23-52s-aA)

And here's the Dundonald Street project at #17 - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...tners-18s-Raw-Architects)?highlight=Dundonald
 
dt_toronto_geek said:
Here are a bunch of links I came across while looking for 17 Dundonald re: downtown Yonge or off-Yonge projects in the works (or rumoured), presuming you know about One Bloor, Nicholas Residences, Karma, Massey Tower, FIVE etc. I likely missed a few.

S/E corner of Yonge & Gerrard - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/17678-385-Yonge-St-(se-corner-Gerrard-Great-Gulf-s-)

S/E corner of Yonge & Isabella - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...-Isabella-(YI-Developments-40s-P-S-IBI-Group)

Dundonald/Gloucester block - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...-9-Gloucester-St-(Stancorp-Properties-49s-HP)

N/W corner of Yonge & Queen - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...n-Street-West-(Cadillac-Fairview-65s-Zeidler)

Former Opera place lands west of Yonge - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/4922-11-Wellesley-St-W-(Lanterra-54s-KPMB-amp-P-S-IBI)

Gloucester at Yonge - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...onge-Angel-Developments-34s-Hariri-Pontarini)

460 Yonge (n. of College) - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...-Sizzler-s-Pizza-Canderel-Stoneridge-57s-G-C)

Soon to be former Coroner's Court property - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...amp-27-Grosvenor-St-(potential-redevelopment)

Parking lot across the street from Wellesley subway entrance - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...(Parking-lot-redevelopment-Plaza-Quadrangle-)

Toronto Star super-block development - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...(Pinnacle-40-70-75-2x80-88s-Hariri-Pontarini)

501 Yonge project (at Alexander-Maitland block) - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/16369-501-Yonge-Street-(Lanterra-23-52s-aA)

And here's the Dundonald Street project at #17 - http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showth...tners-18s-Raw-Architects)?highlight=Dundonald
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Thank you.
 
Torontovibe said:
I'm not a fan of McDonalds but I was glad to hear it will be open 24/7. Anything that helps encourage more animation after the sun goes down, is cool with me. Yonge Street needs more night time crowds and more things to do at night.
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Somewhat related, but does anyone know if the Starbuck's at Yonge & King has gone 24-hours? I've passed it by a bunch of times at night recently (probably no later than 02:30 though) and it is always open. I'm not sure if Starbuck's does 24-hour locations anywhere, so was surprised that this may be one.
 
JasonParis said:
Somewhat related, but does anyone know if the Starbuck's at Yonge & King has gone 24-hours? I've passed it by a bunch of times at night recently (probably no later than 02:30 though) and it is always open. I'm not sure if Starbuck's does 24-hour locations anywhere, so was surprised that this may be one.
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Starbucks has 2 24-hour locations downtown: the one on the NW corner of Yonge and College, and the other one is the one at the NW corner of Yonge and King.
 
They've been 24 hours since the summer, and I love it being a night person. Great for late night city walks with a friend when it seems nothing else is open.
 
M&Q Snack 'N Smoke?
They're going to have to get rid of the smoke in the name. That's illegal as far as I know.
 
I don't think words matter do they? Just ads or displaying tobacco products is a no-no. The next fight is going to be with those e-cigarettes or whatever they're called, the one's with the battery that are smokeless.
 
Well, every convenience store that I've seen that used to have words like "smokes" "cigarettes" etc. have all been blocked out on their signs.
 
WislaHD said:
The Aura building retail depresses me so much. :(
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Get use to it.

This is the problem when large buildings go up.............they won't allow any stores at base unless they are solidly middle class. Nothing interesting, no mom & pop, nothing daring. The building becomes nothing more than a place to put chain stores which will lead to the death of Yonge as we know it.

Yonge has been a lot of things over the years but boring was never one of them but that is changing quickly and the city is spurring it on. The city by allowing these tall buildings has sent the message that it wants to turn Yonge into a generic mall without the roof. There are certain streets in a city where the best thing for them is not to be redesigned but improved and Yonge is Toronto's best example.

Vancouver did Granville right when it allowed high rises all around it but on Granville itself there is a maximum 5 story limit........they wanted the street to remain pedestrian friendly and open to unique stores that the developers and residents of high rises would never permit. The city, thru all these condo developments is turning Yonge into another Asian styled strip with all the banality it entails.

This is a death by a thousand cuts and the city is permitting Yonge to go from brash, uninhibited, bold, and unique to painfully comfortable.
 
It's not that the City is "allowing" or "encouraging" this type of growth on downtown Yonge, without a solid planning framework speculators can buy up groups of properties, bundle them and sell them off to the highest bidder to put up these buildings. The other problem is the OMB, does Vancouver have a Provincial appeals body that most often over-rules City Planners? I don't know. I was sure the North Downtown Yonge Planning Framework was ready to go and be adapted by Council late fall, but I don't think it has yet. Once it is it will hopefully give the City more control over what is built.
 
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