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Liberty Village

I'm a little skeptical, considering Strachan avenue will convert into a overpath/bridge while the Go tracks simultaneously are being 're-layed'. IF they can 'lower' the tracks and maintain a 2+lane wide lane bridge at the same time.... I guess there is just not enough demand (or political noise) from the residents....
 
Bursting at the Seams: Liberty Village bracing for 8,000 new residents

The city has a couple projects in development to open up the space. The more ambitious and farther-off of them is the construction of an entirely new street, temporarily called Liberty New Street, along the south end of the neighbourhood. Running between Dufferin and Strachan, it would alleviate congestion and add to the neighbourhood vibe. If it happens, that is.

The second neighbourhood improvement project is a little closer to realization. Already through the environmental assessment stage, there are plans to build a pedestrian and cyclist walkway over the rail tracks between Strachan and Atlantic Avenue to open up a new crossing point.

More.......http://toronto.openfile.ca/toronto/text/bursting-seams-liberty-village-bracing-8000-new-residents
 
New residents association snowballs in Liberty Village


Jan 09, 2012

By ERIN HATFIELD

Read More: http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/l...ents-association-snowballs-in-liberty-village


When he decided to launch a Liberty Village residents association in the fall, the response was far greater than Todd Hofley said he ever imagined it would be. The most recent meeting drew a packed house and there are already nearly 200 people on the association's Facebook page. The success of the area's newest residents association, Hofley said, is because the people of Liberty Village crave connection with their neighbours and they care about how the Toronto enclave develops. "People are really passionate about this area and they want to make it even better than it already is," Hofley said. "They are really enthusiastic and that is what it takes to make a neighbourhood better."

Hofley moved into Liberty Village one year ago, but before that he lived just outside its borders at King Street West and Shaw Avenue and has watched the area grow and develop for the past 10 years. "It is really amazing what has developed," Hofley said. The condo building Hofley lives in has a Facebook page to connect its residents. "Most people view condos as vertical gated communities where people don't talk to each other," Hofley said. "That is absolutely not the case in our condo building." With the success of that group in mind Hofley went about creating the Liberty Village Residents Association (LVRA). The creation of the LVRA was really about giving people a voice and helping them connect with each other and give them a voice in the future of the area. "There is a lot of development going on but there is no one talking about what the residents need or want," he said.

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How's the retail in the area doing ?

A lot of people bash LV but there are some strips that have a distillery village vibe, with retail in old converted warehouses (on the west side, not the east side where all the new condos have gone).

Last time I passed through though there were a lot of spots for lease, still the case?
 
taal said:
How's the retail in the area doing ?

A lot of people bash LV but there are some strips that have a distillery village vibe, with retail in old converted warehouses (on the west side, not the east side where all the new condos have gone).

Last time I passed through though there were a lot of spots for lease, still the case?
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Thats pretty much why people bash LV. It had good bones, but the newer development going up in the neighbourhood has done absolutely nothing to build onto those bones. In fact, they have taken away from the character of the neighbourhood. The newer developments going up in the distillery district have added to the neighbourhood, and blended in seamlessly. The stuff going up in LV is complete garbage that has absolutely no relation to what was already there.

That being said, the LVRA is doing the best they can with what they have been given. Making the space work for residents is going to be a challenge, but It seems like it is one that the LVRA is not going to back away from. The only doubters that LV will ever become something more than a vertical suburb are the ones who don't call LV home. Luckily, the ones who do care about LV, are there to help make it better, instead of sitting in a chair and calling it a complete write off like many have been so quick to do.
 
Liberty Market laneway shops struggle (and succeed)


Behind the Liberty Market Building, with zero street presence and minimal exterior signage, lies a laneway of quaint, independent retail businesses that manage to thrive remarkably in low light. Call them the 'shade-loving' boutiques of Toronto's retail scene, because they seem to subsist with little in the way of outside-of-Liberty-Village attention.

But the influx of residents seduced by the area's new condos, combined with tailored marketing schemes and heavy online presences, have allowed the shops of the Liberty Market laneway to maintain their spots and even flourish, despite the bulk of unaware passersby not even knowing that they're there
More.........‎http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/04/liberty_market_laneway_shops_struggle_and_succeed/
 
There are some great shops there -- the cheese shop, the cupcake shop, the cafe and a terrific bike shop, to name just a few.
 
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Liberty Market laneway shops struggle (and succeed)


Behind the Liberty Market Building, with zero street presence and minimal exterior signage, lies a laneway of quaint, independent retail businesses that manage to thrive remarkably in low light. Call them the 'shade-loving' boutiques of Toronto's retail scene, because they seem to subsist with little in the way of outside-of-Liberty-Village attention.

But the influx of residents seduced by the area's new condos, combined with tailored marketing schemes and heavy online presences, have allowed the shops of the Liberty Market laneway to maintain their spots and even flourish, despite the bulk of unaware passersby not even knowing that they're there
More.........‎http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/04/liberty_market_laneway_shops_struggle_and_succeed/
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That "laneway" is known as the Galleria. I have worked in Liberty Village for almost two years, and can tell you that a lot of the businesses in the village aren't doing all that well. The Liberty Noodle Cafe just closed, and others are struggling considerably. The exorbitant rents in the Liberty Market Building, along with very little pedestrian traffic, let alone the physical "disconnect" from the rest of the city, make it very challenging for businesses in the area. I'm not sure I would use the words "thriving" or "flourish" as a general description of local business activity, based on my own experience and conversations with others in the area. But there is plenty of hope and optimism, and folks are doing the best they can.
 
neubilder said:
The promise of Liberty Village has been getting quashed, one crappy generic residential tower at a time.
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Clearly the quality of the condos has nothing to do with how this retail performs.
 
Of course the quality of the condos will affect how the retail performs.

Liberty Village is becoming uninteresting. There was a nugget of potential with the historic precinct that started the whole thing, but the way it has steadily degenerated into a 905-grade vertical suburb overshadows much of it's promise and allure.
 
The only two residential projects that live up to the original promise of L.V. are the toy factory lofts and to a certain extent Liberty Market lofts. The rest are garbage.
 
How do they effect it exactly, now the placement may indeed have an impact.

Keep in mind most of the condos in question are well east of this liberty market. Only a few recent ones have been closer.

There's still the large metro / parking lot, and low rise retail building just to the east of this site, after which comes the condos.

So again I don't see how the condos on the eastern part of the site play a significant role here. If there was a lot of retail in said condos if anything that could potentially detract from this stip.


I think eventually the metro / parking lot needs to be developed and that will play a significant role in determining the success of the strip.
 
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