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Towers in the park are actually NOT fine here precisely because Erin Mills Town Centre is a designated major intensification node located at two major intersections. This is an absolute waste of opportunity. The only saving grace along this stretch are the Daniels condos at the Erin Mills and Eglinton intersection.
 
I think the argument here is that these towers-in-a-park do constitute 'major intensification' in this part of Mississauga. It's low-rise, low-density for far as the eye can see. This southern strip along Eglinton is as dense as it should get without looking stupid.
 
Towers in the park is perfectly fine for along Eglinton here, to get any denser wouldn't make sense for the infrastructure around it. Just look at Eglinton road itself, it is a six lane wide avenue surrounded by strip malls and low density. To think that just by making the developments alongside it more dense that it will will become a more intensified community is misguided. Most if not all the people moving into the new buildings are going to be car owners and just because they live in denser developments doesn't mean that their travel patterns wont be the same as the low rise houses next to them.
 
Transportfan said:
This isn't downtown or MCC. Towers in a park are actually fine here.
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Towers in the park is an obsolete build form that has not aged well in many cases and has been widely criticized by urban design experts. Toronto has been working to either redevelop these barren patches of grass or find better uses for them, while Mississauga is allowing brand new towers to be built using the same discredited urban design principles from the 60's.
 
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