bleeepbluuup
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What would be totally badass is a gondola from the island to a skyscraper, like the one in Singapore that goes to Sentosa Island.
I'd also like to add that its seclusion is what makes it so attractive. Not everywhere has to be a cheek-by-jowl, put your blanket on top of mine, sardine fest a la Woodbine Beach.
The cholera is the least of it. Whenever winter weather disrupts ferry service, island residents can't get to grocery stores, and resort to cannibalism. It's happened three times this year, mild winter notwithstanding. It's a terrible problem.
How about a Burj Dubai-type megascraper?
I think building a hotel or two and some nightlife would be pretty cool. A bridge is definitely needed. The Bathurst Bridge on one end, the ferry in the middle and another bridge on the other end. If needed we can always create some new islands. I think we have some experience with that already...
As for the widescale development, definitely not. If anything, we ought to kick off the squatters who live there and turn the island into one giant park.
Still, I think this idea could bring a lot more people to the islands, and be a Vancouver Seawall for Toronto.
I can't believe this discussion has gone on for so long without anyone proposing an obvous area for exploration. The place for a new neighbourhood is on the island airport lands. It could be somthing like the new neighbourhood I recall hearing about on the old rail yards along the Amstel River. Car free. Waterways cut through. Four to six storey. And the land value could help fund the fast train to the only airport we really need.