Midtown Urbanist
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Really think that this is the development that will define the feel of Yonge north of Eglinton.
Really think that this is the development that will define the feel of Yonge north of Eglinton.
Noo! In all seriousness it was a pretty convenient location, hopefully they locate here again once this development is complete whenever the day is.The Best Buy location here at 2400 Yonge St has closed:
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The podium is a bit staid, but I think the towers are a good improvement with the warmer red tones.
If you want to restrict a booming city to midrise, then it has to be midrise everywhere. That is what makes Paris work. But in Toronto we allow rich homeowners to hoard 75% (?) of the City's land area as Neighbourhoods (the so-called "traditional single family neighbourhoods") which means the population growth is forced into very small areas near transit and growth centres, at huge heights and density. That's the tradeoff. Toronto cannot protect the Neighbourhoods while also preserving a midrise character in the centres and on key streets/I would have preferred to see a nice midrise scale and decline in height as Yonge heads north towards Castlefield, Briar Hill etc. That said unfortunately Toronto has dropped the ball a bit when it comes to context and character of certain hood's. I also wish midrises were profitable enough to build more of them, but with land values as they are, I understand the proforma work becomes financially tricky. I dunno, I guess I am an old school 40 yr old, I love my highrises, but I also feel more comfortable and at home with a scale similar to Paris. Not everything on Yonge must be be soulless and tall. Just my opinion.
Sometimes Toronto reminds me of a teenager going through a growth spurt and it's not always pretty. I do think as towers go, these don't look bad. Points for that at least.
I would bump the figure up from 75% to more like 90% to be quite frank! This figure represents mostly single-family zoning. Ops look at the following comment down below haha!If you want to restrict a booming city to midrise, then it has to be midrise everywhere. That is what makes Paris work. But in Toronto we allow rich homeowners to hoard 75% (?) of the City's land area as Neighbourhoods (the so-called "traditional single family neighbourhoods") which means the population growth is forced into very small areas near transit and growth centres, at huge heights and density. That's the tradeoff. Toronto cannot protect the Neighbourhoods while also preserving a midrise character in the centres and on key streets/
I would bump the figure up from 75% to more like 90% to be quite frank! This figure represents mostly single-family zoning.
If you want to restrict a booming city to midrise, then it has to be midrise everywhere. That is what makes Paris work. But in Toronto we allow rich homeowners to hoard 75% (?) of the City's land area as Neighbourhoods (the so-called "traditional single family neighbourhoods") which means the population growth is forced into very small areas near transit and growth centres, at huge heights and density. That's the tradeoff. Toronto cannot protect the Neighbourhoods while also preserving a midrise character in the centres and on key streets/
I couldnt agree more, unfortunately our governments (provincial and federal) are too naive and idiotic to realize that most of this province's growth cant and shouldnt be concentrated around Toronto. There needs to be a push to make other cities more desirable (i'm looking at you Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Hamilton) through proper 21st century infrastructure (ie: high-speed rail, vastly improved regional rail, etc..).I would make one other point that's often overlooked, Toronto simply does not have sufficient sewer capacity or water capacity to support an additional 4M in the City proper (total 7M).
While we must acknowledge and better accommodate on-going growth, we also have to make sure senior government policies align w/the notion that unliimited growth is neither desirable nor feasible.
The City proper can support another 1M fairly easily, and perhaps as many as 2M...........after that, quality of life would deteriorate and there is next to no hope of growth covering its costs.
Growth is a choice.
We need to choose wisely as to the form and pace of such growth; and its limits.