Toronto 3326 Bloor West | 183.1m | 55s | CreateTO | Adamson
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W. K. Lis
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Wonder how many decades this will take to complete?
innsertnamehere
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Now that density actually looks sort of reasonable. Probably the first Housing Now site to get it right from the get-go. I would say there is still a bit of room for extra density, but this is generally fine. Towers should be a bit taller but they aren't orders of magnitude off.
turini2
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Agreed with above, the density looks good for what is basically a subway station site!
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slickpete83
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sucks , this would mean no more free parking on the weekend at Islington station with this development for anyone who wants to go downtown
There will still be one lot under the power lines to the northeast of the station. Otherwise, go to a parking lot at Kipling, or get to the station by bus or some other method. There's no reason why we should be holding developable land as surface parking at a subway station.
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Towered
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Thrilled to finally see some movement on this, as the current state of the site has been an eyesore for decades. I agree with the other comments however that the density is a bit on the light side considering the location. All the proposed tower heights are less than the towers right across the tracks - how is that justified? If anything, 60 floors or more would be appropriate here. Why does the city always lowball this kind of stuff?
Amare
Senior Member
60+ floors is really pushing it, but yes more density should be a given here.
DopeyFish
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I want more density here just so I never have to see Islington station in such a poor state of disrepair ever again
Midtown Urbanist
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I wonder if it even is anymore. If this was in private hands, they would be pushing for 50 storeys directly on top of the station for sure.
CapitalSeven
Senior Member
Just please don't repeat Hong Kong's mistake - that 90% of the residential buildings are soul-destroyingly boring and hideous.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
At least we're not going to be building the next Kowloon Walled City, which was the most densely populated neighbourhood in all of human history, though it was later demolished. It was the king of all slums.
Kowloon Walled City in 1989
Edge of Kowloon Walled City in 1993, one year before demolition
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slickpete83
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yeah i know what you mean it's a great plan , i use free GO station parking now , hopefully they don't do this at GO stations , you have to be a driver to understand
if I used TTC to get downtown , it would be a combination of walking +bus +subway = over ++1hr:15-30mins !!!!! . last thing you want to be doing is walking at 1am at night in a shady neighbourhood when its -25 C after a hard evenings shift work !! for example
Towered
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Why would 60+ floors here be pushing it?
AlbertC
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Kowloon Walled City was formed from cultural and circumstantial influences of its day. Some of it not too different from the likes of Lower East Side Manhattan, albeit in less architectural noteworthy manner and minus the political implications behind it. The existence of it stands as an urban case study of its place and time as a habitat for working class and/or immigrant folks during that era. My father grew up within a few blocks outside of that area, and today stands one of the finest urban parks in the entire territory. Behind the notoriety lies humanity in various forms of resourcefulness to make a living for the betterment of their families and next generation.