condovo
Senior Member
I understand. It seems like a cumbersome, ideological constraint to place on societies though. Just my opinion, of course.
I understand. It seems like a cumbersome, ideological constraint to place on societies though. Just my opinion, of course.
Surely the current status quo – the fact that large swathes of the city core are untouchable because so much extant two-storey low-density housing is sacrosanct
In respect of the true 'City Core' Spadina to Jarvis, Bloor to the Lake, this argument does not work.
There are very few streets where this built-form exists, and fewer still where it is currently zoned to be preserved.
There's a few small pockets east of Yonge, north of Gerrard; and some west of McCaul between College and just north of Queen. That's it.
By my math, there's about 0.5km2 subject to preservation of SFH residential, out of 8km2.
Its an entirely fair argument when discussing bungalows on St. Clair Avenue East or Victoria Park Avenue etc etc.
But we need not to over-reach with arguments.
That's a arbitrary distinction of where the 'city core' starts and stops. Why not Bathurst? Or Dufferin? Or Parliament? Or the Don?Point taken.
That's a arbitrary distinction of where the 'city core' starts and stops. Why not Bathurst? Or Dufferin? Or Parliament? Or the Don?
Even by the City's own standard (the OP), the 'Downtown Urban Growth Centre' is this:
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TO Core defines it as this:
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Within either of those definitions, there's a *shit ton* of SFH I'd argue is far more disposable than this gem.
Yes it should.I think the debacle of St. James Town and the destruction of 1/2 of Cabbagetown 60+ years has left an indelible mark on this city. Now there are those advocating in their twitter feeds and elsewhere for the very same thing in 2022, ie, the demolition of established, inner-city neighbourhoods in favour of high-density residential towers, in this case to save a building with debatable architectural merit. That's overreach. It's never going to happen nor should it.
I think the debacle of St. James Town and the destruction of 1/2 of Cabbagetown 60+ years has left an indelible mark on this city. Now there are those advocating in their twitter feeds and elsewhere for the very same thing in 2022, ie, the demolition of established, inner-city neighbourhoods in favour of high-density residential towers, in this case to save a building with debatable architectural merit. That's overreach. It's never going to happen nor should it.
Yes it should.