Ka1
What annoys me about this, and the Sig tower at Cityplace, is that for both projects the standard bulk of the buildings went up while the showpiece towers with the height and promising designs are stalled. My biggest fear is being cheated. In this case we'll be stuck with the horrendous RoCP 1 and 2, and as a 'salt on the wound' encore, a moderately better but still crappy phase 3 building that reneges on its original promises.
This had better go up with the height and design as promised, because we get burned far too often around here.
I am a relatively new member of the forum and an infrequent visitor. Most of the discussions seem to be around the design of building, floor plans and sq ft price. Only here and there I have come across discussions about the 'social' aspects of condo living -- specifically, downtown living; for example, getting in and out by car from various condos on Bremmar Blvd, extreme noise around Rogers Stadium, getting on to 401 from Yonge & Finch area.
With so many condos already built and occupied in downtown area, and more and more coming, what happens, if , heavens forbid, someone has to go to hospital emergency department. Toronto General Hospital is already overcrowded. Once I had to wait, with excruciating pain, for 5 hours to get medical attention. While I was waiting, a middle aged couple, after having waited for 7 hours, left without the lady getting medical attention because staff was busy looking after other serious cases and could not even estimate as to when her turn will come.
If you are young and planning to start a family, do you move to suburbs or raise a family in a 600/700 sq ft condo? I do not know of any schools that could serve the residents of CityPlace and from around Rogers Centre area.
Sometime ago, I had read an article in Toronto Star about the St. Lawrence area where a few residents got together and send flyers to various buildings nearby asking for residents willing to receive kids for Haloween night.
I would like to see an area set up -- that goes across various forums/buildings -- where social apsects of condo life, after all the residents, could be discussed. Any takers?
