Andrew3D
Active Member
Why try to be something we're not? We're already restoring a former industrial site into something more then it ever was before, bringing life back to an area that was desolate for many years. The intention has always been to make this the central focus of a new mixed use commercial residential district in our city. This goal can't be achieved if we just leave the surrounding land as grassy knolls and and unused lots. This area will never be or feel complete until the developer has finished their master plan. I'm sure many of the shop, restaurant and artisans that have set up shop here have done so with the knowledge that development would come in and introduce more people to the area, right now for most I bet this is a long term investment. If some of you had your way and put a massive cap on what development could be allowed within the area surrounding the Distillery I'm sure many of the businesses would close. When was the last time any of you spent time in the area mid winter? Even on the weekends it's dead once the cold hits.
The Distillery isn't located on the outskirts of the city, every year the city grows bigger and closer, if CityCorp doesn't build a few tall towers it'll only be a few years until TEDCO allows another developer to do it a few acres away. If you've been following the West Don-lands Proposals you'd know this to be true. We're not an old city, so I see no shame in combing what we have with new designs, to me it shows us as a progressive city. I just don't get all this false nostalgia for an area I bet most of us never knew much about or experienced before it was cleaned up and decontaminated in the late 90's.
To say nay to tall towers so one can walk around the brick roads and pretend they were in yesteryear is laughable. If you want to feel like you're in an old European city I suggest booking a flight and going to one, this is Toronto, this is 2007, and new and old merged is going to happen at the Distillery.
The Distillery isn't located on the outskirts of the city, every year the city grows bigger and closer, if CityCorp doesn't build a few tall towers it'll only be a few years until TEDCO allows another developer to do it a few acres away. If you've been following the West Don-lands Proposals you'd know this to be true. We're not an old city, so I see no shame in combing what we have with new designs, to me it shows us as a progressive city. I just don't get all this false nostalgia for an area I bet most of us never knew much about or experienced before it was cleaned up and decontaminated in the late 90's.
To say nay to tall towers so one can walk around the brick roads and pretend they were in yesteryear is laughable. If you want to feel like you're in an old European city I suggest booking a flight and going to one, this is Toronto, this is 2007, and new and old merged is going to happen at the Distillery.
