Torontonians could start to ask themselves what kind of experience at street level do they expect from their developers? What makes a city more livable more walkable? Heritage buildings and/or their facades are not only preserved for their reference to Toronto's past but also to preserve a fine grained experience at the pedestrian level. Should this not be a precedent for city planners to exert some kind of influence upon a more varied use of materials and textures that replicate that experience in new builds?
In any subdivision or old neighbourhood, it is expected that a household cuts the grass and makes aesthetic repairs not only for their sake but for the sake of the neighbours, visitors and the district they live in. A lawn, for example, though privately owned, is a visual transaction with those living near or merely walking by. Here we have a fifty story tower that from my point of view makes little effort in that transaction.
Tell me they could not afford to put some creativity into the design at street level for the sake of those who share this urban space. This is a 50 story tower with over a thousand units in it.
