Vaughan Expo City: Expo 1,2, & Nord | ?m | 38s | Cortel Group | AJT Architects

[interchange42]

I agree, but unfortunately, most Toronto planners (and UT forumers) don't. That's why Yonge St. in NYCC is such a pariah.

How would you propose to do it?

I'd say try the Champs Élysees model fromParis, where in the middle you have the through traffic lanes, then you get a boulevard island planted with trees, then a narrow service road on each side, with parallel parking in places, then the sidewalk, also planted with trees, and the building wall.

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[raptor]

New renders for towers 3+4, as the fourth tower about to start sales tomorrow. Surprise - they've added balconies!
Could mods please update the title of the thread to include NORD East + West towers? Or perhaps, branch out to a new thread?

 

[enrigue8]

Shame on them for adding balconies !
I am very disappointed to see that.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Nord East & West are both 123.5m tall.

 

[raptor]

Noticed a crane has already been erected for Nord West.

 

[alexb805]

Here are a couple of images from the last Weekend

 

[innsertnamehere]

Thanks! I'm really fascinated by VMC, it'll be really interesting to see what it is like in 3 years or so.

 

[Ryan_T]

Yes, the bones are falling into place. The YRT stop is huge, and the subway terminal is almost ready.

 

[taal]

Hate to say it but NYCC has different characteristics with most other areas; It's pretty packed from Finch to Sheppard past 8pm weekday, particularly weekends;

A lot of it has to do with the culture / lifestyles of the various folks who live closeby;

So it's not a good example to cite as a success due to urban planning or built forum, nothing to due with that; Other than the fact there was room to put all the restaurants / cafe / bars (and it's mainly that if you stop and think about it, not much else really).

 

[Edward Skira]

Hate to say it but NYCC has different characteristics with most other areas; It's pretty packed from Finch to Sheppard past 8pm weekday, particularly weekends;
A lot of it has to do with the culture / lifestyles of the various folks who live closeby;

So it's not a good example to cite as a success due to urban planning or built forum, nothing to due with that; Other than the fact there was room to put all the restaurants / cafe / bars (and it's mainly that if you stop and think about it, not much else really).

Built form is still important.

One of the things that I initially hated but now I think is part of the reason for the success is many of the new buildings provided the small Chinese Mall style retail outlets rather than the bigger high ceilinged style you find in most new developments. A lot of vibrancy at Yonge and Finch because of all of those small tea, karaoke and food joints.

This is busy any night of the week.

The older small retail units are also very vibrant. This is very busy.

The big ones like this are a dead zone.

One side of the street busy. The other dead. Same demographic of people, same density. That BMO branch could have had a minimum of 4 tea places. Built form at play. A lesson here.

 

[ponyboy]

I hope they can do a better job getting the trees to grow better along here. A nice mature tree canopy will help immensely.

 

[lead82]

The trees are in caskets here. It’s rare for them to grow well in such conditions.

 

[interchange42]

Most caskets come with built-in fertilizer.

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[Edward Skira]

 

[A Torontonian Now]

As seen from Sheppard & Yonge, taken yesterday: