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Indeed, in certain locations in the city height should be no object.
the project got approval at community council. it's not being held up. so what's the problem? that it was taken to the public at all?Toronto has to grow up. 1/2 dozen people should not have an impact on a 500 million dollar development that brings money and people into this city Toronto is just to big to be worrying about 5 storeys here and there.
NIMBYs object to high rises all the time in the biggest cities. i've read virtually identical articles of people in manhattan opposing towers that would shadow schools or parks.Our Toronto politicians keep on saying that Toronto is a world-class city but i guess they all have small town mentalitys when it comes to major developments.
developers should be forced to contribute more.
my guess is that this school next to this Four Seasons development wont be there beyond the
Grand-Opening date of 2009.
They do a sunless tan that's $150 for 90 minutes, with a reapplication that's $90 for 60 minutes. I would imagine group rates for small bodies would be much less
Cement trucks, cranes and diggers attract 6-8 year old boys, like Pam Anderson attracts 20 year old ones.
I think it's a good thing the school was able to get $2 million out of them...developers should be forced to contribute more.
Yes I agree, but 2 million dollars to move and build a new playground. I'm sure those schools without playgrounds that were ripped out a few years ago would appreciate some assistance. This does'nt make sense other than "here's 2 million dollars and shut up".
One other thing, our non-profit daycare (120 kids) installed a new playground for under $50,000. It's much better than those "no fun zones" they've installed recently at some schools.
FYI - New development is already the most heavily taxed commodity in Canada after alcohol and tabacco.
Four Seasons will be contributing a lot more cash in development charges and a variety of other taxes, not to mention all the construction jobs and taxes on the incomes from construction and then all the economic spin-offs once the tower is complete.
There are plenty of positive economic benifits to this project.
Although I hope there is a financial contribution from the developers towards the Bloor St. revitilization project. It would be nice to see that go forward sometime soon.
In fact, shadows should be welcomed as a way to cut down cases of melanoma in the city. 4 Seasons only had the best intentions when they decided to shield the children from the nasty sun.
So? If I recall correctly Vancouver manages to get a lot more out of developers for the community than we do.
Im not denying this project, or any condo project for that matter, doesn't provide a host of economic benefits. Developers sole concern is turning a profit...the benefits you listed are not due to goodwill on their part. Even with the extra contributions they've had to make (in the case of this project), they're still going to make a lot of money. I don't see why developers, in general, can't contribute more to the local communities they're building in.
Interesting point but are you sure? Gasoline? Small imported goods? People?