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ADRM
Senior Member
Some really cool shots from the latest WT board book:
Towered
Senior Member
Will the re-aligned Cherry Street be built to accomodate a future extension of the streetcar ROW?
ADRM
Senior Member
It is indeed currently being built with that provisioning; initially for BRT with the notion that by the year 3,108 it be upgraded to LRT.
someMidTowner
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Entirely too optimistic for this town.
Ciarlandini
Active Member
Yellowstone will have errupted by the time it would be upgradedEntirely too optimistic for this town.
Towered
Senior Member
Yup, that's about what I expect from this town!
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Guidelines for the PIC district next door - from the June WT DRP:
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skycandy
Senior Member
From this morning...
King Kong vibratory machine pushing down columns (hangs from crane).
Was literally shaking in my boots standing nearby...
A brief peak at east side... pano view.
The Black Hills of Toronto....
Back to the west side of Cherry...
The 'western range' continues to impress...
Located on north side of current bridge...
King Kong vibratory machine pushing down columns (hangs from crane).
Was literally shaking in my boots standing nearby...
A brief peak at east side... pano view.
The Black Hills of Toronto....
Back to the west side of Cherry...
The 'western range' continues to impress...
Located on north side of current bridge...
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Very likely will there be a new plaque nearby.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
May 28th Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting Presentation:
May Construction Notice:
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May Construction Notice:
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GabrielHurl
Active Member
Lovely.
Of all the stuff happening in the city - this is easily the project that excites me the most.
Of all the stuff happening in the city - this is easily the project that excites me the most.
junctionist
Senior Member
It's an amazing project, but it worries me too. Are they actually going to achieve the kind of short blocks, diversity of uses, diversity of building sizes, and density that Jane Jacobs would praise? I feel like that's what could be achieved, but the plans so far show large buildings taking up each block. Aside from the parkland, there's a risk that the new neighbourhood will be quite monolithic and dull.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Based on the plans, it should be comparable to St. Lawrence or WDL. Probably dull, other than along certain edges. That's okay too.
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junctionist
Senior Member
St. Lawrence has everything I talked about: short blocks, diversity of uses, buildings of different sizes and ages, and density. It also has people of various socioeconomic backgrounds. It's vibrant and widely regarded as a great urban neighbourhood. I believe that Jane Jacobs herself provided feedback when the neighbourhood was being revitalized in the 1970s.