Toronto Quay House | 73.15m | 21s | Empire | Kirkor

I was surprised that this was still under construction. I'd assumed that it was so depressing, that everyone working on it had given up and quit.

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The street level is absolutely ridiculous.

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Just walked past and noticed that they screwed up on the elevations so the front doors are reached by going up steps. Yes, there is (in essence) a two-height sidewalk but this is really not up to the AODA aspirations and just laziness on someone's part.

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Then add to the fact that the streetwall here looks like an embarrassment, and overall what we have here is an appalling piece of trash all around.

Essentially we have a piece of narrow sidewalk that shouldnt be there.
 
Just walked past and noticed that they screwed up on the elevations so the front doors are reached by going up steps. Yes, there is (in essence) a two-height sidewalk but this is really not up to the AODA aspirations and just laziness on someone's part.

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I wrote to Planning about the sidewalk levels and received the following quite hopeful message - well, hopeful IF we ever see the LRT!

".... good question – this streetscape is an interim condition that will exist until Queens Quay East is reconstructed for the Waterfront East LRT. The interim condition has to negotiate a difference between the existing grade of Queens Quay and the building designed at the future level of the street, which will be slightly higher (similar to what’s been constructed on the other side Richardson – see screenshot below). The ultimate condition will have continuous level sidewalk, as illustrated in these cross-sections:
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