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

[tripwire]

Ah, the fantasy of this LRT happening (any time soon)!

 

[mburrrrr]

…and a reminder of the new laneway to the north of this building before occupancy to the resident parking garage beginning in “March 2025”.
24 229549 STE 10 CD - Under Review

 

[Amare]

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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Good on you to message planning, nice work!

The not so good news is that we'll be waiting 30+ years at this rate, so no change coming anytime soon.