Toronto Quayside: The Western Curve | 242.5m | 70s | Dream | Alison Brooks

Highlighting the George Brown College entrance. From the Building 1A - SA docs:

1.PNG
2.PNG
3.PNG
4.PNG
 
ZBA was updated here March '24 with a target of being approved at the June Council meetings. Renders below.

For these blocks the notable change is in height with buildings 1A and 1B seeing modest increases.

1716400728130.png


1716400359350.png


1716400401016.png


1716400432809.png


These next 3 are in black and white, I put that down to aA's influence as A of R ; they had to take the colour out somewhere..... LOL

1716400548450.png


1716400569042.png


1716400600320.png


@Paclo will be along with any other pertinent details in due course.

Link to the ZBA:

www.toronto.ca

Application Details

www.toronto.ca www.toronto.ca
 
nimby407 said:
There should be rules about limiting the amount of unrealistic vegetation from renderings, or have a requirement to ensure that developers follow through on what is shown on the renderings.
Click to expand...
Who would 'enforce' this and how? Using which legal mechanism? What's the 'punishment' for noncompliance? Who pays if the adjudicator loses?
 
Community forest? Not sure this even meets the definition of a "woods", but perhaps it might look closer to the renderings over a 20-50 yr time frame.🤷

Really like that one curvy irregular building! Hope the final result doesn't veer too far from the rendering (said with as straight a face as I can muster).
 
ProjectEnd said:
Who would 'enforce' this and how? Using which legal mechanism? What's the 'punishment' for noncompliance? Who pays if the adjudicator loses?
Click to expand...
The city could update their terms of reference for renderings submitted as part of zoning applications. It would be pretty easy to refuse a submission that includes ferns growing out of the slab edges up the facade, or 60' tall birch trees planted in 0.8m deep soil cells on the roof of a podium.
 
nimby407 said:
The city could update their terms of reference for renderings submitted as part of zoning applications. It would be pretty easy to refuse a submission that includes ferns growing out of the slab edges up the facade, or 60' tall birch trees planted in 0.8m deep soil cells on the roof of a podium.
Click to expand...
That's just a stupid idea. Plain and simple. You're actually advocating for this?
https://twitter.com/x/status/1539649239101460480
 
ProjectEnd said:
That's just a stupid idea. Plain and simple. You're actually advocating for this?
https://twitter.com/x/status/1539649239101460480
Click to expand...
To clarify, I think submissions should be limited to what is being contemplated for constructed. For example, if they are going to plant mature trees as part of the initial works, then that should be acceptable to show in the renderings. I think its dishonest to show an unrealistic vision of the built form in an attempt to sway public opinion.
 
nimby407 said:
To clarify, I think submissions should be limited to what is being contemplated for constructed. For example, if they are going to plant mature trees as part of the initial works, then that should be acceptable to show in the renderings. I think its dishonest to show an unrealistic vision of the built form in an attempt to sway public opinion.
Click to expand...
I agree with the meta point - if 'zoning' is about an invisible entitlement box, it should just be that, nothing more. I don't get why 'design' is imbued in something at that point (subjectively, I do, objectively, I don't).

There are ToR for that, and I think at a zoning stage it shouldn't go beyond this level of detail: https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/8f6f-Appendix1_Views_AODA.pdf
 
nimby407 said:
To clarify, I think submissions should be limited to what is being contemplated for constructed. For example, if they are going to plant mature trees as part of the initial works, then that should be acceptable to show in the renderings. I think its dishonest to show an unrealistic vision of the built form in an attempt to sway public opinion.
Click to expand...
I could understand that. Even better (though unrealistic, probably), would be renderings that show how the build is expected to evolve over time.
 
Opted to attach this to the tallest of the buildings mentioned.

Toronto City Council has adopted a zoning bylaw amendment for the first phase of development at Quayside on the city’s east waterfront that will deliver 458 affordable rental homes and 2,353 market units.
...
The rezoning, approved July 24, will permit three mixed-use towers with heights of 70, 64 and 55 storeys and a 12-storey linear building along Queens Quay East called the Timber House. The buildings will include retail space.
...
A precise timetable for the commencement of construction of the housing component has not yet been established, Gladki said.
...
Community benefits include a privately-owned public space called the Community Forest that will offer publicly accessible green space, children’s play areas, patios, plazas, outdoor seating, pathways and pet facilities; a community hub with private child care space for approximately 62 children; health and wellness services; and $5 million in additional funds to be put towards a non-profit child care in phase two blocks of Quayside.
Click to expand...
canada.constructconnect.com

First phase of 2,800 units approved for Quayside in Toronto - Daily Commercial News

Toronto City Council has adopted a zoning bylaw amendment for the first phase of development at Quayside on the city’s east waterfront that will deliver 458 affordable rental homes and 2,353 market units. The approvals come five years after Sidewalk Labs
canada.constructconnect.com canada.constructconnect.com
 
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top