scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
So which forumer is Joey Slinger? This isn't the first time such articles have appeared a day or two after something like a fiendish rant.
Then why did Jane Jacobs choose Toronto?Providing the design is strong and attractive I have no issues with building at the R.O.M. As the city grows bigger and denser we're going to have to realize that tall buildings will start to sprout up in places once unheard of. And I know of at least a few members on here that would agree this site being only a block south of Bloor will hardly be out of place. I'm not sure what the big deal is with creating new skylines or why we need to protect virgin sightlines here in Canada's biggest city. If I wanted to see big open sky's void of tall buildings I wouldn't be living here.
This city has precious little public-realm space in its centre, and the ROM has no business splintering up bits of what there is by selling off some of it to the rich. Conversely, we have no shortage of parking lots and other far more appropriate redevelopment sites upon which to locate a condo.
South of Bloor and down to College between Queens Park and Huron should remain the terrain of the U of T and a couple of other hallowed institutions like the ROM. Some areas deserve to be special and should remain set aside for rare purposes.
There is simply no good reason for a condo on the site of the ROM other than to scrounge a little money for its current expansion. The south side should be left until such time as another expansion to the public galleries and/or curatorial offices and/or U of T Faculty of Music facilities is envisioned. Not a cubic centimetre of this area should be removed from institutional use.
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It's not about her being against skyscrapers, it's about her being against skyscrapers as an indiscriminate be-all and end-all.I'm not sure about your Jane Jacobs reference, she may have stood up against this proposed development but she wasn't against skyscrapers either. She advocated working neighborhoods with a mixed selection of architecture in both form and function.
It's not about her being against skyscrapers, it's about her being against skyscrapers as an indiscriminate be-all and end-all.
This city has precious little public-realm space in its centre, and the ROM has no business splintering up bits of what there is by selling off some of it to the rich. Conversely, we have no shortage of parking lots and other far more appropriate redevelopment sites upon which to locate a condo.
South of Bloor and down to College between Queens Park and Huron should remain the terrain of the U of T and a couple of other hallowed institutions like the ROM. Some areas deserve to be special and should remain set aside for rare purposes.
There is simply no good reason for a condo on the site of the ROM other than to scrounge a little money for its current expansion. The south side should be left until such time as another expansion to the public galleries and/or curatorial offices and/or U of T Faculty of Music facilities is envisioned. Not a cubic centimetre of this area should be removed from institutional use.
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