emacs
Active Member
This proposal along with 'Time and Space' across the street https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...-102m-29s-pemberton-wallman-architects.15060/ will increase density tremendously in the area.
I believe that planning considered the massing of the original proposal to be too bulky, so they slimmed it down partially by eliminating the east and west balconies.Why would they remove the east and west side balconies? Was this requested by the community or is this simply a design change? The link above for the site plan approval isn't working for me.
Even if they tear down the gas station this year, wouldn't it take years of remediation before they can start building on the site?
They have two choices, excavate to bed-rock (or further) as was done at 158 Front (where there had been a TTC and then a Greyhound garage for decades) or dig down a little and cover the (contaminated) earth with an impervious membrane (as was done at Time and Space across the street). Obviously all soil that is removed will be remediated (off-site).Even if they tear down the gas station this year, wouldn't it take years of remediation before they can start building on the site?
I'm not sure, but I would think the remdiation would happen off-site, since they would dig out all the soil under the gas station anyway.Even if they tear down the gas station this year, wouldn't it take years of remediation before they can start building on the site?