Toronto Wellesley on the Park | 194.15m | 60s | Lanterra | KPMB

ADRM · Mar 4, 2018

Automation Gallery said:
one of the most crime ridden intersections of Toronto

I'm not sure you know where this development is.

junctionist · Mar 4, 2018

ADRM said:
I'm not sure you know where this development is.

There has been a lot of talk on Reddit about crime in the Yonge and Wellesley area recently on account of the street people who hang out there.

Automation Gallery · Mar 5, 2018

ADRM said:
I'm not sure you know where this development is.

Oh yes i do, talk to the store owners in the area and they'll give you the scoop

Towered · Mar 5, 2018

ponyboy said:
It would be so cool if the city and property owners in this area could organize a laneway/mews system like in Melbourne. It would draw people in and generate a lot of revenue. However, they would need to encourage small and fine grained commercial, which seems to be contrary to how most projects in Toronto change the commercial realm (mostly larger footprint chains). The area west of Yonge south of Charles down to College could be designed like a above ground PATH system. The central spine could be St. Nicholas and St. Luke Lanes. Cut throughs between Yonge and this spine could be made at a couple mid-block points that would feature pocket parks. This is the ideal part of the city to shepherd something like this, but it will not be possible without vision, leadership and coordination. Opportunities for realizing such a vision are rapidly closing. It is hard to sell this because many people prefer clean looking aesthetics, worry about crime, and fire departments try to nix it because they can't get there trucks in there.

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Something that cool will never happen here.