East Gwillimbury Yonge & Green Lane | ?m | ?s | Redwood | BNKC

[Paclo]

Yonge & Green Lane: a proposed master-planned mixed-use residential, commercial, institutional and public space development designed by BNKC for Redwood Properties on the east side of Yonge Street, north of Green Lane in East Gwillimbury.

Renderings from BNKC and the Concept Package of 2022:

 

[.dwg]

Re: those renderings. You have the opportunity to create a community from scratch, and that's what you come up with? A generic, cold, suburban hodgepodge? Oof.

 

[Undead]

It's in a suburban/rural area, but I don't see how you can call this suburban. I think it's pretty unrealistic for this area, but the concept plan as presented is far from suburban.

 

[.dwg]

It's a built form based on huge suburban lot sizes (with a resultant built form of low, sprawling podiums dotted with point towers). So yes, I consider it very suburban.

 

[Undead]

It has mixed use, high and medium density, some site porosity, civic spaces and a grid-ish layout. This is not suburban. Check the surrounding area in Streetview if you want real suburban.

 

[.dwg]

I have worked on urban design master plans for suburban communities, I am well aware of the criteria of what makes something suburban or not. You do not have to agree with my criteria.