I love infill developments! They always seem like more effort is put into the design of the area. Most of the time.

Isn't all of the designs on the waterfront done by competitions? A lot of iconic buildings in Canada are not done by Canadians. As go for many buildings outside of Canada that are done by Canadians.

If that's what everyone does at City Hall... I want to work there. ;)

You also have to think how much of a landmark this will be. I can bet they will sell the naming rights asap. and lets remember what was going to be here.. "440 above-ground parking spaces and four arenas all at ground level."

^ Well its either the community pays more taxes or you build a public-private partnership. You want to develop in our community or city? Fine. But you need to pay for something WE want if you want to get what you want. Simple business.

I never said I wanted it here. Its very clear that this is the wrong place for it. Sadly the point was made that it 'needs' to be here. So it must follow the design standards of the waterfront. No exceptions. The first cheap ice rink was pretty much a Wal-Mart... a building with fields of...

Its a good policy. I just finished reading it. There is nothing bribe-like about it.

Right, lets give our most vulnerable citizens low quality housing. They don't deserve to live in high quality housing. Have you ever been inside some of the 'older' public/affordable housing? The conditions are horrible. Poor air quality, mold, aging utilities... these seniors, students...

Good for Miller. He is completely right. Why put something like this in the suburbs rather than downtown.

Thank you, I'd love to read that up. Appreciate the responce.

I think this is a policy in Vancouver when it comes to a development. You must provide improvement to the public in order to develop. I don't hear this happening much in Toronto.

Taj Mahal and ice rinks are different from BRT and subways? If there is going to be an ice rink on the waterfront, it must follow design standards. The facts brought up about the ‘lack ‘of recreation spaces are not the only issue in the city. You could easily compare this to affordable...

I'm not sure about population growth but I do remember seeing a "places to grow" type policy for the north. Also theterribleone is right. Minorities are becoming a large part of the weathly. Look at Markham and Brampton.

Wow. I heard about the bike one but I didn't know the others.

Your right, the Oval is a world-class, LEED, Olympic standard facility; it can't come close to what is going to be built here. I don't understand the debate on the an all glass ice rink. As long as the refrigerant keeps the building and the ice cool enough, there should not be an issue. If there...

^ The Richmond Oval had a big portion in glass. I don't wanna settle for option 'number cheap'.

Tim Horton's Double-Double City Rinks.

How much is Nathan's going to cost? 50M?

Oh I hope Toronto gets the 4-story pad. That would just be amazing!