A column in the local community newspaper (Beach Metro News) is more than a little NIMBY here. I don't throw that word around as much as some others here...........but if you read the piece you'll understand why I do here.
By ADAM SMITH In the public consultation about 985 Woodbine Ave. (at the northeast corner of Danforth Avenue), Andre D’Elia, architect from Superkul, said they “wanted to make sure that it didn’t feel monolithic”, an ironic choice of words as “monolithic” is the only apt phrase I see for a...
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Aside from clearly disliking the height and the architecture of the tower, and getting a few facts wrong along the way..............
The opinion piece has some major digressions/tirades that are very curious, essentially the author comes out in favour of a public builder here, more or less (I'm paraphrasing) because REITS/developers are evil. LOL
I don't know what
@ProjectEnd ever did to this fellow..... LOL
I will say..........he does manage the odd good point, buried under a deluge of lesser ones.......
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I don't know why you don't arrive at a public meeting like this, knowing the flack you're going to take, and that your strategy of 'selling' will be based in part on the need for affordable, rental housing, without at least offering a handful of units, even if you have to as asterisk beside them and say 'subject to acceptance by the City as a Community Benefit'
Let's be honest, they were going to take it on the chin over the height here regardless........but coming in w/something tangible for the community would have seemed wise.
That said, the author's polemic is rather a bit much and not particularly coherent as these things go.