AlexBozikovic
Active Member
I’ve got a piece coming. But to clarify: the plan is not to close Elizabeth Street to vehicle traffic but to make it pedestrian-first and heavily planted.
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Northern Light
Superstar
Thanks for the clarification.
HousingNowTO
Senior Member
When they have worked on including EMS hub into some of the Housing Now podiums, it is essentially defined as 250 m2 drive-thru section of the street-level for swapping staff shifts and restocking / cleaning the EMS vehicles, same format to what they have included in 260 Adelaide St W project - https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2022/01/60-storeys-and-park-proposed-entertainment-district-sites.47034
Northern Light
Superstar
Your piece is now linked:
At the bus station, Toronto makes grand designs for its future
Mixed-use project will have 873 rental apartments, one-third of them with below-market rents, with plans to begin construction next year
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Alex's piece provides a solid summary of the proposal and he is broadly laudatory of entire thing and the process that delivered it.
I generally agree, with the proviso, that oddly, I'm a bit more cynical than Alex on this one in terms of the City's willingness and ability to execute. But I'd more more than pleased to be proved wrong.
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We do learn a few new details in Alex's piece in respect of the cladding of both buildings:
The Studio Gang designed building over the heritage terminal is clad in limestone.
While the AA building, will, if Peter Clewes has his way, be clad in Titanium.
In respect of the above, one of two paragraphs I will bring forward in full:
The intent, is to get construction going by the end of 2025. Certainly plausible, but will require the City and their partners to work to a tighter timeline than certainly the City is used to.....
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Finally, on the Elizabeth Plaza space, we get a smidge more detail:
The render posted with the article, in respect of the space above, I have chosen to enlarge for purposes of illustration:
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Globe and Paywall of course... >.<
AlexBozikovic
Active Member
Everybody has to make a living!
The Toronto Public Library offers free access to The Globe.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Fair enough!
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Same with archive.is
Just put the G&M or Toronto Star article in the black box in archive.is and the article shows up in full.