deep6ing
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I like the guy leering at the two women... must be fun to make these renders
I like the guy leering at the two women... must be fun to make these renders
I like the guy leering at the two women... must be fun to make these renders
Not generally a heightist myself, but one significantly taller tower would serve as a landmark/visual anchor well, especially vis-a-vis the proposed Broadview corridor where Hearn would be the southern termini.
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I was a little disappointed to see that "creating a landmark" was not included in the objectives in the planning rationale. I hope that they go for an exceptional piece of (tall) architecture in the final design. Hopefully the city can get behind it as well, considering the placemaking and wayfinding benefits that it would bring.
This project is constantly improving! Excited to see it evolve further.
Maybe they don't want to lightning rod the locals yet?
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Why delay the inevitable?
A whole slew of documents were posted on the Dev App site in late December, including an employment analysis, a retail market study, and a technical drawing set:
They've also put a lot of (prelminary) planning into the RER/SmartTrack and Relief line connections:
From the Technical Plans:
The interface with RL is a bit weak (challenge of where it is located I suppose). the Don River edge of the site is wasted so far.
Need to think bigger than treating the edge of the river still as a utilidor. They are going to be regrading the site for flood protection, and rebuilding the DVP/Gardiner ramps - can we have something more imaginative than this?
But look at how wide those planned platforms at the GO station are:
The fact that we're planning for this here and not Union didn't get lost on me.
I don't recall having seen these renders (from the retail overview doc):
I know these are just conceptual, but my first impression is that the bike lanes could use a bit more separation...
Potentially threatening fringe interest in urban design isn't the hill to die on?
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I wonder if the different LRVs might mean anything re: waterfront transit. They obviously have a solid 3D render of the red legacy streetcar, so it's a bit odd that they included the white Transit City vehicle too.
I was a little disappointed to see that "creating a landmark" was not included in the objectives in the planning rationale. I hope that they go for an exceptional piece of (tall) architecture in the final design. Hopefully the city can get behind it as well, considering the placemaking and wayfinding benefits that it would bring.
This project is constantly improving! Excited to see it evolve further.