Canadian Chocho
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Or you could just walk down the street and make that judgement for yourself and not base the notion of the area as being 'hardly low-rise' on an infographic.
I used to be on the fence about this project, but now I'm turning against it. The buildings look great, but architecture - though it's our primary interest on this forum - is just one consideration.
I'm getting kind of sick of Mirvish's arrogance over this project. How he seems to think we should be grateful while he breaks a long list of heritage and zoning rules in order to make himself hundreds of millions of dollars richer by dumping almost 3000 new units on an already bloated condo market. If Mirvish wants to leave a legacy that the people of Toronto will appreciate, why not hire Gehry to build a City of Toronto Museum somewhere. I'm sorry if I'm not feeling pride over another condo developer trying to gorge themselves.
Meanwhile, I'm really not convinced by Christopher Hume (and others) clutching his pearls over the fact that Toronto's not going to be a "world class city" without this development. Can anyone really say or hear the term "world class city" without rolling their eyes?
"t doesn't sound like you were ever really on the fence.
I do agree and have said before that some of the resistance here is the tall poppy syndrome. Whether he's more of less arrogant than any other developer, frankly I don't care. All I care is what we're getting, and from the look of things we need a lot more arrogance in this city.
I'd rather have that in the city than open the floodgates for more Auras.
It doesn't sound like you were ever really on the fence.
I do agree and have said before that some of the resistance here is the tall poppy syndrome. Whether he's more of less arrogant than any other developer, frankly I don't care. All I care is what we're getting, and from the look of things we need a lot more arrogance in this city.
Lets be clear ED Mirvish was the one whom built the Mirvish brand. For those who think David couldn't just be in it for a quick pay day and has his mind on legacy, why then just continue to sell off everything Ed made. Why are the sceptical people being judged when David hasn't done anything for the city. By the way if he wanted to he could just donate his Art to the AGO but instead he's using his name and art as justifying breaking all these codes.
Yes Toronto has a few slabs as well. But you were saying that Toronto is not a world class city because we don't build as many towers as those 3rd world cities. My point is that you shouldn't judge a city based on it's skyline because it doesn't mean that it's great to live there. Of course those cities have some nice buildings too, but Toronto is a different kind of city and we shouldn't necessarily copy what Dubai does.
I'd rather have that in the city than open the floodgates for more Auras.