greenleaf
Senior Member
Mirvish should just go to the OMB.
Apparently I needed a tl;dr version of my above post:
They are planning to go to the OMB in September.
Mirvish should just go to the OMB.
Yes, sorry about that. Those city reports always make my eyes glaze over.Apparently I needed a tl;dr version of my above post:
They are planning to go to the OMB in September.
Yes, sorry about that. Those city reports always make my eyes glaze over.
Still, even if Mirvish takes it to the OMB, it appears he has capitulated somewhat by agreeing to this working group, whose purpose is to find a middle ground (i.e., a scale reduction of some kind). I'm of the mind that these towers should go forward as originally planned or not at all. I fear the irreverent designs won't look good on a smaller scale. The original heights are part and parcel of integrity of the designs, in my opnion.
Yes, sorry about that. Those city reports always make my eyes glaze over.
Still, even if Mirvish takes it to the OMB, it appears he has capitulated somewhat by agreeing to this working group, whose purpose is to find a middle ground (i.e., a scale reduction of some kind). I'm of the mind that these towers should go forward as originally planned or not at all. I fear the irreverent designs won't look good on a smaller scale. The original heights are part and parcel of integrity of the designs, in my opnion.
what the city should be fighting for is full realization of the Art Gallery element, free to public, with separate galleries for each artist (this is proposed by Mirvish w/r his art collection). If the approval is conditional on this its an incalculable win for the city.
I'm continually bemused how this incredible element is consciously over-looked.
I'm convinced Keesmatt is so dug in with her "trite" criticisms she has no way of backing down. So she's burying her head in bicycle-policy-land to the exclusion of everything else. She therefore needs to win major concessions (changes of any sort) to justify her delays and stonewalling.
It's legitimate to question whether her credentials were sufficient to have taken on Chief Planner role in a city of Toronto's size.
Perhaps they just don't want this to play into their decision much because they know that element could easily be removed from the overall plan, or succumb to bait and switch. Or it could simply be removed after a few years and become something else all together.The fact that city planning considers this element completely irrelevant to the issue tells you just how small time narrow-minded our city planning is.
cassius is right - plus there is really no legally defensible mechanism for planning to make exceptions on the basis of this element.
re: Keesmatt and Ford - the former was quite blunt and confrontational about Ford's various schemes - she is definitely far more activist about it than any previous Chief Planner I can think of (some would argue that is a bad thing, though not so sure in this particular context). For the record, I think she is more qualified for the job than any of us.
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Yes, sorry about that. Those city reports always make my eyes glaze over.
Still, even if Mirvish takes it to the OMB, it appears he has capitulated somewhat by agreeing to this working group, whose purpose is to find a middle ground (i.e., a scale reduction of some kind). I'm of the mind that these towers should go forward as originally planned or not at all. I fear the irreverent designs won't look good on a smaller scale. The original heights are part and parcel of integrity of the designs, in my opnion.
buildup:
There is more to planning than pointing to a project and say "me likey". She is trained as, and have actual experience in planning as a professional activity - I dare say most of us don't. That is the logic.
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