While PE and I would vary somewhat on how many good development opportunities there are in this City........I would concur w/him here that there are not 'hundreds' of other sites, most particularly that are comparable in terms of location, supportable density etc etc.
I'm sympathetic to the idea that we ought to retain lots of the best 'character/charm/heritage' areas, much moreso than many here. But this is far from the finest example of intact, preservation-worthy character, yet the proponent has gone some distance to preserve much of the 'feel' just the same.
But it's hard to talk about the overall charm of Selby when it looks like this:
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I would gladly agree that the development of decades past on Bloor addressed this street poorly, but that's where we are.........
Huntley is somewhat more intact........but still.......
This is what it looks like north of Selby:
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To the south, the scale is more humane, but it's hardly intact heritage w/the Rogers complex off to the west side:
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All of which is to say, I see lots to like in this proposal.
I do feel the park concept is problematic, as I discussed in a previous post; and I think there's some room to tweak (improve) how the heritage aspects are handled.
But I think an outright rejection here is overkill.
Given proximity to the subway, given what's already been done in the area and what neighbours the site and given the positives w/this proposal, I think it merits further consideration and the yellowbelt zoning here
should be re-thought.
* edit to add, looking at the streetview above, I do hope, one day, there's a reclad of the back of Greenwin Square (low rise portion fronting Selby) we can mitigate some of that blight.
