College Park said:
Let's put these all through downtown: why exactly can Calgary has it's plus15s and we Torontonians have to creep underground to avoid slush and burning sun?
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Have you even tried using the Plus15 outside of business hours? The path is useless because some buildings lock their doors.
 
Let's put these all through downtown: why exactly can Calgary has it's plus15s and we Torontonians have to creep underground to avoid slush and burning sun?
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The original plan was a plus 14 I think for Toronto. Some like City Hall to Sheraton were built. They then realized the subway was underground which made it more convenient to move everything down instead of up.
 
I prefer street life in free public spaces, not sterile and highly-regulated, mall-like corridors. Rain or shine.
 
Ed007Toronto said:
The original plan was a plus 14 I think for Toronto. Some like City Hall to Sheraton were built. They then realized the subway was underground which made it more convenient to move everything down instead of up.
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Plus the fact that certain critical elements were underground for de facto *aesthetic* reasons (the TD Concourse most especially--Mies w/+15's?!? Come now...)
 
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Incidentally, while Calgaryesque +15 systems may be problematic for urban aesthetics in general, I find they're actually quite fitting for the plugged-together-partsness of medical/hospital complexes like this...
 
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