Skeezix
Senior Member
You're going to love this Clewes building, in this context.
Good pun. "Context".
You're going to love this Clewes building, in this context.
Proving yet again that we forgot how to build dense, yet low to mid rise, mixed income neighbourhoods, and that the city doesn't know what it wants.
Well, there goes the (St. Lawrence) neighbourhood. (Okay, exaggerating a bit, but this is not good precedent).
Proving yet again that we forgot how to build dense, yet low to mid rise, mixed income neighbourhoods, and that the city doesn't know what it wants.
Thanks, Andrew, very illuminating.
But criminy, where did the base image for your mockup come from? Is that the Windows Live map view?
Well, there goes the (St. Lawrence) neighbourhood. (Okay, exaggerating a bit, but this is not good precedent).
Proving yet again that we forgot how to build dense, yet low to mid rise, mixed income neighbourhoods, and that the city doesn't know what it wants.
Developers and city hall: stop pandering to suburbanites who want to still keep their silly cars. If they want cars--why not build huge multistory's (with artistic flair) at key transit nodes or along the gardiner where they park n ride?
The stupid thing about those parking garages is that many of them are, at most, half full because many condo owners don't own cars at all. I think there is a silly rule that there must be a parking space for every unit. I wonder how much quicker condos could be built, how much cheaper they would be to build and how much condo fees could be reduced if we weren't forced to provide parking.
I would call you a cynic but I'm even more jaded. I've seen these new towers and, drama in the sky aside, they offer f__k-all in terms of street-level improvements. Normally, they have a huge porte cochere and laneway for cars to turn around in and a gaping garage door entranceway to the underground parking. At the expense of sounding like a NIMBY I'm going to say that our streetscapes are increasingly turning into industrial-sized garages thanks to the condo boom. Just look at Bay street.