AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
My point is that this is a highly successful urban street that should be a model for others. Having this proposed scale of massing pressing right up against Markham and looming over the old Victorians isn't good design IMO. It's not sensitive to the existing built form.
Also - some of the old homes on Markham are being torn down needlessly as part of this proposed development.
But at the same time, why shouldn't we touch Markham Street? It's right by a subway station and is maintaining 2s built form and cramming growth into downtown proper the best way to grow the city? Moving forward I think we need to rethink the attitude of treating low rise neighbourhood as sarcosanct by default.
AoD