Towered
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You guys are honestly surprised by this? It's Toronto.
Dude, take a happy pill and stop making it out like it only happens in Toronto. It happens everywhere. The O was as audacious a rezoning application as 2 Carlton. The U is still pretty damn bold to put forth.
The height reduction is definitely to appease City Planning and Councillor Cressy.
I assume the bridge is gone because it's no longer affordable. When the size of a project gets cut, the developer has to take more per unit to pay for bolder, more expensive architectural gestures. If they figure the burden on each unit will make their price unappealing and therefore a tough sell, they have to cut the gestures. Anyway, that's my guess, along with the bridge having next to no point if it doesn't rise above other buildings in the area: if you can't see the bridge on the skyline, that's an expensive frill to build for little return.
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So in other words... the city is to blame for the bad design?