Sorry, I just can't buy into not buildings parks if the reason is not to attract an undesirable element. Time to fix the problem, which has nothing to do with parks.
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No disrespect to the park lovers, but I'm not feeling it.
Especially since, we know that there are a lot of drug abusing kids (And their wacky drug dealers) that love to hang out at Yonge and Wellesley. It would just make the area into a pure hell hole if you ask me. The drug dealers are all over the place there, especially by the bank machines at the corner, making their deals and phone calls. Reminds me of Yonge and Dundas back in the day. The place needs a a tanker truck of Javex to just spray the place down.
Sorry, I just can't buy into not buildings parks if the reason is not to attract an undesirable element. Time to fix the problem, which has nothing to do with parks.
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I guess Loblaws is killing them. Not surprised. That site would make for a great condo tower--though I wish the numbers would work for Yonge Street to be restricted to 10s buildings so it would become more like the scale you see on Saint Catherine
jmacmillan:
I think the Y is looking at a decentralized model with more facilities in different neighbourhoods instead of a megafacility in the core. Certainly, they have worked with the province to such ends (e.g. the post-Pan Am West Don Lands Y). Makes sense, if you ask me, given the role of the Y in community building.
The community will probably want a tiny 10 floor building with the rest of the site being a park.