SaugeenJunction said:
Looks like new documents have been posted on the Application Information Centre.
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Some first blush things to take away.

The Project Data Sheet shows tenure as TBD.

From same, unit sizes remain on the small side, not in line w/the worst we've seen by any means.....but probably 50-150ft2 light depending on unit size.

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A lot of people have been discussing the track level arrangement:

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"Proposal" at the top, rail under and adjacent (lower portion of image)

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The retail, in red, all fronts the new Promenade and turns its back on Front Street:

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The proposal is still reliant on City properties for which no agreement is yet in place:

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toronto647 said:
Might be a silly question, but anyone know why was there no East Block i.e. Spadina to Blue Jays way submitted? Is the developer focusing on the other blocks for now? or what is the thought process.
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Answered my own question for anyone else that is wondering what about the section from Spadina to Blue Jays (aka east block) from the cover letter submitted to the city that was uploaded today....

"While this submission represents an update to the plans previously submitted for the Subject Site, updated plans for the remainder of the Full Site east of Spadina Avenue (referred to in previous submissions as the “East Block”) are not included in this submission. The Applicant intends to resume design efforts on the East Block at a point in time when entitlements for the Subject Site are further advanced and once greater clarity is achieved on Metrolinx’s ultimate track configuration within the active portion of the Union Station Rail Corridor."
 
This photo that Paclo linked of this "project" is quite frankly the perfect illustration of what Toronto has become in the 21st century.

If there was one photo that encapulates the urban development landscape in this city, this would be it.

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Amare said:
This photo that Paclo linked of this "project" is quite frankly the perfect illustration of what Toronto has become in the 21st century.

If there was one photo that encapulates the urban development landscape in this city, this would be it.
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I think people here put too much emphasis on renderings at the rezoning stage. Think of this as just massing. Design will be refined later.
 
If this ever happens, imagine all of the brains, labor, capital, and construction resources deployed here to build a bridge above a railyard to make a development site.

Meanwhile, there are 100,000 houses in this city that could each be demolished in a day with a backhoe.

What an absurdity.
 
Northern Light said:
Bad use of money though. The additional height over USRC (where elevated) would reduce Lake views for pedestrians at-grade. Elevated Parks aren't functional without easy access, which the grade hinders, and would mean escalators and elevators at multiple locations. All that and vegetation would have to be stripped off completely every 30-40 years in order to re-do the membranes (waterproofing)

We're much better off expanding Lakefront Parks, removing Bayview south of Gerrard and buying up the car dealerships there to create a 10+ acre park next to the Don, and other comparable investments.
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Very logical and I agree with you completely. That said, part of me sometimes wishes that we had the ambition/political will/imagination of a city like Barcelona, where they're building the La Sagrera Linear Park, a 4 kilometre long park built entirely above the newly buried high-speed railway lines and a new La Sagrera station, all cutting through the middle of the city

https://www.west8.com/projects/la-sagrera-linear-park/
 
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