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DavidCapizzano
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Gonna be gorgeous when all of that wood turns silver
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Gonna be gorgeous when all of that wood turns silver
Northern Light
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Just for Clarity, a TRCA project, not a City project.
Yes, publicly funded, and indeed, the City does contribute to the TRCA's budget, but it is not the TRCA's sole funder, and doesn't directly manage it, though it certainly has influence on it.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Complete.
AlbertC
Superstar
I don't love this but it certainly looks interesting. It literally looks like stacked lumber forming a building.
LUVIT!
Senior Member
oh? Hmmmmm? Not certain what to think ?
jje1000
Senior Member
I'm guessing based on the renderings that they expect the wood to weather and become grey, but hopefully the final result will be more even-looking than the pallet palace the building currently resembles.
ADRM
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At risk of beating a dead horse, I am struggling here with the land use decision to put a brand new, standalone HQ in a place that most workers and visitors will drive a single occupancy vehicle to...
I feel similarly here as I do about Toronto's obsession with "showpiece" community centres -- as with those, there is no reason that this couldn't be more centrally located on a major node, with housing or other uses atop.
I feel similarly here as I do about Toronto's obsession with "showpiece" community centres -- as with those, there is no reason that this couldn't be more centrally located on a major node, with housing or other uses atop.
Two subway stops within a short walk.
ADRM
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The presence of those stations doesn't necessarily mean most people will traffic them en route to this building.
innsertnamehere
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TRCA's service area is huge, including large amounts of rural areas - their operations are always going to be quite car-based by the nature of their mandate. They service watersheds as far out as Dufferin County..
Northern Light
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@innsertnamehere is correct.
While many TRCA staff who service outlying areas are not based out of HQ, some are, certainly.
But beyond that, there are political optics to be seen to be central to all the region's contributing to the TRCA's budget. Toronto, York, Peel and Durham.
There was another consideration here, which is placing it on an existing TRCA land holding.
Certainly the case could be made that it should be been just a bit closer to a subway station/major transit corridor. But without a land swap and/or the added cost of acquisition, the options weren't unlimited.
Also important to note is that this location was convenient to many staff who would not have appreciated a move that lengthened their commute.
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Giving it some thought, I can see a York U parcel that would reduce the distance between the nearest station and the HQ from ~800M to ~550M and put it closer to Keele.
They could, in theory, have swapped the existing site to York, though financially that trade would be very favourable to the TRCA:
ADRM
Senior Member
Well said. Put it there and put housing (or student housing!) atop.
Northern Light
Superstar
Official Grand Opening was today.
trca.ca
From the above:
Then some stuff about the talking heads...... LOL
Photos:
Also.......... wanna check it out for yourself?
It will be part of Doors Open this year.
www.toronto.ca
Guided tours every 30m.
TRCA Celebrates the Grand Opening of its Innovative and Sustainable Administrative Office Building
TRCA has officially opened its new administrative office building, a landmark designed to meet the highest global standards for sustainability.
trca.ca
From the above:
Then some stuff about the talking heads...... LOL
Photos:
Also.......... wanna check it out for yourself?
It will be part of Doors Open this year.
Building or Site Details
www.toronto.ca
Guided tours every 30m.