“We did it!” Frank Ghery quietly said as I congratulated him at the ground breaking of his King West project. Over years through a hiatus that saw the site sold to today’s development group & all the complexity, Frank remained centred on the need for transformative design.
@jm_mcgrath@ChrisSpoke Aside from the issues themselves, observing whether the American VP weighing in on Canadian immigration policy is akin to a Canadian Premier lighting up American tariff policy?
Editorial alt title: Toronto leaves door ajar for corner stores. Makes one wonder how many Globe subscribers would have once appreciated picking up the paper by walking to their “corner store” (& how said subscribers may now correlate to the neighbours opposing this change).
It’s worth reading and not so much wrong as overly pessimistic. IMO an outcome that resulted in (admittedly limited) permissions when there were none is not “closing the door” to me. Sure, I wanted the door thrown wide open, but now it’s slightly ajar and light is coming in.
Flashback to July 2020 - Toronto Council endorses EHON work plan which over the last 5+ years has brought much more choice to more places for more people across Toronto’s diverse neighbourhoods
Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods adopted by Toronto City Council endorsing a work plan that represents a generational opportunity to evolve low rise neighbourhoods as more inclusive places for people to call home @CityPlanTO
@anotherglassbox In order to choose driving (which I sometimes do) to get the coffee we are out of, and complain about the traffic of course (which I sometimes do) instead of having at least the choice to walk or ride to get said coffee
Toronto Council considers whether it can make life a little easier for more people in more places - a decision that can bridge generations and communities, instead of dividing them
If you could walk a few minutes to get the milk you forgot for your kids cereal or maybe you need chocolate chips for homemade cookies because your grandchildren are coming over - this city can work better for all generations when life is within reach https://t.co/rwc1UX1SCC
@MikePMoffatt@PlannerSean Again, yes on misalignment between growth funding & planning intentions - more recent DC relief etc on multiplex, laneway & garden example of alignment that is needed
@MikePMoffatt@PlannerSean Yes, part of the misalignment. Check out all the recent ERO postings for planning act reform & do a word search for “human rights” driven policy …
@MikePMoffatt@PlannerSean This was very recent Mike. I’m talking about 15 years of seeking larger condo units; when it didn’t pencil in an increasingly frothy land & construction cost market
@PlannerSean@MikePMoffatt Over & over & over again & when guidelines & then policy were tried, over ruled by “ let the market decide”; is a balanced approach possible? Incremental sprawl expansion? Dev Charges reform? Incentives for 3bed in “any form infill” ? Biggest issue: market gov mis alignment
If you could walk a few minutes to get the milk you forgot for your kids cereal or maybe you need chocolate chips for homemade cookies because your grandchildren are coming over - this city can work better for all generations when life is within reach https://t.co/rwc1UX1SCC
Nothing sells on social like complaints - Spent about 7 hrs in Etobicoke waterfront parks today w/ family including 2 year old (@TorontoPFR manages 400 parks in Etobicoke alone) - thousands of people enjoying generous open space, great kids play areas & natural beauty - so sad
Need for workforce homes a trend line through Toronto’s history - reading “Modest Hopes” (D. Loucks & L. Valpy) about early working-class neighbourhoods, now gentrified, thinking of post-war suburban expansion for workers & ambitions for plexes to help meet today’s housing needs