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Barra on Queen | 7 fl | Complete
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(02-20-2015, 09:13 AM)MidTowner Wrote:
(02-19-2015, 11:28 PM)mpd618 Wrote: I asked city planners about the absence of street interaction, and they explained that the setback is due to protected vistas of an adjacent heritage property.

Ugh. Which one? If I don't know, I probably don't care (in this instance- I'm sure that there are many examples of "protected vistas" that really do deserve protection).

On a street like Queen, proper interaction with the street should be a major requirement. And mixed-use should be prioritized.

Thanks for calling and finding out the reason for us.

My guess would be the large red house two lots east on Queen that is also owned by Polocorp.

I think the Barra Castle property is too far away from Schneider House to affect the vistas.
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Barra on Queen | 7 fl | Complete - by rangersfan - 09-18-2014, 09:55 PM
RE: Barra Castle on Queen | 19.5 m | 5 or 6 fl | proposed - by nms - 02-20-2015, 12:03 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 05-07-2018, 11:33 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by taylortbb - 07-25-2018, 03:41 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by kitborn - 08-31-2018, 06:37 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by panamaniac - 08-31-2018, 08:31 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 09-28-2018, 03:29 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 09-28-2018, 03:43 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 09-28-2018, 05:31 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by clasher - 12-21-2018, 07:24 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 12-22-2018, 07:12 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by clasher - 12-22-2018, 11:04 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Rainrider22 - 12-22-2018, 12:29 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by KevinL - 12-22-2018, 12:52 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 12-22-2018, 10:53 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by clasher - 12-23-2018, 12:49 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by jeffster - 12-23-2018, 01:23 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by jgsz - 01-02-2019, 02:28 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 02-28-2019, 11:30 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ZEBuilder - 04-09-2019, 03:50 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ZEBuilder - 04-11-2019, 06:18 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ZEBuilder - 04-20-2019, 08:42 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 04-23-2019, 02:17 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 04-25-2019, 06:13 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 04-25-2019, 03:00 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 04-29-2019, 07:49 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ZEBuilder - 04-25-2019, 04:10 PM
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RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 04-30-2019, 11:45 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by urbd - 05-09-2019, 10:46 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ZEBuilder - 05-09-2019, 12:07 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 05-09-2019, 01:32 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ZEBuilder - 05-09-2019, 02:15 PM
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RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by rangersfan - 05-16-2019, 07:03 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ZEBuilder - 05-16-2019, 08:10 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 05-18-2019, 12:48 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by jeffster - 05-18-2019, 09:46 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 05-22-2019, 07:28 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Acitta - 05-23-2019, 09:11 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Rainrider22 - 05-23-2019, 11:20 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by kitborn - 05-19-2019, 10:08 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by jeffster - 05-19-2019, 10:12 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by samnabi - 05-22-2019, 01:10 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 06-06-2019, 02:52 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 06-07-2019, 06:40 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Belmonster - 06-08-2019, 08:39 AM
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RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 08-15-2019, 09:20 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 08-30-2019, 10:00 AM
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RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Chris - 09-09-2019, 12:54 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 09-09-2019, 02:44 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by jgsz - 11-16-2019, 09:19 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by taylortbb - 11-16-2019, 02:53 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 11-16-2019, 11:17 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 11-19-2019, 12:04 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ZEBuilder - 11-19-2019, 12:16 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by KevinL - 11-19-2019, 02:00 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by jgsz - 11-19-2019, 03:10 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Momo26 - 11-19-2019, 04:24 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 11-19-2019, 07:25 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Momo26 - 11-19-2019, 11:21 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 02-11-2020, 01:15 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 02-24-2020, 11:12 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 02-24-2020, 11:49 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Rainrider22 - 02-24-2020, 05:59 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Lens - 02-24-2020, 09:04 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by panamaniac - 02-25-2020, 04:12 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 02-25-2020, 10:51 AM
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RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by westwardloo - 02-24-2020, 09:28 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 02-24-2020, 10:26 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ac3r - 02-25-2020, 06:52 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by panamaniac - 02-25-2020, 07:16 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by jamincan - 02-25-2020, 08:22 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by westwardloo - 02-25-2020, 10:23 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 02-25-2020, 10:45 AM
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RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 02-26-2020, 11:33 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by panamaniac - 02-26-2020, 12:53 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by ac3r - 02-25-2020, 06:49 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 02-25-2020, 06:54 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by embe - 02-25-2020, 07:35 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by jamincan - 02-26-2020, 11:17 AM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by westwardloo - 02-26-2020, 12:16 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by taylortbb - 05-09-2020, 08:03 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by tomh009 - 05-17-2020, 09:44 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Acitta - 05-19-2020, 06:33 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Bytor - 06-11-2020, 01:28 PM
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RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 06-11-2020, 07:33 PM
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RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Spokes - 06-12-2020, 12:28 PM
RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Momo26 - 06-11-2020, 08:14 PM
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RE: Barra on Queen | 7 fl | U/C - by Momo26 - 06-14-2020, 09:20 AM
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