Quote:"It is going to be too high," said Al Way, who lives in a 12-storey condominium tower on the other side of Erb Street. "It will permanently scar that streetscape."

(05-28-2019, 04:22 PM)ac3r Wrote: I like how even the author of the article emphasized the fact he lives in a high rise and therefore has a moot point.

(05-29-2019, 06:03 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: "Proposed highrises will meet height limits if they are relocated inside the mall property, rather than along Erb Street West."

This is the other highly telling quote here. The heights are actually allowed on the block, just on the Mall property instead of along Erb (where the development would have value in activating the streetscape).

This development isn't outside of zoning so much as the zoning dates to the "tower in the park" era.

Opposing a development like this lays bare one's biases, it isn't about character or neighbourhood, it's about opposing change, development, and new people.

(05-29-2019, 06:11 PM)panamaniac Wrote:

(05-29-2019, 06:03 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: "Proposed highrises will meet height limits if they are relocated inside the mall property, rather than along Erb Street West."

This is the other highly telling quote here. The heights are actually allowed on the block, just on the Mall property instead of along Erb (where the development would have value in activating the streetscape).

This development isn't outside of zoning so much as the zoning dates to the "tower in the park" era.

Opposing a development like this lays bare one's biases, it isn't about character or neighbourhood, it's about opposing change, development, and new people.

I wonder whether this will be the case, or whether the developer will favour the frontages on the other side, facing the proposed new street off Dietz?  The Erb St side could end up a long expanse of nothing much.

(05-29-2019, 06:03 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: "Proposed highrises will meet height limits if they are relocated inside the mall property, rather than along Erb Street West."

This is the other highly telling quote here. The heights are actually allowed on the block, just on the Mall property instead of along Erb (where the development would have value in activating the streetscape).

This development isn't outside of zoning so much as the zoning dates to the "tower in the park" era.

Opposing a development like this lays bare one's biases, it isn't about character or neighbourhood, it's about opposing change, development, and new people.