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Project: Tear down Guv

I've got a few questions, thought people here may already know where to find the answers...

For my class in Urban Development, we're supposed to design an office/retail/residential building in the city. If the location is already being used then we can tear down whats there..Ive picked The Guvernments location to put my new building (CONDOS FTW).

Whats the current zoning and official plan for the lot?
Legal description?
Site size?

Not sure where to find this stuff...its a random course so I've got no background to it..Thanks

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Originally posted by SWFT Ive picked The Guvernments ..Thanks

jerk

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Originally posted by SWFT I've got a few questions, thought people here may already know where to find the answers... For my class in Urban Development, we're supposed to design an office/retail/residential building in the city. If the location is already being used then we can tear down whats there..Ive picked The Guvernments location to put my new building (CONDOS FTW). Whats the current zoning and official plan for the lot? Legal description? Site size? Not sure where to find this stuff...its a random course so I've got no background to it..Thanks

if this is what they teach in urban planning its no wonder toronto is the way it is!

Capability Brown lives!!!

Yah dude...

Choose a new career path...

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Originally posted by Jayx1 if this is what they teach in urban planning its no wonder toronto is the way it is!

I agree.

I was just in NYC and could not believe how much more logic went into their urban planning compared to Toronto

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Originally posted by 1dawoman I agree. I was just in NYC and could not believe how much more logic went into their urban planning compared to Toronto

It's all Randall.

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You're mean! Why choose guv

what school do you attend? Why not choose to tear that building down?

Ps- guarantee you are not going to have anyone help you with a plan to tear down our hedonistic haven. Why not call Guv admin? Really don't know how much they will help you either, but its better than getting torn a new one by posting that you want to choose to tear down guv








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Originally posted by shexymisstdot Ps- guarantee you are not going to have anyone help you with a plan to tear down our hedonistic haven. Why not call Guv admin? Really don't know how much they will help you either, but its better than getting torn a new one by posting that you want to choose to tear down guv

Totally agree especialy with all the drama that is around the toic already.

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Originally posted by VDub Choose a new career path...

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Originally posted by SWFT its a random course

yea..i was just wondering where I could find info about legal descriptions/lot zones etc in toronto.


..this is an intro course designed to teach us what is involved at the development stage. NOT the planning stage.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* Why choose guv

lol no reason really...just noticed part of this assignment is due this week, gotta get a start on it. arbitrary location...close to the water, lcbo and loblaws. easy access onto the highway...basically why any other condo is being built in that area...

this really angers me that this is being taught and practiced here.

when not try building on the vast open and wasted space that is in toronto??? How about the open land downtown that are parking lots and brownfields? Why do we have to tear everything down??

Look at the land wasted in places like north york and scarborough. Why the hell do we have 100 m of empty dead space between a road and a parking lot?

And then people wonder why proper transit is so hard to develop here???

For fuck sakes...

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Originally posted by shexymisstdot what school do you attend? Why not choose to tear that building down?

University of Western Ontario, had it been in a major urban area, perhaps i would have. thanks for the contact info though.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 this really angers me that this is being taught and practiced here.

when you teach a kid about life; do you tell them about murder, terrorists, psychos, taxes, suicide, divorce, aids, and so on? No, for simplicity, you neglect some information and just start with a base of knowledge to build on. This is what an intro course does.... please dont be angry, everyone's gotta start somewhere right...

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Originally posted by SWFT when you teach a kid about life; do you tell them about murder, terrorists, psychos, taxes, suicide, divorce, aids, and so on? No, for simplicity, you neglect some information and just start with a base of knowledge to build on. This is what an intro course does.... please dont be angry, everyone's gotta start somewhere right...

im not angry with you.. but with the retards that teach razing and rebuilding as opposed to infill. Clearly there is something wrong with the culture of urban planning in this country from school to actual practice.

the tear down everything for condos mentality is ruining toronto.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 im not angry with you.. but with the retards that teach razing and rebuilding as opposed to infill. Clearly there is something wrong with the culture of urban planning in this country from school to actual practice. the tear down everything for condos mentality is ruining toronto.

can you name me some examples of everything being torn down for condos?

so....i FAIL at school...apparently the guvs lot size doesnt fit in with our assignments guidelines...so rest assured the guv remains open.

let the hijacks continue or lock GG

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Originally posted by smuncky can you name me some examples of everything being torn down for condos?

ill give you two on the same corner..

The old Distrikt (already torn down)

The Embassy/Tonic building which is coming down this year.

Then there is the old Joker, beat junkie, and hot spot restaurant

and thats all within 200 metres of each other.

then there is this:

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Tour of the RCMI and the Library For more than 100 years the Royal Canadian Military Institute has been part of the history of Toronto. It was as a gathering place for distinguished citizens and famous visitors. More recently it has become a backdrop for film and TV productions while still hosting dinners and military roundtables. It is the home of the largest privately funded and maintained military library in Canada. You are invited to visit this unique library collection as well as take a tour of this extraordinary facility. This historic building is scheduled to be torn down to make way for a condo very soon, so this will be perhaps the last opportunity so see the library in all its glory before it goes into storage. Date: January 19, 2010 Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Location: Royal Canadian Military Institute, 426 University Avenue, Toronto, between Dundas and Queen. The subway exit is St. Patrick, at the South West corner of Dundas West and University Avenue. Look for the white building with the two cannons out front.

there are many many more examples but those are 4 off the top of my head

ok.

now can you name me all the condos that have gone up on new land or as infill projects?

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Originally posted by smuncky ok. now can you name me all the condos that have gone up on new land or as infill projects?

quite a few as well obviously... but why are we tearing down historic buildings and viable businesses when we have plenty of land all over the GTA to fill up first? It infuriates me to no end. And thats my point.

A few more examples... the old money nightclub and therapy lounge... gone...

they are also about to tear down the old second city building,

wayne gretzkys,

a huge section of historic buildings on front st near church near the flatiron building... currently the only part of town that actually makes me feel like im in a real liveable city.. esp with the parkette that has the rotunda fountain in it.

The old town and country buffet restaurant which had the historic trains.



And for what?? CONDOS!!


a good example of what they SHOULD be doing is the condo that went up at bayview village that infilled the dead space. Where that fails though is the lack of retail frontage at ground level.

Also the brownfields development could have been a winner. Instead they are building nothing but narrow streets (no major thoroughfares at all) and its looking very uninspired and cookie cutter.

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