CreateTO | HousingNow – 705 Warden Ave
This summary is meant to cover the main points regarding planning and development that were raised in the Open House, September 12, 2019, for the development application at 705 Warden Ave led by City Staff and CreateTO. It is not meant to provide an exhaustive summary of the recent or cover public comments. About the […]
Part 4: How Not to Miss The RER Opportunity
As transformative as the RER can be, its potential is not treated accordingly by the media or the government organizations. Subway projects like the Relief Line or the potential extension of Line 1 to Richmond Hill, and even the Eglinton Crosstown project, which is an LRT, both received more attention than the RER. This is […]
Part 3: How to Make the Most of the RER?
Because of these differences in access to the stations, the RER supports a very different type of urban structure than a subway does. The stations are far apart, but the high speed of travel means it is easy to travel between stations across a large region. This difference has five major implications for the urban […]
Part 2: How to Tie the RER Station to its Area?
How is the RER Different from a Subway? While the RER will provide frequent all-day service similar to the subway, the two are different and support different urban structures. The general principle of a subway/metro is that the stations are within walking distance for most travellers (even though in Toronto the subway network is so […]
Part 1: What is the GO RER
The RER Potential – and How Not to Miss it In recent years, the province has undertaken a project that has the potential to reshape the Greater Toronto Area. The Regional Express Rail (RER) will convert GO Rail from a network that has limited use beside serving commuters during rush hour, to a frequent transit […]
Stroll: Yorkville / Is This a Tall Building Site?
Why is Yonge and Bloor the tallest node in the city? Yonge and Queen’s Quay will have 1 Yonge at 307 m (with 95 storeys), but Bloor and Yonge will surpass that with 1 Bloor at 309 m (and 85 storeys), and the concentration of tall buildings at Bloor and Yonge is much more dramatic. […]
3 Critical Urban Planning Principles Toronto Should Adopt from Tokyo ASAP
Back in 2012, as two freshly minted architects, we decided to travel around East Asia for 6 months. It was a very low budget trip, and I am still surprised we were able to pull it off. But we did. Japan was one of the seven countries we visited, and we stuck to the regions […]
Stroll: Gerrard Street East & YMCA
We chose the stroll on Gerrard Street (east of the Don Valley) as the second stroll in this series. Mostly, it was because of our desire to explore Little India and our craving and never-ending love to Indian food. We married this stroll to the stroll at the YMCA at Yonge and Grosvenor, which is […]
Stroll: Dupont
One of my recent book purchases was Stroll by Shawn Micallef, from 2010, which offers many walks across the city. Following the walks in the book isn’t only a great opportunity to get to know Toronto on foot, but it’s also an opportunity to revisit the city a decade later and realize how much some […]
Transit-Oriented Development at Kennedy Station
Transit-Oriented Development at Kennedy GO & TTC Client: HousingNowTOLocation: Toronto, ONScale: Master PlanSize: 2.2 acresTransit: Kennedy GO, Kennedy Subway Station and a new LRT StationUnits: 809 units The following report is a pro-bono project by Smart Density as part of the HousingNowTO.com volunteer-collective. Read the Full Report A Vision for Toronto’s HousingNOW Program At the […]