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Old Posted Sep 3, 2018, 5:35 PM
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There have been a couple smaller ones too like the new BMO building and the one near Dresden Row and Brunswick.

The population density of this small neighbourhood will be similar to many busy neighbourhoods of large cities (I mean areas like inner-city Paris that are full of ~6 storey apartment buildings). It will only be an area with around 5,000 people, but that is still enough to support a lot of local amenities.

Gottingen will not be this densely built up but it is in the middle of a similar transformation. It didn't have enough population density to support many local pedestrian-oriented businesses, but that is changing.

One thing that I think is missing is a plan to integrate the main part of Spring Garden Road with the blocks farther west, and ultimately the Dal campus on Coburg Road. That may sound far-fetched but development sites in the core SGR area are almost gone. As the city grows, Robie Street will naturally morph into more of a commercial street too. There are 8 or 10 developments active along Robie.
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