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Originally Posted by J.OT13
In Leiper's defense, anytime his own constituents suggest they don't want "renters" in their neighbourhood, Leiper calls them out.
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That is the definition of a hypocrite. He presents himself as this progressive, woke, inclusive, councillor. When in reality he is the exact opposite and does everything in his power to block every apartment infill in his ward not on Scott Street. He is completely full of sh*t.
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Originally Posted by J.OT13
The 12 storey building across the street was probably a contentious issue, and now this 16 storey tower is controversial, but in your view, if this one is approved, then the next should be allowed at 20+. Where does it end?
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Yes, that is exactly how land development works. That is how you properly build up a city. Local precedence dictates what is acceptable growth in the neighbourhood. Otherwise all new builds would just stay at zoning heights and the Richmond/Wellington canyon would run 9 storeys for miles from downtown to Lincoln Heights. There is no reason a dense urban inner-city neighbourhood can't mix in some 15-25 storey buildings at major intersections so close to mass transit. Leiper has a small town mentality and should be a councillor in a sleepy provincial town somewhere.
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Originally Posted by J.OT13
This IS an extremely busy intersection on a traditional main street. I'm all for 20-30-40 floors on Parkdale north of Scott, and Scott itself, but Wellington West, I'm reluctant. Maybe it's ok for gateway intersections, but not all the way down the street.
We're not running out of space to build. Scott is a blank slate and so is Tunney's (and LeBreton, and Bayview). Limiting this one to 12 floors isn't going to make the housing market worse than it is now.
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So because people not from the neighbourhood (suburbs) pack into their cars and create traffic in someone else's neighbourhood, we should stymie good developments in that neighbourhood? Suburbanites and their cars are more important than intensification? Fixing the traffic problem is a much better idea than restricting developments to help drivers. Close the Parkdale 417 ramps or let people sit in traffic until they get so annoyed they take a different route or start taking transit. We need to stop bending over backwards for our car overlords in Autowa..
Side note 1: What is the difference between 12 storeys and 16 storeys? Unless your balcony counting you probably wouldn't even notice 4 extra floors as it's indistinguishable from street level. It's an arbitrary number and a ridiculous argument.
Side note 2: A 9 storey box probably has almost as many units as the proposed 16 storey tower on a 6 storey podium. So the whole argument is BS.
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