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Originally Posted by mcj
Great to see a proposal for this area denser than a SFH after nearly 40 years of rapid transit service. Although, I think they kind of miss an opportunity here to at least put a secondary lobby (if not the main one) on the laneway facing the park. Would've made a better urban realm for the residents than having the only entrance on what is effectively a highway interchange.
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Agreed, but in the PDF, it does look like there's an exit on the third floor on the laneway side. Maybe just an emergency exit, but could conceivably be used as a secondary entrance. They probably didn't want to put a lobby on the third floor, and the slope makes it so the first floor could only be used on the highway side.
That said, there is a sidewalk and a parking lane for buffer from the highway, and they are incorporating a bit of open space by the entrance, so it shouldn't be too bad. The houses that are there right now go right onto the sidewalk, so it should at least be better than those.