Update on the YWCA Inglewood. One more floor to go.
Drove by this yesterday. It really helps fill that void at the end of 9th at Blackfoot. Seems to extend the community further and bridge the gap between both sides.
Drove by this yesterday. It really helps fill that void at the end of 9th at Blackfoot. Seems to extend the community further and bridge the gap between both sides.
Completely agree. A development at the Blackfoot Diner would really help with this as it is across the tracks. This is where they need a grocery store in the podium if something gets built there. IMHO this would tie Inglewood together from East to West.
Completely agree. A development at the Blackfoot Diner would really help with this as it is across the tracks. This is where they need a grocery store in the podium if something gets built there. IMHO this would tie Inglewood together from East to West.
Yes agreed. Sadly I don’t see that happening for a while yet.
It's too bad the shadowing restrictions couldn't do something about burying Sun Life Plaza. Can we get a reclad? An implosion?
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There was a follow-up article in the Globe and Mail (don't know how this one gained national attention, but possibly because of the resistance to densification):
"We've been working on the new Redevelopment Plan for Inglewood for the past 14 years. It was last updated in 1993 and we're hopeful it will be finalized by the end of 2018," she says. "It's unfortunate that it's taken so long because we feel it renders our community a little vulnerable at a time when the Bus Rapid Transport System and the Green Line LRT are attracting a lot of attention from developers. The sooner it can be signed, sealed and delivered the better."
The new Area Redevelopment Plan, in draft format, sets out clear 25-year density targets which will more than double the population of identified historic neighbourhoods within the community. Targets would take the population of Atlantic Avenue, Walker Estate, Pierce Estate and Brewery Flats from a little over 6,000 to 13,300 by 2039.
It's too bad the shadowing restrictions couldn't do something about burying Sun Life Plaza. Can we get a reclad? An implosion?
Couldn't agree more. While they're at it could they implode the 2 towers on either side of the golden "Husky Oil towers" (I think that's what they're called) on 8th Avenue?????
Nice to see one of our ex forumers in the news. I have to admit I'm surprised by what he is advocating for based on his past stances though. I do see his point about the city having achieved more sustainable suburbs however. Things are different today than they were 10 years ago.
Nice to see one of our ex forumers in the news. I have to admit I'm surprised by what he is advocating for based on his past stances though. I do recognize his point about the city having achieved more sustainable suburbs however. Things are different today than they were 10 years ago.
Thanks for posting that. It's what I and some others here have said for years but we're always mocked. Now that Josh is out in the real world he's realizing that you can't plan based on ideology alone.
Interesting interview. He mentions that suburbs today are built differently, with less curvilinear roads. But are they? Today's suburbs are definitely quite dense, but they look just as curvy and disconnected from each other as they ever have, if not more so.
Interesting interview. He mentions that suburbs today are built differently, with less curvilinear roads. But are they? Today's suburbs are definitely quite dense, but they look just as curvy and disconnected from each other as they ever have, if not more so.
Agreed. There are plans for streetgrids in some future community in the far north but I haven’t seen any current ones built that way.
Thanks for posting that. It's what I and some others here have said for years but we're always mocked. Now that Josh is out in the real world he's realizing that you can't plan based on ideology alone.
I've always thought that was the case with most of the people here at SSP. A bunch of idealists using their keyboard to try and make a difference rather than getting off their asses, working and paying taxes like the rest of us. Josh was one of those who bought into the Duhh Farrell bullcrap. Looks like he's finally thinking for himself.
Interesting interview. He mentions that suburbs today are built differently, with less curvilinear roads. But are they? Today's suburbs are definitely quite dense, but they look just as curvy and disconnected from each other as they ever have, if not more so.
They aren't built differently, he's only selling his wares via CBC. At the end of the day they're still the same, and it's because that's what people want.
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