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RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - ijmorlan - 05-10-2024
(05-10-2024, 10:10 AM)SF22 Wrote: It looks like they fully expect to be able to connect through to Randall Dr at some point, with the way that Parkside Dr ends in a circle with nothing directly past it.
Parkside Dr. comes out to Weber now — check Google Maps.
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - nms - 05-12-2024
If it happens, that should Waterloo pull out of the apparent "no housing starts" slump that surfaces every now and then. It's a shame that the City wasn't able to negotiate for the keeping of the NCR baseball diamonds. The Barrelyards wasn't this dense, but they had the benefit of Waterloo Park at their doorstep. This development will have one small playground in Lakeshore North (which will require crossing Weber St) and no other greenspace nearby that is not controlled by a school board (which will involve crossing either Northfield and/or Weber).
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - SF22 - 05-13-2024
(05-10-2024, 11:04 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(05-10-2024, 10:10 AM)SF22 Wrote: It looks like they fully expect to be able to connect through to Randall Dr at some point, with the way that Parkside Dr ends in a circle with nothing directly past it.
Parkside Dr. comes out to Weber now — check Google Maps.
The point is that they want to make a street connection to the north, whether they name it Parkside, or continue Conrad Pl further south to meet with Parkside bending west (which feels like a ridiculous choice; you'd think they would just rename that bit between Weber and Parkside something new).
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - danbrotherston - 05-13-2024
(05-13-2024, 09:00 AM)SF22 Wrote:(05-10-2024, 11:04 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Parkside Dr. comes out to Weber now — check Google Maps.
The point is that they want to make a street connection to the north, whether they name it Parkside, or continue Conrad Pl further south to meet with Parkside bending west (which feels like a ridiculous choice; you'd think they would just rename that bit between Weber and Parkside something new).
FWIW streets ending at roads with no connection is almost the norm in the Netherlands and is a big part of why the roads and streets work so well. Of course, they're always open for pedestrians and cyclists, but cars must drive around.
(Of course it also helps that dead ends here don't have to end in a giant circle, the expectation here is that drivers are able to turn their cars around using a 3 point turn in the rare case they end up in a dead end.)
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - ijmorlan - 05-14-2024
(05-13-2024, 09:00 AM)SF22 Wrote:(05-10-2024, 11:04 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Parkside Dr. comes out to Weber now — check Google Maps.
The point is that they want to make a street connection to the north, whether they name it Parkside, or continue Conrad Pl further south to meet with Parkside bending west (which feels like a ridiculous choice; you'd think they would just rename that bit between Weber and Parkside something new).
Point taken, you’re right. I agree it makes more sense to have the straight route be Parkside, maybe even rename Conrad Pl. to Parkside, and give the east-west part of Parkside a new name (maybe Conrad Pl.? No, that would be confusing).
To Dan’s point, I think Parkside is the kind of street that should go through, not a local residential street that is intended for local traffic.
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - Acitta - 05-20-2024
The Record: Thirteen towers proposed on Northfield Drive beside Waterloo Corporate Campus
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - bravado - 05-25-2024
I don't think it's worthy of a separate post for just some townhouses, but I wanted to post this news of a large new townhouse plan in a remote part of Cambridge that is growing in weird ways.
Large townhouse complex proposed for rural Riverbank Drive
Quote:The real estate investment company Intermarket Cam Limited, the firm behind a number of developments in the city's north business park, has applied for an official plan and zoning bylaw amendment to build a 109-unit townhouse complex at 245 Riverbank Drive.
The 2.85-hectare property contains a single detached home, agricultural fields and natural heritage features and is located along the bend of Riverbank Drive between King Street East and Allendale Road.
The official plan amendment asks to re-designate the lands to from rural residential to low/medium density residential with site specific policy to allow 56 stacked townhouses and 53 row-house towns.
This whole northern corner of Cambridge seems to be growing with new industrial (expected) but also lots of new residential. I'm one of those "build it!" YIMBY types, and yet this part of town has absolutely nothing for residents in terms of services. There are no commercial areas, no parks, no schools, no hospitals.
Preliminary Site Concept Plan
Urban Design Brief
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RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - cherrypark - 05-28-2024
Interesting... wonder if the city has improving Riverbank in the plans. Going to be a lot busier by all modes if this gets going.
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - neonjoe - 05-28-2024
(6 hours ago)cherrypark Wrote: Interesting... wonder if the city has improving Riverbank in the plans. Going to be a lot busier by all modes if this gets going.
The long term plan is for Boychuk to be extended to King, that would provide a lot of non local relief on Riverbank.