07-18-2022, 08:24 AM
(07-18-2022, 03:17 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Lol...no. I was a university student and as uninteresting as the architecture in the student area is, it's still a more interesting place than the empty sprawling suburbs I (and most others) grew up in. Architecture is important, but so is density and people. the University district has those in spades.
The university district never felt "bleak and oppressive" to me, certainly far less so than any stroad in any residential area in the city.
Does it encourage NIMBYs...sure, of course it does. Look how you folks here are pushing the narrative of how "bleak" and "oppressive" it is. Who (never having experienced it) wouldn't be afraid of that happening where they live.
Not sure the assumption on WRC of all places that no one else is bringing experience living in Northdale...
Having lived there, and then avoided living there, as a student, it's not exactly delivering on the benefits of that concentrated and highly connected population. Its definitely better than the 10 unit house converts that it replaced and some of the stroad dominated suburbia, but the new designs are also bad and its fair to say there were/are missed opportunities here with how much development the city has green lit. Both on the developer design quality side and the city.