02-17-2015, 12:18 PM
(02-17-2015, 11:56 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Fantasy proposal: with all the parking and space that could be redeveloped there, I would be a fan of seeing a structure built over top of that space. Considering how much of the Borden frontage there has a small but adaptable depth to it, between parking and adjustable elements of the GRR interior, a buried internal option would be great from my personal GRR member perspective, if something has to change there.
Yes, so let's see. The building could go all the way to Borden and potentially Charles, eating up a row of parking spaces in front of the building to get to Borden. Borden would be easier to get right onto the street than Charles, which seems farther. There would need to be some excavation, I think, to get a uniform floor depth. One could keep parking in back. And what climber wouldn't want to live on top of the climbing gym?
(02-17-2015, 11:56 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: In Toronto, I'm a big fan of the multi-use space of Oasis. While it's next to streetcar lines and not the subway, I think it's been a great space to accommodate so many activities that the neighbourhood dwellers need. Given the overall spacing of GRR from single detached, I see room for some accommodations to be made in any future redevelopment, density, height, massing, and such.
I've never been to the new Rock Oasis. I did go once or twice to their old location on Bathurst and Front: http://skritch.blogspot.ca/2012/06/bathu...-back.html. Rock Oasis and Toronto Climbing Academy both got exiled by condo developments. What I wrote in an email to GRR was "one day, some developer will go to your landlord with an offer for a ludicrous amount of money; I hope you have a plan/reserves for that day."