(05-16-2021, 11:43 AM)cherrypark Wrote:

(05-05-2021, 04:29 PM)ac3r Wrote: I'd love to see more contemporary row house developments as well. There's a decent looking project just outside of downtown called Victoria Commons off of St. Leger Street. There's at least 30 blocks of row houses there along with a couple mid rise condos. It's the perfect kind of urban middle housing we desperately need.

Strong agreement in principle, however in the specific case of that St. Leger development I think the row houses were not particularly well executed. Seems that half the battle with this mid-density developments is that either zoning rules or lack of imagination really miss a chance to build an inviting development.

I would absolutely love to see some strong European influence in duplex and row house designs that don't look like a cardboard movie set like these seem to me.

(05-12-2021, 02:27 PM)Nextasy Wrote: Also one of the last remaining factory worker rowhouses of that era (there used to be a ton). Not everything always has to be kept, but I'd like it if we didn't remove every example of something that was once prominent.

(05-16-2021, 01:26 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: Agreed. If you go to the new areas of Markham, it's nothing but these types of developments (row houses/townhouses/stacked townhouses) and it's an incredibly miserable place. It's good for providing density, but that alone does nothing to make a good city.

(05-25-2021, 03:46 PM)DK519 Wrote: This building at 851 King E. was painted entirely black at some point over the weekend.

Is there any reason why you'd do this to a building that will surely be demolished in the future?

Whoever said art installation was correct. 

(05-25-2021, 04:41 PM)tomh009 Wrote: The four houses at 80-96 Sydney St N are in the process of being demolished. Zoned R-7 so it allows a seven-floor mid-rise building (24m max) or a three-floor townhouse complex (10.5m).

Maximum FAR is only 1.0, though, so given the total property size of 0.96 acres (41,800 sqft), that would be a floorplate of only about 5,200 sqft for an eight-storey building. So, if they do go mid-rise, I expect to see a variance request to increase the FAR.

(05-26-2021, 10:45 PM)dtkmelissa Wrote:

(05-25-2021, 04:41 PM)tomh009 Wrote: The four houses at 80-96 Sydney St N are in the process of being demolished. Zoned R-7 so it allows a seven-floor mid-rise building (24m max) or a three-floor townhouse complex (10.5m).

Maximum FAR is only 1.0, though, so given the total property size of 0.96 acres (41,800 sqft), that would be a floorplate of only about 5,200 sqft for an eight-storey building. So, if they do go mid-rise, I expect to see a variance request to increase the FAR.

I used to live at 96 Sydney St N, rented a basement apartment there. Great to see more density coming to that area

(05-27-2021, 08:41 AM)tomh009 Wrote:

(05-26-2021, 10:45 PM)dtkmelissa Wrote: I used to live at 96 Sydney St N, rented a basement apartment there. Great to see more density coming to that area

I think I saw your old apartment today! Mind you, it didn't have a ceiling/roof any more ...

(06-14-2021, 09:44 AM)tomh009 Wrote: This is the old Schwaben Club property. Located on a stretch of King Street, which is all commercial strip on the (Kitchener) north side; the south side is Rockway Gardens. They don't say what they propose to build, but in principle this should be a great addition for the area.