canarob
Senior Member
From the new rendering it looks like they've made the base much less interesting.
I am terrified that they are going to kick these "junky" tenants out and demolish the buildings only to have an empty, boarded up lot sit untouched for years (decades?) when they have trouble selling such a massive project.
I feel bad for the current tenants, but really, will the city be losing anything when Roy Square disappears? It's not much of anything. Not even a square. Just a cheap, lazy attempt to do something with a couple of back alleys.
Oh, and re Winnipeg: how would a roundabout configuration help (or hurt) at Portage/Main?
What's "cheap, lazy" in some eyes is "discreet, economical" in others.
Though maybe the disjunctive anachronism is part of its charm.Roy Square is a cute little part of the city, but at Yonge and Bloor, it doesnt necessarily fit in. Big, grandiose towers do. If Roy's Square was further down Yonge, and was slated to be built over, I think it would have been more of a shame. In it's current location - what is going in fits better than what is.