Re: Towers in the Park - I’m not promoting a full 1:1 replication of the Corbusier style, or what can be found scattered across TO. But perhaps a style that heavily borrows from the philosophy? I like urbanism, I like nature and greenery. Some may say never the twain shall meet; but I think it shall. There’s no question people like parks and green space. And anyone that has kids knows how important it is to have a place to play that’s away from traffic.
Basically what I’m imagining here is New Urbanism meets the Garden City Movement meets Streetcar Suburbs. Imagine if Don Mills were created today, with similar principles applied as when it was first built.... but more urban, less auto-dependent, and tweaked to 21 st C standards. Or if the City allowed a major development on the Islands – how would this completely car-free development look?
For all the supposed ills brought about by Tower in the Park, it can’t hold a torch to how awful this type of development (10 York) is. Ultra-high density, but shoved between an expressway, a highway, a highway offramp, and a road that’s basically a highway. If Jane Jacobs ripped on Corbusier, what would she say about this?