Toronto 245 Queen Street East | 94.3m | 25s | ONE Properties | Graziani + Corazza

[Gotzvon]

That park is perfect for another safe injection site.

I suppose you'd have to be high out of your mind anyway to want to spend any time there, so..

 

[PMT]

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[Northern Light]

There's now a front page story that goes w/the above renders.

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2018/09/new-renderings-revealing-updated-plan-245-queen-east

Have to say, I think these renders show real promise, they are unquestionably an improvement from what we last saw.

It would also appear that they've improved the siting of the park.

 

[maestro]

The facadectomies along Queen make me cringe. I still agree that the renderings are the best so far.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Well, I will take these facadectomies over Queen receiving the typical Toronto "facelift" like at YC Condos.

 

[TheKingEast]

This looks better. Not perfect, but better. It's about time Queen and Sherbourne area get cleaned up. It's depressing.

 

[JasonParis]

This actually isn't bad at all.

 

[ptbotrmpfn]

Sorry but isn’t thee supose to be a 37s tower for this project. Why just podium/ground renders? Odd. Typo?

 

[pman]

This looks better. Not perfect, but better. It's about time Queen and Sherbourne area get cleaned up. It's depressing.

It is about time and there’s no doubt Queen and Sherbourne is seriously depressing. But how can the area ever really change with such a concentration of rooming houses, homeless shelters, pop-up safe injection sites, and social service agencies?

 

[TheKingEast]

It is about time and there’s no doubt Queen and Sherbourne is seriously depressing. But how can the area ever really change with such a concentration of rooming houses, homeless shelters, pop-up safe injection sites, and social service agencies?

I figure some or all will have to go. At some point this area has to be cleaned up. I pass by it often. It is the most depressing area downtown.

 

[torontologist]

It is about time and there’s no doubt Queen and Sherbourne is seriously depressing. But how can the area ever really change with such a concentration of rooming houses, homeless shelters, pop-up safe injection sites, and social service agencies?

It will change by adding an influx of new residents. More eyes on the street, more customers for new businesses, etc.

I figure some or all will have to go. At some point this area has to be cleaned up. I pass by it often. It is the most depressing area downtown.

Maybe some rooming houses will go, but the services will stay. As they should. They have to go somewhere, and east downtown is where the clients are.

 

[Edward Skira]

But how can the area ever really change with such a concentration of rooming houses, homeless shelters, pop-up safe injection sites, and social service agencies?

You should have seen Sherbourne and King/Adelaide/Richmond in the early 1990's. Not a place you wanted to be after-hours. Today with the influx of condos and offices it's perfectly fine. This project will do the same for Queen and Sherbourne.

 

[TheKingEast]

It will change by adding an influx of new residents. More eyes on the street, more customers for new businesses, etc.



Maybe some rooming houses will go, but the services will stay. As they should. They have to go somewhere, and east downtown is where the clients are.

No issue with the services. But shelter after shelter, after shelter, after shelter is not good for anyone (including the people that need help).

I also lived at King and Parliament (hence the name) hop and a skip away from King/Sherbourne. It's great.

 

[n31295]

Anyone know the timeline for this?

 

[Northern Light]

You should have seen Sherbourne and King/Adelaide/Richmond in the early 1990's. Not a place you wanted to be after-hours. Today with the influx of condos and offices it's perfectly fine. This project will do the same for Queen and Sherbourne.

Wasn't that bad even then, remember the Montreal Bistro?

Sigh, for a good jazz club.