*shakes head*
Well, it doesn't look like the proposal here is destined not to a be success yet, but there are major questions that need to be answered about all season design and how the allocated market sections will be managed in a congruent way. I'm surprised that the shadow effects diagram was not forced to include the Sorbara building, which frankly makes the the maps there more than just a little inadequate to judge things on the building's south face.
The St.Lawrence Market type shops at both G-Group Centrium2/EllieCondo and Sorbara Beacon are labelled CityRetail and will be handed over to the city as part of Section37 CommunityBenefits and the City will manage it. And of course the City has a great track record of managing city owned retail space,... like the HeroBurger at NathanPhilips Square,... ok, well then, how about the BoardwalkCafe in the Beaches,... or,... gee, there has to be a good example somewhere in this big city! Oh well,.... Anyways, both of these CityRetail space and the NY Square open mew space in between will actually be supervised by a "community board",...
The CityRetail at Sorbara Beacon will have Butcher, Cheese, Fish, Bakery and Deli shop along with interior food court seating area.
http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/thread...-wallman-architects.13050/page-9#post-1152234
I haven't seen a layout of the CityRetail space at G-Group Centrium2/EllieCondo but it should be of similar size and breakdown just that the type of retail will likely be more open to the market,... maybe a juice place, vagan, vegetarian, natural/organic food shop, etc,... Since both of these CityRetail space are indoors with food court, that should take care of the winter and rainy days,....
The NY Square mew open space is more seasonal and designed to host a variety of outdoor market that the community wants,.... IE: one day you could be strolling through NY Square in the middle of a traditional Farmer's Market, the next day it could be a Persian marketplace with the aroma of shish kebab everywhere, the next day Korean BBQ and kim-chi, and on another day the area could be reeking with Chinese stinky-tufu! The outdoor area (NY Square mew) will also be supervised by a community board and I guess managed by the City in the way how they manage and schedule community and public events at MelLastman Square.
This St.Lawrence Market type project was strongly advocated by local councillor John Filion and his staff,.... generally, anything associated with food, Councillor John Filion is there! ;p Councillor Filion advocated his a-la-cart project and his successful DineSafe project which is being copied around the world!
The community board sounds very much like a board full of eager volunteers much like how many other community boards are run in North York Centre under various projects initiated by the community with Councillor John Filion over the years,... like Parkview Community Garden - the city provide the land and initial resources but the volunteers do all the gardening work and the sales revenue goes back into buying new equipment, plants, seeds, etc,... I suspect a very similar system here,...
