reinventingthewheel
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Instant loss of credibility
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Toronto Ontario Line: Queen-Spadina Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | HDR
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CapitalSeven
Senior Member
Not surprising that they have cheaped out and there will be no transportation to Ontario place. A nice straight sidewalk and a giant above-ground carpark. We know how people are supposed to go to FordSpa.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
So yeah...so either what we're seeing in the latest renders is a placeholder for something far more fantastical. Or he's saying "nicest" in the way Trump would say "nicest". >.<
nightstreak
New Member
Thanks for attending the open house @irishboy and bringing back some info. Did you happen to ask why the stations pictured (and most others) are being built as a 1 story above ground structure instead of the base of a residential tower? Were these at least engineered to support a tower on top?
In a critical housing crisis, how is the government screwing up this opportunity? Parter with a developer, the province builds the foundations and station, the developer builds the tower.
In a critical housing crisis, how is the government screwing up this opportunity? Parter with a developer, the province builds the foundations and station, the developer builds the tower.
fanoftoronto
Active Member
If my understanding is correct, then Metrolinx is only currently building just the station box, but the station box is supposed to have reinforcing elements to support a mid-rise building to be built above that. The mid-rise transit oriented community is the responsibility of Infrastructure Ontario and there have been renders released in the past.
North-East station entrance:
South-West Station entrance:
Timeline is definitely not in the near-term. Expect major changes to the design when construction finally starts in late 2020s (maybe?) when the station box is completed. I for one would like for the towers to be slightly taller. Maybe 25 storeys instead of the current 15ish storeys.
There are database entries in UrbanToronto as well, so that will be a good place to get more information as well:
https://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/queen-spadina-transit-oriented-community-north-site.55448
https://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/queen-spadina-transit-oriented-community-south-site.55449
cd concept
Senior Member
It would be nice to see the city grant a much taller tower than what's here on the top of these metro stations having no car port. To reward more condo owners that's do not own a vehicle to get around the city etc.
