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[ssiguy2]

So I building can still be solid glass if it wants?

Does anyone maybe have a pick of the difference between a glass spandrel and a glass spandrel with windows? I don't see how a glass building doesn't qualify as a window.

 

[AndreaPalladio]

So I building can still be solid glass if it wants?

Does anyone maybe have a pick of the difference between a glass spandrel and a glass spandrel with windows? I don't see how a glass building doesn't qualify as a window.

See, for example, First Canadian Place. It is entirely clad in glass, but not all of it is windows.

 

[P23]

So I building can still be solid glass if it wants?

Does anyone maybe have a pick of the difference between a glass spandrel and a glass spandrel with windows? I don't see how a glass building doesn't qualify as a window.

If you can see out of it, it falls under the regulation. Thus the term "vision glass".

 

[modernizt]

I don't see how a glass building doesn't qualify as a window.

Because not only is spandrel insulated behind, but light cannot enter the building through it and therefore it does not contribute to solar gain.

 

[ssiguy2]

OK, makes sense now, thanks.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

It applies to all residential buildings: 40% vision glass max, no matter what the rest of the cladding is.

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Does this apply to mixed use buildings as well, or only 100% residential?

 

[interchange42]

That, I'm not sure of, but I don't believe it extends to commercial or institutional buildings. Anyone know for sure?

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[ponyboy]

Are there any plans to extend Church Street south through the parking garage and under the rail corridor? That would help connect this new neighbourhood with the rest of the city to the north.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Are there any plans to extend Church Street south through the parking garage and under the rail corridor? That would help connect this new neighbourhood with the rest of the city to the north.

Yes, from the Lower Yonge Precinct Transportation Master Plan

http://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toro...erYongePrecinct TMP Feb2015Report to PWIC.pdf (p. 34).

AoD

 

[ponyboy]

thank you for posting that. The extension of Church south was not included in the renders from last page, but good to hear it is part of the plan.

 

[interchange42]

It may be part of the plan, but I'll be very surprised if it gets funded. It'll be a very expensive job to connect through the parking garage and the rail berm.

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[AlvinofDiaspar]

Quite true, though it's good to see it on the books (where it may happen, with official sanction) than not.

AoD

 

[CDL.TO]

Gardiner on/off ramps are also in the way of a Church St extension, IIRC.

EDIT: A Church St extension would be extremely beneficial to cyclists. Even without bike lanes, Church is a decent cycling street, much better than Jarvis, Yonge, or Bay.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Gardiner on/off ramps are also in the way of a Church St extension, IIRC.

I can't wait to see if they are going to rationalize the ramp system along with Lake Shore for the Gardiner East - that's what the van Nostrand crowd proposed originally in their GET proposal back in the early/mid-2000s.

AoD

 

[CDL.TO]

I can't wait to see if they are going to rationalize the ramp system along with Lakeshore for the Gardiner East - that's what the van Nostrand crowd proposed originally in their GET proposal back in the early/mid-2000s.

Interesting. How would that work?