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ProjectEnd · Aug 10, 2023

No doubt, but the Queen Street HCD bludgeoned it down to its current height and stepback form: https://www.toronto.ca/city-governm...west-heritage-conservation-district-hcd-plan/

condovo · Aug 10, 2023

ProjectEnd said:
No doubt, but the Queen Street HCD bludgeoned it down to its current height and stepback form: https://www.toronto.ca/city-governm...west-heritage-conservation-district-hcd-plan/

Again an acronym on UT. What's HCD? Heritage Conservation District? If so, it's important to spell it out. Not everyone's in the know.

DSC · Aug 11, 2023

condovo said:
Again an acronym on UT. What's HCD? Heritage Conservation District? If so, it's important to spell it out. Not everyone's in the know.

Though I agree that acronyms can be overused some are really VERY common - particular in subject-specific discussions. For regular participants in a forum on developments in Ontario/Toronto, I would say HCD should be sufficient.

ProjectEnd · Aug 11, 2023

I mean, if one had clicked the supplied link...

Parkdalian · Aug 11, 2023

ProjectEnd said:
No doubt, but the Queen Street HCD bludgeoned it down to its current height and stepback form: https://www.toronto.ca/city-governm...west-heritage-conservation-district-hcd-plan/

Yeah, I figured as much!

It is interesting that Parkdale's Main Street is officially from Dufferin to Lansdowne? I guess it's fitting that I live on the side of Parkdale that is so Parkdale that it's not officially anything.

deerparker · Aug 11, 2023

ProjectEnd said:
No doubt, but the Queen Street HCD bludgeoned it down to its current height and stepback form: https://www.toronto.ca/city-governm...west-heritage-conservation-district-hcd-plan/

How does the WQW plan impact/inform decisions for this part of Queen?

Parkdalian · Aug 11, 2023

I think ProjectEnd got the wrong link. There is a regular "Queen Street West" Heritage Conservation District:

https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2007/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-5172.pdf

ProjectEnd · Aug 11, 2023

deerparker said:
How does the WQW plan impact/inform decisions for this part of Queen?

It doesn't. That study area takes over west of Bathurst.

deerparker · Aug 11, 2023

ProjectEnd said:
It doesn't. That study area takes over west of Bathurst.

The link you posted was for the WQW HCD.

ProjectEnd · Aug 11, 2023

deerparker said:
How does the WQW plan impact/inform decisions for this part of Queen?

Parkdalian said:
I think ProjectEnd got the wrong link. There is a regular "Queen Street West" Heritage Conservation District:

https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2007/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-5172.pdf

Heyoo! You're right, I did link the wrong study! My apologies. (The dreaded acronym still applies though).

The correct one, linked by @Parkdalian above, was authored by our former Chief Planner, Jen Keesmaat's Office for Urbanism in the prehistoric days of 2007.

Red Mars · Aug 11, 2023

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condovo · Aug 12, 2023

DSC said:
Though I agree that acronyms can be overused some are really VERY common - particular in subject-specific discussions. For regular participants in a forum on developments in Ontario/Toronto, I would say HCD should be sufficient.

But not all participants in a forum on developments in Ontario/Toronto are regulars. I'm sure a large chunk are occasional lurkers. I'd say the vast majority of folks don't know what HCD stands for. It's common courtesy to avoid acronyms. Using them confers a kind of "insider" status, which is obnoxious. Lets' spell things out. Heritage Conservation District. There. That took 0.5 seconds.