This is right across the street from the Humber River Hospital, current site is a single detached house on over 1 acre, looks like the lot is pretty much all tree covered, hopefully they will work around and save any good trees, but I doubt it based on the rendering.
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I certain support intensification along Wilson. Period. Full-stop.
I do have some sympathy for the residents behind when you look at wonderfully lush and green this parcel is now.
Tearing down all those trees is not consistent with the City's tree canopy goals or fighting climate change.
But I'm disinclined to support the City buying this for a park as a suggested by some.
If you leave the trees you're not getting any new park facilities to speak of for area youth.
It's a very small parcel.
Roding Park is nearby to the north-west, albeit it not that accessible from this location.
But I do wonder if the developer couldn't be persuaded to buy the adjacent 1-storey childcare ctr.
This would allow the development to be larger in total, but perhaps pull in a bit from the north and east limits allow some of the existing established trees to remain.
I'm not sure the economics support that; but it would be nice to have one's cake and eat it too!
I do note the area further east does have some distance to travel to park space and the catholic school to the north has a 100% paved school yard.
There does need to be some work to address that in the area.
I wonder about the City acquiring land behind the adjacent apartment tower as park space for the area. Its likely sitting over underground parking which would make it less than ideal.
Still.