bmiller
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I didn't particularly like the design at all, but that wouldn't matter.
Another decent building succumbs to the 'Design Dumb Down Panel'. Wider sidewalks are nice, but are they going to move the building on the corner? There's little point in enforcing that unless the whole block has a uniformly wide sidewalk.
Simplify tower expression? Why so we can end up with something they personally like? Reduce density and height to create more livability? I suppose this is defined by these people's personal ideas about what is livable.
I'm just flabbergasted that a small group of people get to dictate to an entire city what designs we get to enjoy. These people have far too much control over the process and their power needs to be severely curtailed.
Another decent building succumbs to the 'Design Dumb Down Panel'. Wider sidewalks are nice, but are they going to move the building on the corner? There's little point in enforcing that unless the whole block has a uniformly wide sidewalk.
Simplify tower expression? Why so we can end up with something they personally like? Reduce density and height to create more livability? I suppose this is defined by these people's personal ideas about what is livable.
I'm just flabbergasted that a small group of people get to dictate to an entire city what designs we get to enjoy. These people have far too much control over the process and their power needs to be severely curtailed.
Did you actually look at the image included in the pdf? The design is awful. I think your overeagerness for more development drives blind to the fact that certain designs must be improved (and this one isn't innovative to begin with, simply copying the lines of One Bloor), especially on major streets like Yonge.
And these people on the 'Design Dumb Down Panel' are:
great comment, isaidso. spot-on so many points. couldn't agree more.
It's a little naive to think that panels offer a lot of diversity of opinion. People are chosen who re-enforce the views of the panel. They are almost masturbatory in nature.
Who's checking these people? No one.
Thanks. It's astonishing how little criticism is leveled. People treat these people like they are Gods and their word gospel. Our system works because there are many checks and balances. Who's checking these people? No one.
Toronto shouldn't be treated as their own private play pen.
It's a little naive to think that panels offer a lot of diversity of opinion. People are chosen who re-enforce the views of the panel. They are almost masturbatory in nature. I think your overeagerness of the status quo has blinded you to the fact that the panel has far too much input into the process.
It's still someone's opinion, and a mono-culture like a panel shouldn't be able to dictate to the extent that they do.