Yonge & Gerrard??

KGB · October 4th, 2004, 12:54 AM

That parking lot at College Park (north-west corner) is obviously getting something...and there is a planning department board showing something is in the works...but it doesn't give any details...just that it is changing the density or something.

I'm guessing it will have to wait for the Res of CP buildings to be sold out.

So...anyone have info on this site?

KGB

Homer J. Simpson · October 4th, 2004, 01:07 AM

I don't think it is anything special. Fences were up labour day weekend.

To my eye it didn't look like anything larger than a midrise could be built there.

KGB · October 4th, 2004, 01:26 AM

You sure we are talking about the same site?

KGB

Homer J. Simpson · October 4th, 2004, 02:23 AM

Sorry, I think that we are not. I must have misread what you said.

Was it on the south side of Carlton just east of Yonge?

KGB · October 4th, 2004, 02:47 AM

The big parking lot right on the north-west corner of the intersection of Yonge & Gerrard....part of College Park.

KGB

Mr Man · October 4th, 2004, 04:25 AM

It's for a ~60,000 sq metre condo.

KGB · October 4th, 2004, 04:59 AM

Is that in one...or two towers?

KGB

Mr Man · October 4th, 2004, 05:03 AM

No clue, the planning report was ridiculesly vague.

Mike in TO · October 4th, 2004, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Was it on the south side of Carlton just east of Yonge?

That is the site for the "Met" - 43 storey tower that looks similar to HVE with a rounded turret at the northeast corner. A second tower that is slightly shorter is also planned for the site.

TheAlmightyFuzz · October 4th, 2004, 11:16 PM

^
Nope, the Met is 21 Carlton which is on Carlton and east of Yonge.

Mr Man · October 5th, 2004, 03:31 AM

?? We're talking about the northwest corner of Yonge and Gerrard. South of College Park.

Ed007Toronto · October 5th, 2004, 06:50 AM

This thread might as well be about the Tower of Babel.

agrigentum · October 5th, 2004, 07:27 AM

That was a potential site for the Ryerson School of Business

salvius · October 5th, 2004, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed007Toronto

This thread might as well be about the Tower of Babel.

This made me laugh pretty hard.

victoryman · October 5th, 2004, 06:45 PM

the development of this corner is essential to cleaning up the roving youth problems in this area. it's an unsavory place to walk through and to think it's just a few blocks from time's square...er, dundas square. i know that street youth is a problem that needs to be addressed but if we're trying to impress tourists, it's time fix up the Yonge St from Dundas all the way up to Charles. unless we're looking for the tourists to say "oooh, honey, canadian street scum. get out the camera."

SHORTY · October 6th, 2004, 01:41 PM

Street scum are people too!

KGB · October 6th, 2004, 07:59 PM

Youth have been hanging out on that stretch of Yonge for generations....and I assume it will draw them for generations to come. Not to mention the Evergreen mission across the street, which draws a lot of them. I never noticed that part of the intersection as a hangout for youth and more than any other part of the Strip. I do notice a lot of street vendors though...maybe people mull around there because it's a street meat stop?

I don't think a condo on the parking lot is going to change the demographic nature of Yonge St much....but it will get rid of the last remaining parking lot fronting Yonge though.

KGB

salvius · October 6th, 2004, 08:02 PM

Amen to that. Parking lots scream underdevelopment.

alex h1 · October 6th, 2004, 09:41 PM

The "roving youth problem" is one of Yonge's most endearing qualities.

Byron · October 6th, 2004, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex h1

The "roving youth problem" is one of Yonge's most endearing qualities.

I guess the Dundas Square area redevelopment was a mistake then, we should have just kept the seedy youth hangouts that were there before.

October 4th, 2004, 12:54 AM	#1
KGB Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TO Posts: 5,820 Likes (Received): 1	Yonge & Gerrard?? That parking lot at College Park (north-west corner) is obviously getting something...and there is a planning department board showing something is in the works...but it doesn't give any details...just that it is changing the density or something. I'm guessing it will have to wait for the Res of CP buildings to be sold out. So...anyone have info on this site? KGB

October 4th, 2004, 01:07 AM	#2
Homer J. Simpson Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sector 7-G Posts: 2,467 Likes (Received): 0	I don't think it is anything special. Fences were up labour day weekend. To my eye it didn't look like anything larger than a midrise could be built there. __________________ "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." --John Stuart Mill Special thanks to Ttownfeen for giving me the author of the quote above To quote some wise men whos names I can not remember: "Conservative politics is like masterbation, it takes a lot of jerking things around and only pays off for those who do it."

October 4th, 2004, 02:23 AM	#4
Homer J. Simpson Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sector 7-G Posts: 2,467 Likes (Received): 0	Sorry, I think that we are not. I must have misread what you said. Was it on the south side of Carlton just east of Yonge? __________________ "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." --John Stuart Mill Special thanks to Ttownfeen for giving me the author of the quote above To quote some wise men whos names I can not remember: "Conservative politics is like masterbation, it takes a lot of jerking things around and only pays off for those who do it."

October 4th, 2004, 04:25 AM	#6
Mr Man Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: ORD - JAX Posts: 1,392 Likes (Received): 0	It's for a ~60,000 sq metre condo. __________________ Rest In Peace Pope John Paul II

October 4th, 2004, 05:03 AM	#8
Mr Man Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: ORD - JAX Posts: 1,392 Likes (Received): 0	No clue, the planning report was ridiculesly vague. __________________ Rest In Peace Pope John Paul II

October 4th, 2004, 01:26 AM	#3
KGB Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TO Posts: 5,820 Likes (Received): 1	You sure we are talking about the same site? KGB

October 4th, 2004, 02:47 AM	#5
KGB Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TO Posts: 5,820 Likes (Received): 1	The big parking lot right on the north-west corner of the intersection of Yonge & Gerrard....part of College Park. KGB

October 4th, 2004, 04:59 AM	#7
KGB Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TO Posts: 5,820 Likes (Received): 1	Is that in one...or two towers? KGB

October 4th, 2004, 11:16 PM	#10
TheAlmightyFuzz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto dewd... Posts: 49 Likes (Received): 0	^ Nope, the Met is 21 Carlton which is on Carlton and east of Yonge.

October 5th, 2004, 03:31 AM	#11
Mr Man Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: ORD - JAX Posts: 1,392 Likes (Received): 0	?? We're talking about the northwest corner of Yonge and Gerrard. South of College Park. __________________ Rest In Peace Pope John Paul II

October 5th, 2004, 06:50 AM	#12
Ed007Toronto Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 756 Likes (Received): 2	This thread might as well be about the Tower of Babel.

October 5th, 2004, 07:27 AM	#13
agrigentum Dtown Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 50 Likes (Received): 0	That was a potential site for the Ryerson School of Business

October 5th, 2004, 06:45 PM	#15
victoryman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22 Likes (Received): 0	the development of this corner is essential to cleaning up the roving youth problems in this area. it's an unsavory place to walk through and to think it's just a few blocks from time's square...er, dundas square. i know that street youth is a problem that needs to be addressed but if we're trying to impress tourists, it's time fix up the Yonge St from Dundas all the way up to Charles. unless we're looking for the tourists to say "oooh, honey, canadian street scum. get out the camera."

October 6th, 2004, 01:41 PM	#16
SHORTY Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Westport Posts: 56 Likes (Received): 0	Street scum are people too! __________________ Judge me by my actions not my words! So I says to my wife, Larry, one of us is gay!

October 6th, 2004, 07:59 PM	#17
KGB Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TO Posts: 5,820 Likes (Received): 1	Youth have been hanging out on that stretch of Yonge for generations....and I assume it will draw them for generations to come. Not to mention the Evergreen mission across the street, which draws a lot of them. I never noticed that part of the intersection as a hangout for youth and more than any other part of the Strip. I do notice a lot of street vendors though...maybe people mull around there because it's a street meat stop? I don't think a condo on the parking lot is going to change the demographic nature of Yonge St much....but it will get rid of the last remaining parking lot fronting Yonge though. KGB

October 6th, 2004, 08:02 PM	#18
salvius Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,516 Likes (Received): 0	Amen to that. Parking lots scream underdevelopment.

October 6th, 2004, 09:41 PM	#19
alex h1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 48 Likes (Received): 0	The "roving youth problem" is one of Yonge's most endearing qualities.

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