Comment 118073

By jason (registered) | Posted April 30, 2016 at 12:21:22

not often I say this, but I love this plan presented by the city. The keys will be in the details.
They must pay attention to street design and building design. We can not afford to allow a developer to come in and slap up a bunch of brown stucco buildings with scrawny trees out front.

Hamilton is famous for great renderings becoming awful in reality.

The public realm is key to this new neighbourhood. The pathways, beach area, trees, public art, patios, cycling/sidewalks, transit links etc.... Enough whining by the area NIMBY's who complain about traffic. They should focus their attention on making this a sustainable neighbourhood with fantastic transit/cycling/walking connections, not trying to jam in more cars, parking lots and wide streets to the north end.

I hear some people complaining that there's no giant open space in this plan. From Pier 4 to Cootes Paradise is nothing but a giant open space. We need some development along the harbour to create new housing and new retail/business opportunities.

I'm glad we've done our waterfront opposite from Toronto: public space first, now residential. They would kill to have Pier 4 and Bayfront Park along Toronto's harbour.
We've got them. Now let's add some new neighbourhoods to increase the city's urban population, tax base and offer new housing options.

Comment edited by jason on 2016-04-30 12:23:01

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