Comment 34518

By Really? (registered) | Posted October 06, 2009 at 16:30:34

What I don't get is why Mississauga didn't build on one of their EXISTING Downtowns (Streetsville, Port Credit, Meadowvale (more of a hemlet), Cooksville (which would have had direct connection to Downtown Toronto via GO) etc...)

I mean, imagine a Downtown Skyline along Lake Ontario, in an older/built up neighbourhood like Port Credit! What a beautiful setting... but instead they decided to build, literally, in the middle of nowhere 30years ago. And now, most of MCC is still empty lots/unserviced lands/banality.

And only NOW, 30 years later, did Mississauga realize they made a planning mistake and are trying to correct that with this 'Main Street Master Plan': http://www6.mississauga.ca/onlinemaps/pl...

So if Hamilton--for whatever reason--is still trying to 'imitate' Sauga's plan; then perhaps they should refocus their plans on Mississauga 2010 rather than Mississayga 1975.

Some places in Mississauga (and even BURLINGTOn--well Aldershot) even have better Urban Designs than Hamilton! While Aldershot tries to build up their 'Plains Village' idea with mix-used townhouses (street retail, condo/townhome ontop) along Plains Rd; Hamilton concentrates on crap development where single-storey faux-stucco framed aluminum boxes put their backs to the street... literally!

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