Comment 72503

By jacob (registered) | Posted December 22, 2011 at 16:05:23 in reply to Comment 72498

wow you are spinning a tangled web of hyperbole. As another Durand resident, let me add a completely opposite view: there is a steady stream of people walking along Bold, Robinson, Duke, and Hunter to the Go station and downtown, at almost all hours of the day. Bay is a busy street, yes, so are Herkimer and Hunter, but they only feel busy because they're screaming one-way racetracks, especially Bay because it's downhill. There will be absolutely no difference to those streets because of this development, The only gridlock you get in the whole neighbourhood is a bit on Queen and James during rush hour, and that's people going to and from the Mountain. I can be on the highway in 3 minutes almost anytime of the day, and that's ridiculous; if it were Toronto it would take 10. Yes there will also be the 'fumes' and noise of 300 extra bodies: get over it or move to the country. That's what a city is all about. As for parking, here's the fix: charge for it. No more free parking.

As for your post Pxtl about Vrancor, I'd say it should be getting a little tougher for people to vent about Vranich. The man has spent a boatload more cash in downtown in the last few years than any other developer. I don't think he's a good person or cares about anything other than the bottom line, but at least he's doing something. The fault for 220 Dundurn is the stupid vacant building rebate, and that's a provincial law. But blaming a developer for sitting on a property is like blaming a vulture for eating a carcass.

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