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By Mahesh_P_Butani (registered) - website | Posted September 25, 2012 at 17:14:47 in reply to Comment 81226
No, Jason - unfortunately the 26 meters section as planned, encompasses the entire stretch of Cannon from Bay thru to Wellington.
Had a fruitful discussion with some very sympathetic planners who do recognize the value of a street wall on Cannon - and are equally frustrated with traffic requirements.
The fact that many old, gorgeous buildings like the Knitting Factory, the Good Shepard bldg opp, w/the Hamilton Hostel across, and many more smaller buildings provide the existing street wall character and street width definition --was acknowledged--, as also was the resulting devastating effect of widening Cannon in a piecemeal manner as and when new buildings are proposed.
It is crucial at this stage to visualize the stretch of Cannon from James to Ferguson/Wellington as a New Village (much like Intnl Village) - which ties the Murray to Cannon neighbourhood into the Downtown Secondary plan; and thus making it come under the pervue of a higher density and architectural guidelines resulting in a more defined downtown identity.
This stretch from Murray to Cannon & James to Wellington - as it stands, neither belongs to the north-end nor the downtown core - and is being perceived by the planners as a suburban model with suburban densities.
Such urban visualization for this stretch needs to be communicated --by all-- to the Ward councillor and the planning staff in large numbers, as the preferred community response, because the alternative most likely will result in a "zombie zone".
This does need to be tackled as soon as possible, not withstanding the two-way conversion thrust... before things get etched out further in the PLANS.
Comment edited by Mahesh_P_Butani on 2012-09-25 17:16:20
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