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amor de cosmos Jan 26, 2014 6:47 PM

5 ideas Toronto never built
 
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The five greatest ideas Toronto never built
From a 1929 scheme to give the downtown a Parisian flare to the first lieutenant governor’s intention to keep the waterfront for the public, here are five ideas that would have changed Toronto.

http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/t...rcle_today.jpg

http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/t...king_north.jpg

http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/t...nd_gardens.jpg

http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/t...onplansjpg.jpg

http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/t...e_proposal.jpg

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014...ver_built.html

middeljohn Jan 26, 2014 8:18 PM

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Originally Posted by amor de cosmos (Post 6423625)

This would've made for some epic urbanity!

Round-abouts have been proven many times to much more efficient at moving traffic through an intersection.

Innsertnamehere Jan 29, 2014 8:25 PM

I'm going to have to differ, like university avenue, it would be a pedestrian wasteland.

middeljohn Feb 3, 2014 11:53 PM

Yeah I guess there wouldn't be pedestrians inside the traffic circle like the rendering implies. How would they get there without having to play frogger?

yaletown_fella Feb 16, 2014 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by middeljohn (Post 6435366)
Yeah I guess there wouldn't be pedestrians inside the traffic circle like the rendering implies. How would they get there without having to play frogger?

I think the architecture is the biggest missed opportunity as opposed to the pedestrian realm.

I guess they could get there via TTC entrance tunnels.

GeneralLeeTPHLS Oct 10, 2015 3:16 PM

That Eaton Tower sounds really nice, with the archtecture from that time, would've been wicked compared with todays skyscrapers.

AdamBeede Mar 6, 2016 1:06 PM

Construction projects always contribute in the development of society. Luckily, construction projects have made Toronto city more worthy and place to watch.


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