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Originally Posted by Zarley
I actually don't mind some type of heritage designation for Scarboro and Mount Royal as the two neighbourhoods are an excellent example of the City Beautiful movement urban design philosophy and both have many architecturally significant heritage homes. Due to the irregular street layout and topography of these communities, they are not good candidates for intensive redevelopment anyway.
Having said that, properties along the south edge of Scarboro along 17th Ave and parcels in Mount Royal with frontage on 14th St should be re-designated to allow for townhomes and low rise multifamily with limited commercial at grade.
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I have the exact same thoughts. Those communities as a whole I feel are justified in keeping it's historically low density/bougie luxury house land uses, but the properties that border the urban main streets corridors of 17th Ave and 14 St should be low-medium density builds since the roads don't compliment what they are trying to preserve.
There is plenty of other inner city communities that are ripe for redevelopment, that can serve the city's aspirations for significant growth within the inner city.