Comments on: Toronto’s Innovative Infill http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/16/torontos-innovative-infill/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:17:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Toronto Unique Urban Homes http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/16/torontos-innovative-infill/comment-page-1/#comment-284767 Toronto Unique Urban Homes Wed, 13 May 2009 16:44:22 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/16/torontos-innovative-infill/#comment-284767 there are more and more of these properties thankfully! here's a great building downtown toronto just ready to be re-invented: http://1macklem.com there are more and more of these properties thankfully!

here’s a great building downtown toronto just ready to be re-invented:
http://1macklem.com

]]> By: Andrew http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/16/torontos-innovative-infill/comment-page-1/#comment-11268 Andrew Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:30:09 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/16/torontos-innovative-infill/#comment-11268 It's funny... I lived in Toronto for almost 8 years (downtown, Jarvis, Greektown, etc. - and not in the monied areas of either) and I don't think "The Alley" really entered my gestalt of how I think about Toronto. The weird this was was when I saw the first picture I thought it was Baltimore (where I now reside) where almost ALL houses back onto alleys of some kind. A kind of historio-spatial trick of the mind seems to have happened - what I thought is (Balto) actually I thought never was (T.O.) - and thus the fallacy of "place" is exposed - it's transportable. It’s funny… I lived in Toronto for almost 8 years (downtown, Jarvis, Greektown, etc. – and not in the monied areas of either) and I don’t think “The Alley” really entered my gestalt of how I think about Toronto. The weird this was was when I saw the first picture I thought it was Baltimore (where I now reside) where almost ALL houses back onto alleys of some kind. A kind of historio-spatial trick of the mind seems to have happened – what I thought is (Balto) actually I thought never was (T.O.) – and thus the fallacy of “place” is exposed – it’s transportable.

]]> By: Christopher Szabla http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/16/torontos-innovative-infill/comment-page-1/#comment-7020 Christopher Szabla Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:29:09 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/16/torontos-innovative-infill/#comment-7020 In New York, the lack of service alleys leads to every activity - no matter how unpleasant or disruptive - spilling onto the street. Rotting trash piles up in walls on busy sidewalks every night, disrupting both space and smell. If Toronto were to fully develop its laneways in this fashion, those living in them would either have to be content with their residential streets serving - disproportionately - to deal with the unpleasantries of such services, or they would have to be distributed over every street. In other words, there are situations in which forms of density can reduce quality of life. In New York, the lack of service alleys leads to every activity – no matter how unpleasant or disruptive – spilling onto the street. Rotting trash piles up in walls on busy sidewalks every night, disrupting both space and smell. If Toronto were to fully develop its laneways in this fashion, those living in them would either have to be content with their residential streets serving – disproportionately – to deal with the unpleasantries of such services, or they would have to be distributed over every street. In other words, there are situations in which forms of density can reduce quality of life.

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