Julian Cappelli
As a person with a severe disability I struggle to get around the city. I depend on others for mobility. Way too often there are inconsistencies in the neighborhood that makes it hard for me to navigate. Example, a utility pole in the middle of the sidewalk. This neighborhood should serve as a model for access for people with mobility issues

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Paul Y
800 comments on Parks? Trees? Culture? Maybe . . . as a way to market this plan. It is not endorsed by our elected representatives or City planning staff. It will go forward as a Ministerial Zoning Order (see staff report - top of pg 2). LINK: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-168262.pdf The province is giving the developer a massive re-zoning and we/the City are left out. The consultants and developer are here short-term. We can take up valuable time asking about public space, affrdble housing, parks, trees and culture however, without the City planning process there are no agreements and no reasons I can see why a developer (partnered with the Premier) would spend on these extras. Cadillac Fairview (owned by the Teachers Pension Fund btw) will maximize profit for share holders regardless of what we add to this list of opinions. We have no power. And yes we have a huge affordability crisis in Toronto but from my experience living here since mid 80's simply building more condos has never resulted in affordability. Public funding (from development charges etc.) and/or development agreements have. Where I live, a family shelter was integrated into a condo because the Councillor and staff worked with the developer and made it a condition for approval. Will this developer funded consulting team figure out how to ensure the developer provides what the City planners and Elected reps would have demanded? Don't think so. Look at who has the power.

Zahra Khalil
Most studios in Toronto have been lost to developers or displaced due to gentrification. East Harbour's former tagline was that it was going to be a "global centre for art"... Please stay true to this virtue as our global reputation depends on attracting innovative and creative industries and people.

Joe Kinardi
I agree with other comments regarding architecture and design. I want to see less glass and more red brick to honour the industrial past of the site and more creativity and originality. Consider bringing in KPMB architects, whose projects continue to inspire colour and form.

Tony Whitaker
Good luck with that, indeed. 65 storey residential towers with a large component of 1 bedrooms for investors and Airbnb landlords is not what East Harbour should be all about.

anthony L
We need area for entertainment, social events, employment, and sizable housing units not just studio (or 1 BR). We need jobs to support people coming to Toronto, Ontario and Canada

Devyn Thomson
The industrial heritage and adaptive reuse of the existing buildings can create a focal point for the development.

Paula Virany
Is it the Manhattanization of Toronto or the Strip Mall-ization of Toronto?

Cadillac-Fairview's plan is to destroy all heritage buildings on the site. It would be illegal for them to do that, however the Ford government passed legislation that allows destruction of heritage buildings via MZO's (a very aggressive, undemocratic approach.) It led to public demonstrations when the government moved to destroy the Foundries Building. Luckily demonstrators stopped that.

There are three beautiful old brick buildings on the East Harbour site. They are the Unilever building, 433 Eastern and the old Consumers' Gas company building at 419 Eastern. These buildings must be kept intact or incorporated into the new design. It is the history of a city that gives it character, charm and ultimately liveability.

Policy makers often explain that Toronto is going through “Manhattanization” i.e. it is becoming a large, dense city. This is accurate, however one of the reasons that NYC is so fantastic is that it's FULL of gorgeous historical buildings, such as the old brownstones (many are now condos) Greenwich Village, the Meat Packing district etc. All these add beauty and charm to NYC.

If Toronto keeps levelling all its heritage buildings this will not be Manhattanization. It will be a soulless mess.

Can Cadillac Fairview serve our great city and country and keep the heritage buildings? Isn’t that their civic duty?

Will these buildings be left intact or be incorporated into the design? As lobbies, parts of buildings or facades?

William Coukell
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Paul Klaassen
I'm frankly a little surprised that First Gulf or Great Gulf (whichever it was) was able to negotiate with the city and province for the billions in infrastructure changes based on the jobs that would come from the commercial development, then sell the property to a developer who changes the plan without those concessions needing to be renegotiated. Furthermore, I'm disappointed that we are planning to build at the heights being planned. The neighbourhood has condominium projects capping out at around 15 stories and this will dwarf all of those, changing the character in an unpleasing way. I can only hope that there is consideration given to adding value to the neighbourhood by providing spaces appropriate to businesses like grocery stores, dry cleaners, restaurants, cafes, medical and dental offices, bicycle stores and other such day to day necessities.

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Historic preservation and utilization f existing buildings and infrastructure should be a primary theme. The demolition of anything old is a rampant theme in Toronto — including th East Harbour project — and it is beginning to erode the city’s character. Virtually all world-class cities have managed to integrate heritage structures with new architect designs. And it is important to say that when I speak of ‘heritage’ it takes a more meaningful commitment than simply preserving a facade….which s better than nothing but has been proven to be a politically astute form of appeasing developers

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