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It is frustrating that we are literally getting suburban style townhomes at the first C-Train station west of the downtown area (Shag Point), while we're getting a 30 storey tower in West Springs. The way the city is developing, at some point we may need to rethink where we build primary transit.I love this, but again, it would be nice if we could see this kind of development surrounding an actual C-train station, and not just places like UD, West District, Springbank Hill, Currie, etc.
Ya think...It is frustrating that we are literally getting suburban style townhomes at the first C-Train station west of the downtown area (Shag Point), while we're getting a 30 storey tower in West Springs. The way the city is developing, at some point we may need to rethink where we build primary transit.
The only land left to be developed in the area is the giant parcel directly west of this area, that houses the CBC broadcast tower (hence the streetname Broadcast Avenue). I have no idea what, if any, plans the CBC has for that area. It would be great if the tower could be relocated to a more rual area (or perhaps in the TUC somehow?...) and it would make the perfect extension west for West District.Will West District ever expand past its initial boundaries. I love the whole project but feels weird its a small pocket around SFH
The extension to 85th was (by my analysis) the lowest priority investment. From the city's numbers, 1500 incremental riders, $5 million a year in operational costs, $213 million in capital costs. For an (my analysis) NPV of ops costs of $105 million, for a total neutral investment of $318 million, or $212k per rider.Likely an extension with it just simply terminating east of 85th, at the doorstep of all of the density being proposed in Springbank Hill. Although, I wonder if Transit will consider that too close to the 69th Street station, and thus, not worth doing.
The fact that the blue line doesn't even go near WD really tempers any excitement I feel for it. Unbelievably that most of our multifamily buildings are being built as far away from transit as physically possibleRail transit is an amenity. That's it. A community with a 560 unit housing complex contained in one block should be one in which you don't have to leave it for play and work. Canada is building vertical subdivisions with 50 storey clusters with minimum spacing and mixed usage with rapid population growth and housing crunches and calling them communities. Vancouver is better off than Toronto. However, recent suburban masterplanned development arer a far cry from Vancouverism which is built on human scale with high rises.
560 units in one block may not be a step forward for the West District. It will be dependent on following blocks if they continue similar scale and densities. Vaughn, Mississauga, Burquitlam, Brentwood are at their best in skyline view. That's not a compliment.
