City Settles with two of three Developers in the Triangle
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Save Our Queen!
Community members encouraged to attend City Council Meetings Monday 16th - Wednesday 18th at Toronto City Hall.
Hello Active 18'ers,
Things are not looking good for the Queen West Triangle. We have
virtually exhausted our legal avenues of appeal for the OMB decision,
and we've still gotten nowhere with our demands and concerns for
parkland, retaining jobs in the neighbourhood, saving 48 Abell, getting
user-friendly sidewalks and streets, and height restrictions on
Queen.
The developers continue to get their way with the OMB, the City
Planning Department, and our local politicians.
This Monday, (and possibly Tuesday or Wednesday - depending how the
meeting agenda is set), an Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendment is
being voted on by City Council. We are begging Adam Giambrone to
finally stand up and fight for a sustainable plan in the Triangle. To
date he has been ineffective in presenting the community's views to the
planners and other politicians. We have given him a list of amendments
to the proposed plan that would at least temper the disaster that
appears to be coming our way on Queen West.
The Queen West Triangle, as proposed, has a density that is higher than
St. Jamestown (and we know how that social experiment ended up),
is parks deficient, has inadequate plans for giving back to the
creative industries these developments are displacing, demolishes 48
Abell, and has a very unsafe street grid with dead ends, semi-private
courtyards, and tall canyons of glass and steel.
Now is the time for councillor Giambrone to SAVE OUR QUEEN.
We encourage you to attend the council meetings July16th-18th at City
Hall.
You can also make your opinions known by emailing the media, city
councillors, Adam Giambrone (Ward 18), Gord Perks (Ward 14 Parkdale
Councillor), and Mayor Miller. Please CC us on your
correspondence so we can be sure it doesn't get buried in the
bureaucracy.
MEDIA INQUIRIES: 647-500-0385
Addresses and Contact Info:
Councillor Adam Giambrone
416-392-7012
Councillor_giambrone@toronto.ca
Councillor Gord Perks
416-392-7919
councillor_perks@toronto.ca
Mayor David Miller
416-397-2489
mayor_miller@toronto.ca