Vertical development: A dense idea
By Tamsin McMahon - Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 0 Comments
It turns out cramming more people into cities won’t help the environment or our health, and may even hurt the economy
Photograph by Sam Javanrouh
Last month Toronto’s deputy mayor, Doug Holyday, uttered what has become a cultural taboo in Canada’s largest city. Downtown Toronto, he said, is no place to raise a family.
Holyday, who lives down the street from his grandchildren in the suburban Toronto neighbourhood of Etobicoke, was against a city plan to force condo developers to reserve 10 per cent of their buildings for three-bedroom “family friendly” units.
“I could just see now: ‘Where’s little Ginny?’ ” he said. “She’s downstairs playing in the traffic on her way to the park.”
