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Yonge Street Planning

1. The document discusses recommendations for the transformation of Yonge Street between Dundas Street and Gerrard Street in Toronto. 2. Key recommendations include expanding the fine-grained pedestrian network around Yonge Street, improving the public realm and transportation, guiding appropriate built form and building envelopes, and promoting a diversity of programs and land uses. 3. The area contains four distinct "urban villages" that could be better connected through an enhanced fine-grained pedestrian network linking them to the main Yonge Street spine.

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Yonge Street - From Dundas to Gerrard The 300-blocks are set to transform significantly in the future. The recommendations within the Yonge Street Planning framework encourage developments that will allow the neighbourhood to intensify while retaining its low-rise heritage at-grade, enhancing the fine-grained pedestrian network stemming from the main public realm spine of Yonge, and encouraging a diversity of programs to support the interests of both locals and tourists.
INTRODUCTION Yonge Street is Toronto's uncontested ‘main street’. As it has evolved it has accumulated
Yonge & Gerrard Yonge Street closed to vehicular traffic during a street event. Periodically turning the roadway over to pedestrians and increasing foot traffic along the street both activates the public realm and supports local businesses.
OVERVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS Four themes have been identified to guide the City & community in moving forward: Expand and improve the Fine-Grained Pedestrian Network Surrounding Yonge Street villages’ 1. PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION 2. BUILT FORM Transformation of the Street Heritage & the Character of Yonge densify. As Building Envelopes in Expanding Access to the Subway – a Ryerson Station at Gould Signage in the Downtown Yonge Special Sign District
4. IMPLEMENTATION Pilot Projects 3. PROGRAM & LAND-USE Retail on Yonge Street retail Revisions to the Current Zoning By-Law to Permit Intensification along with Site Specific Design Guidelines Street. Mixed-Use New Subway Entrance at Gould Use Capital Programs to Enhance Pedestrian Networks and Expand Neighbourhood Culture & Entertainment Public Realm small activities out onto the street. Markets & Street Vendors Yonge
YONGE STREET: HISTORY & CONTEXT
AN EVOLVING URBAN CONTEXT 1 Yonge Street, circa 1950 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2 Downtown Yonge Urban Development Time Line HISTORY & CONTEXT
SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION, 1949-1954 YONGE STREET MALL, 1971-1974 · · · · round · · Source: , James Bow, http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5102.shtml Source: - Astrid Idlewild & Duncan Taylor 1 Yonge subway line construction, circa 1950 2 Yonge Street Mall, circa 1971-72 YONGE STREET PLANNING
MEDIA & MUSIC XXX & THE BURLESQUE Source: , (a review of Bravo's Yonge Street: Toronto Rock Source: , Richard Fiennes-Clinton and Roll Stories) http://torontothenandnow.blogspot.com/2011/02/18-cinemas-scandals-then-and-now-part.html http://www.blogto.com/music/2011/03/a_history_of_the_yonge_street_music_scene/ 1 Yonge Street, circa 1970 2 Yonge Street, 1973 HISTORY & CONTEXT
STREET LIGHTING FINE GRAIN RETAIL · EVENT SPACE core 1 Yonge Street at night, circa 1970 2 Live Green Festival, July 2010 YONGE STREET PLANNING
EVOLUTION OF YONGE STREET'S EAST STREETSCAPE Future Building 1 Yonge Street - East Elevation, 2011 2 Yonge Street's East Streetscape, 2011 3 Yonge Street's East Streetscape, circa 1950 HISTORY & CONTEXT
STREET Street. YONGE STREET PLANNING
EVOLUTION OF YONGE STREET'S WEST STREETSCAPE STREET STREET 1 Yonge Street - West Elevation, 2011 2 Yonge Street's West Streetscape, 2011 3 Yonge Street's West Streetscape, circa 1970 4 Yonge Street's West Streetscape, circa 1950 HISTORY & CONTEXT
STREET STREET Heritage Heritage YONGE STREET PLANNING
1 Present day Yonge Street HISTORY & CONTEXT
PEDESTRIAN PRESENCE PEDESTRIANS OUTNUMBER VEHICLES BY ALMOST 250% 1 Pedestrian and Vehicular Volumes in Downtown Yonge YONGE STREET PLANNING
EXISTING CONDITIONS PEDESTRIAN ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 3.0M 3.5M 3.5M 3.0M 3.0M 3.5M 13.0M 3.5M Street Section PEDESTRIAN ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 3.0M 3.5M 3.5M 3.0M 3.0M 3.5M 13.0M 3.5M Street Perspective Street Layout HISTORY & CONTEXT
4 'URBAN VILLAGES' There are 4 distinct mixed-use 'urban villages' that connect to the Downtown Yonge spine, COLLEGE STREET which include: CARLTON STREET GRANBY STREET SHEARD STREET Each village has its own green space, but many remain overlooked since existing 1 2 connections to these hidden gems are inconspicuous. There is an opportunity to develop MCGILL STREET a fine-grained pedestrian network that would enhance connections between these villages and the overall neighbourhood. GERRARD STREET WEST GERRARD STREET EAST YONGE STREET WALTON ST BAY STREET CHURCH STREET YONGE STREET VICTORIA STREET O’KEEFE LANE ELM STREET 3 4 GOULD STREET 1 College Park - Barbara Ann Scott Park 2 McGill-Granby EDWARD STREET VICTORIA STREET BOND STREET DUNDAS STREET WEST DUNDAS SQUARE DUNDAS STREET EAST 3 Edward-Elm - Delta Chelsea courtyard 4 Ryerson University - Kerr Hall Quad YONGE STREET PLANNING
SUBWAY ENTRANCES near future. 20 MILLION PASSENGERS USE DUNDAS STATION EACH YEAR 2.5M 2 Access, Transit & Parking 1 East-west section along Yonge Street in Downtown Yonge HISTORY & CONTEXT
HERITAGE IN THE 300-BLOCKS While there are many 'listed' buildings along this stretch of Yonge Street, few fall under the protection of a 'designated' legal status. · Listed Properties Include: 4 1 Thornton-Smith Building, 340 Yonge Street 2 Richard S Williams Block, 363-365 Yonge Street 3 Horatio Boultbee Shop, 364 Yonge Street 4 John Wanless Building, 372 Yonge Street 5 Alfred Walton Shops, 374 Yonge Street · 1 Thornton-Smith Building 2 Richard S Williams Block 3 Horatio Boultbee Shop 4 Gerrard Building 5 Dominion Bank YONGE STREET PLANNING
EXISTING BUILT FORM rard Ger ld Gou Yon ge asd Dun · Commercial Residential Zone HISTORY & CONTEXT
historically das Dun ard Edw Elm Yon ge ton Wal rard · Commercial Residential Zone Ger YONGE STREET PLANNING
SIGNAGE ON YONGE 1 Artist's rendering of Yonge Street with new signage 2 Proposed location of signage on heritage buildings HISTORY & CONTEXT
YONGE STREET: A WORLD IN MOTION BIA
DOWNTOWN YONGE BIA - CURRENT INITIATIVES Downtown Yonge Public Realm Strategy - December 2010 · FT RA D 1 Site Specific Projects for the Public Realm Strategy - Downtown Yonge BIA WORLD IN MOTION
RYERSON MASTER PLAN MAPLE LEAF GARDENS RYERSON UNIVERSITY CORE RU LANDSCAPING & LIGHTING Snohetta Architects Inc · RU STUDENT LEARNING CENTRE Future Ryerson Sites TED ROGERS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCHOOL OF IMAGE ARTS 1 School of Image Arts - Diamond + Schmitt Architects Inc 2 Student Learning Centre - Zeidler Partnership Architects & Snøhetta 3 Ryerson University Sports & Recreation Centre YONGE STREET PLANNING
RYERSON'S PUBLIC REALM 1 Gould Street, as seen from Yonge Street - Daoust Lestage Inc 2 Signature Lighting - Daoust Lestage Inc 3 Devonian Pond - Daoust Lestage Inc 4 Victoria Street - Daoust Lestage Inc WORLD IN MOTION
'TALL BUILDINGS' STUDY they Source: , Urban Strategies Inc & Hariri Pontarini Architects, April 2010 1 Cross section of existing & approved buildings fronting Yonge Street YONGE STREET PLANNING
TALL BUILDING STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS 28.9 3m 5m 25.9 45.00m 42.00m 0m 10.0 20.00m rard 3.00 m Ger Yon ge ld Gou das Dun WORLD IN MOTION
Centre intensification in and foreign scale of the street das Dun ard 20.00m Edw m 3.00 Elm 20.00m 31.0 0m 20.00m 81.0 0m rard Yon Base Height Ger ge 74 .0 ton 0m Wal 20.00m 31.0 0m YONGE STREET PLANNING
AURA AT COLLEGE PARK BARBARA ANN SCOTT PARK COLLEGE PARK AURA CONNECTION TO PATH 1 Aura at College Park 2 Retail plinth 3 Retail above and below grade 4 Fifth floor roof garden WORLD IN MOTION
THE POTENTIAL PATH NETWORK EXPANSION not 1 Wellington & York 2 PATH traffic 3 Adelaide & Yonge 4 PATH retail 5 PATH Potential Expansion Map - Urban Strategies YONGE STREET PLANNING
RECENT LAND ACQUISITIONS to the uncertainty over the future PRIMARIS 1 2 3 4 5 Current Property Ownership Map 1 2 3 4 5 WORLD IN MOTION
WHAT COMES NEXT? WHAT WE HEARD Four Broad emes Emerged:
WHAT WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS Locals have a very positive commitment to this EXISTING FINE-GRAINED NETWORK neighbourhood. COVENANT HOUSE EVERGREEN · Address the location of Yonge Street Mission · Small residential units result in a transient community 1 Walton Street 2 Yonge Street Mission, 1959 3 Yonge & Gerrard
WHAT WE HEARD FROM RYERSON A new face for Ryerson on Yonge Street. UNDESIRABLE USE OF O’KEEFE LANE COHERENT RU IDENTITY REQUIRED PERFORATE WALLS RU STUDENT LEARNING CENTRE - A NEW FACE ON YONGE ACCESS TO QUAD · Second entrance for TTC near Ryerson as KERR HALL the area evolves - POTENTIAL RESIDENCE? VICTORIA - HEALTH SCIENCE STREET · Imminent transition into an 1 Future Maple Leaf Gardens 2 Kerr Hall Quad Access 3 O’Keefe Lane
WHAT WE HEARD FROM LANDOWNERS Enhance the intensity & diversity of Yonge Street as a lively pedestrian space. FT RA D 1 Land Use Map - Yonge Street 3 The Brown Derby, ca. 1950 3 Yonge Street, ca. 1970 4 Yonge Street, present day
FT RA D 5 Building Heights on Yonge Street Fragmented land acquisition & an uncertain future leaves landowners unwilling to invest in the street today. 6 Diverse & small scale retail 7 Chess on Gould St, ca. 1970 8 Advertise vision
WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITY De ne a limited number of key issues that will shape future plans for Yonge. FT traffic RA D conservation efforts 1 Heritage Sites & Landmarks on Yonge Street area community 2 Sam’s - before demolition 3 Sam’s - during demolition 4 Lalani - collapse of the façade
WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC Provide streets with seasonal & daily exibility. Find a way to bridge the 19th century with the 21st. Develop & implement plans quickly! Start with pilot projects. · · · Maintain individual frontages grade transient · Highlight access to hidden green gems from Yonge Street ly!
CONCEPTS & RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATION 1: WIDEN SIDEWALKS & REDUCE TO 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC Source: Cory Bluhm, Manager of Downtown Community Development, Kitchener 1 Bollards designed to reinforce the city's identity 2 Parking marked by the use of paving & bollards 3 The market area during summer periods PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION 44
RECOMMENDATION 2: DEVELOP FLEXIBLE STREETS season. 1 Strøget, Copenhagen 2 Ginza Street Festival, Tokyo 3 Ginza at Rush Hour, Tokyo 4 Drottninggatan, Stockholm YONGE STREET PLANNING
RECOMMENDATION 3: BEGIN IMMEDIATELY WITH PILOT PROJECTS Source: , February 2009 http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/broadway_0223409.pdf 1 In-house staff and resources used to deliver the project 2 Street view of the widened sidewalks & landscaping 3 Aerial view of the Broadway Pilot Program PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
PHASE 1: PILOT PROJECT Scenario 1: Spring & Summer Market Area Scenario 2: Street Closure - Markets & Events MARKET AREA PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY ROADWAY LAY-BY PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 2.0M 4.0M 4.0M 2.5M 3.0M Scenario 1: Street Section 3.5M 13.0M 3.5M LAY-BYS PEDESTRIAN & MARKET AREA ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN & MARKET AREA 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 2.0M 4.0M 4.0M 2.0M 3.0M Scenario 1: Street Perspective Scenario 1: Street Plan 13.0M YONGE STREET PLANNING
MARKET AREA PEDESTRIAN ROADWAY MARKET AREA CLEARWAY 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 2.0M 4.0M 4.0M 2.5M 3.0M Scenario 2: Street Section 3.5M 13.0M 3.5M PEDESTRIAN & MARKET AREA STALLS/EVENT SPACE PEDESTRIAN & MARKET AREA 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 2.0M 4.0M 4.0M 2.0M 3.0M Scenario 2: Street Perspective Scenario 2: Street Plan 13.0M PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
PHASE 2: WIDEN SIDEWALKS & REDUCE TO 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC Scenario 1: Spring & Summer Market Area PEDESTRIAN SERVICE LANE ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN MARKET AREA CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 2.5M 3.0M 4.5M 4.5M 3.0M 2.5M Scenario 1: Street Section 5.5M 9.0M 5.5M Scenario 2: Street Closure - Markets & Events LAY-BYS MARKET AREA PEDESTRIAN ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN MARKET AREA CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 2.5M 3.0M 4.5M 4.5M 3.0M 2.5M Scenario 1: Street Perspective Scenario 1: Street Plan 5.5M 9.0M 5.5M YONGE STREET PLANNING
Street · PEDESTRIAN EVENT SPACE MARKET STALLS & EVENT SPACE PEDESTRIAN MARKET AREA · CLEARWAY SEATING CLEARWAY 2.5M 3.0M 4.5M 4.5M 3.0M 2.5M Scenario 2: Street Section 5.5M 9.0M 5.5M PEDESTRIAN STREET PARKING MARKET STALLS & EVENT SPACE STREET PARKING PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 2.5M 3.0M 4.5M 4.5M 3.0M 2.5M Scenario 2: Street Perspective Scenario 2: Street Plan 5.5M 9.0M 5.5M PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
ELM STREET DUNDAS STATION SECOND EXIT VICTORIA STREET O’KEEFE LANE YONGE STREET GOULD STREET · · TTC Transformer EDWARD STREET Servicing route from O'Keefe Lane O’KEEFE LANE Proposed northbound platform entrance-exit VICTORIA STREET Proposed southbound platform entrance-exit Northbound platform below grade Southbound platform below grade Existing northbound platform entrance-exits Existing southbound platform entrance-exits DUNDAS STREET WEST DU ND AS ST RE ET EA ST DUNDAS SQUARE 1 Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, Daoust Lestage 2 Subway Entrance 3 Subway Cut Dundas Station Subway Platforms and Entrance-Exits YONGE STREET PLANNING
BUILDING ON RYERSON'S PUBLIC REALM INITIATIVES PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
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STREET LIGHTING Rue Sainte-Catherine & Rue Sainte-Laurent, Montreal - Daoust Lestage PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION RECOMMENDATIONS OVERVIEW of Yonge Street . YONGE STREET PLANNING
RETAINING THE HERITAGE ENVELOPE · · rise character of Yonge Street BUILT FORM
4 1 Gerrard Building, 385-395 Yonge Street 2 Richard S Williams Block, 363-365 Yonge Street 3 Bank of Nova Scotia Branch, 302 Yonge Street 4 Thornton-Smith Building, 340 Yonge Street 5 Horatio Boultbee Shop, 364 Yonge Street 6 John Wanless Building, 372 Yonge Street 7 Alfred Walton Shops, 374 Yonge Street 8 John McBean Building, 376 Yonge Street 9 Dominion Bank, Yonge & Gerrard Branch, 378 Yonge Street YONGE STREET PLANNING
BUILT FORM INTENSIFICATION 28.3 0m 0m 26.5 is necessary and guidelines are necessary to 45.00m 42.00m 35.0M 7.30m 20.00m 12.5M 7.5M rard 5.0M Ger 35.0M Yon ge 20.0M 16.00m ld Gou 41.0 0m Base Height das Dun BUILT FORM
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SIGNAGE ON YONGE · Ensure that heritage faç lighting and content. GERRARD STREET DUNDAS STREET GOULD STREET Signage on the east side of Yonge Street GERRARD STREET EDWARD STREET WALTON STREET DUNDAS STREET ELM STREET Signage on the west side of Yonge Street BUILT FORM
BUILT FORM RECOMMENDATIONS OVERVIEW Design Excellence is erected.
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CAFÉS & RESTAURANTS on the street. vendors 1 Rue Mouffetard, Paris 2 Ginza, Tokyo 3 St Christopher's Place, London PROGRAM & LAND USE
ACTIVE STOREFRONTS restaurants out onto the street. 1 Cinquecento Trattoria, Toronto 2 The 3 Brewers Restaurant Micro-Brewery, Toronto 3 Cinquecento Trattoria, Toronto YONGE STREET PLANNING
RESIDENTIAL TARGET GROUPS diverse range of residents. · Students 1 Black House, Utrecht - Bakers Architecten 2 Rochester Riverside (competition entry), Rochester - Alison Brooks Architects · Young families 3 Art Stable, Seattle - Olson Kundig Architects 4 Radio City Condominiums, Toronto - architectsAlliance PROGRAM & LAND USE
EMPLOYMENT: HIGH-TECH INCUBATORS The transforming community on Yonge Street includes a greater 1 ING Direct Café, Toronto 2 ING Direct Café, Toronto · as 3 Apple Store, 5th Avenue, Manhattan 4 Students at an Engineering Outreach event in the Google Canada Headquarters YONGE STREET PLANNING
CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT: MUSIC, THEATRE & DIGITAL MEDIA venues media 1 Nuit Blanche, Toronto 2 Jazz festival, Montreal 3 Digital media installation, Dallas PROGRAM & LAND USE
TEMPORARY STREETSCAPES: VENDORS, MARKETS & SEASONAL EVENTS 1 Rue Mouffetard, Paris 2 Exmouth Market, London 3 Stockholm, Sweden YONGE STREET PLANNING
PROGRAMS & LAND-USE RECOMMENDATIONS OVERVIEW
IMPLEMENTATION City of Toronto RECOMMENDATIONS Local Downtown OVERVIEW Residents Yonge BIA KPMB in CORE Ryerson Senior association TEAM Administration with GCI & Student Union Other Community TTC future. Stakeholders Private Sector Partners
PRECEDENTS & INSPIRATION Currently under construction:
BANK STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT · While plans to replace old sewers and water mains were being developed, the City of Ottawa decided to use this opportunity to improve the condition of their roadways as well. The rehabilitation of Bank Street will include the introduction of wider sidewalks, decorative streetlights, public art and street furniture from the Wellington Street to the Rideau Canal · Initiated in 2004, the full Bank Street Reconstruction Project was broken down into several phases. The final phase is expected to be completed by June 2012 1 Typical Corner - Showing Paving, Art & Furniture, IBI Group 2 Bank Street Detailed Design, 'Downtown to Lansdowne', IBI Group PRECEDENTS & INSPIRATION
GRANVILLE STREET REDESIGN PROJECT pedestrian zone, where people can play, walk, shop, and relax on weekends during the summer free events and activities within the heart of downtown Vancouver 400 to 1200 blocks, are now complete 1 Construction along Granville Street near Drake Street 2 Granville Street leading towards Robson, PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. 3 Granville Street from Helmcken to Nelson, PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. YONGE STREET PLANNING
LA RUE SAINTE-CATHERINE often closed to traffic and used for large festive events 1 Current construction along Rue Sainte-Catherine, Daoust Lestage Inc 2 Typical plan with new streetscaping elements, Daoust Lestage Inc 3 Street level view of Sainte-Catherine Street, Daoust Lestage Inc PRECEDENTS & INSPIRATION
CREDITS PROJECT TEAM STAKEHOLDERS KPMB Architects & Greenberg Local Residents & Community Groups · Consultants Inc · · · · Marianne McKenna · Association · · Yonge Street Mission · · · · Courtyard Marriott · · · · · Bay Cloverhill Community Association · Kristin Ross · City of Toronto With assistance from Ryerson University architecture students: Ryerson University · · Aaron Hendershott · · · Julia Hanisberg · Yonge Street Heritage Preservation Study provided by students of · Sheldon Levy · Heritage Preservation Services Ryerson University's Master of Architecture program. · Caitlin Smith · City of Toronto, Ward 27 Business & Land Owners · · · · · · · · · · Toronto Transit Commission · Kevin Beaulieu · · · · Primaris REIT · · Mang Investments · · Association ·
Yonge & Gerrard The gateway into the 300-blocks of Yonge Street, with vehicular traffic reduced to 2 wide lanes and sidewalks widened to provide outdoor seating for local businesses, additional space for the area's high volume of pedestrians, and lay- bys for service vehicles.
YONGE STREET - HISTORY & Lyle, Architect, Glenn McArthur 1 Gould Street, As Seen From Yonge Street Source: KPMB Architects CONTEXT Source: Daoust Lestage Inc Evolution of Yonge Street's West 2 Richard S Williams Block, 363 Yonge Street 2 377 Yonge Street Streetscape Source: KPMB Architects 2 Signature Lighting Source: KPMB Architects Source: Daoust Lestage Inc An Evolving Urban Context 2 Yonge Street's West Streetscape, 2011 3 Horatio Boultbee Shop, 364 Yonge Street 3 369/371 Yonge Street Source: KPMB Architects Source: City of Toronto Archives 3 Devonian Pond Source: KPMB Architects 1 Yonge Street, circa 1950 Source: Daoust Lestage Inc Source: City of Toronto Archives 3 Yonge Street's East Streetscape, circa 1970 4 Gerrard Building, 385-395 Yonge Street, circa 4 363/365 Yonge Street Source: Ryerson University 1950 4 Victoria Street Source: KPMB Architects 2 Downtown Yonge Urban Development Time Source: http://torontobefore.blogspot. Source: Daoust Lestage Inc Line 4 Yonge Street's East Streetscape, circa 1950 5 338 Yonge Street com/2010/03/yonge-and-gerrard-1950-2009. Source: Ryerson University Source: Ryerson University Source: KPMB Architects html 'Tall Buildings' Study 5 Dominion Bank, 378 Yonge Street Subway Construction, 1949-1954 1 Present day Yonge Street Source: A Progressive Traditionalist: John M 1 Cross section of existing & approved WHAT COMES NEXT? WHAT WE Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/st- Lyle, Architect, Glenn McArthur buildings fronting Yonge Street HEARD. 1 Yonge Subway Line Construction, circa 1950 Source: even/3061061961/ Source: http://lecanadian.com/2011/01/12/ , Urban Strategies Inc & exhibit-reveals-historic-toronto-1940s/ Signage on Yonge Hariri Pontarini Architects What We Heard From Residents Yonge Street Mall, 1971-1974 Street Lighting 1-2 Source: Bright Lights - Big City: A Signage 1 Pedestrian and Vehicular Volumes in 1 Walton Street Vision for the Downtown Yonge Strip, The 2 Yonge Street Mall, circa 1971-72 Downtown Yonge Aura at College Park Source: Google Maps Planning Partnership, March 2009 Source: http://lost-toronto.blogspot. Source: Information Tool Kit, 2009/2010, 1 Aura at College Park 2 Yonge Street Mission, 1959 com/2011/03/yonge-street-pedestrian-mall. Downtown Yonge BIA Source: http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/ Source: http://lost-toronto.blogspot. html YONGE STREET: A WORLD IN 2 Retail Plinth com/2011/01/yonge-street-1950_04.html 4 'Urban Villages' MOTION Source: http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/ 3 Yonge & Gerrard Media & Music 3 Retail Above & Below Grade Source: KPMB Architects 1 Barbara Ann Scott Park 1 Yonge Street, circa 1970 Source: http://www.downtownyonge.com/ Downtown Yonge BIA - Current Source: http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/ Source: http://lost-toronto.blogspot. gallery/all?page=4 Initiatives 4 Fifth Floor Roof Garden What We Heard From Ryerson com/2011_03_20_archive.html Source: http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/ 2 McGill-Granby 1 Site Specific Projects for the Downtown 1 Future Maple Leaf Gardens XXX & the Burlesque Source: Google Maps Yonge Public Realm Strategy Source: http://www.ryerson.ca/news/media/ 2 Yonge Street, 1973 3 Edward-Elm - Delta Chelsea Courtyard Source: Public Realm Strategy (DRAFT), The Potential PATH Network spotlight/mlg/image/20091201_mlg_01.jpg Source: Ryerson University Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ Downtown Yonge BIA, December 2010 Expansion 2 Kerr Hall Quad Access mutantlog/55205461/ Source: Google Maps 1 Wellington & York Street Lighting 4 Ryerson University - Kerr Hall Quad Ryerson Master Plan Source: Google Map 3 O'Keefe Lane Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ Source: Water Into Wine: O'Keefe Lane 1 Yonge Street at night, circa 1970 ivxn/3655455404/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 1 School of Image Arts, Diamond Schmitt 2 PATH Traffic Revitalization Study, Toronto City Planning Source: KPMB Architects Architects Inc Source: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/ Source: http://www.dsai.ca/#/portfolio/57/ blogs/toronto/archive/tags/PATH/default. Event Space aspx Subway Entrances 2 Student Learning Centre, Zeidler Partnership What We Heard From Landowners 2 Live Green Festival, July 2010 Architects & Snøhetta 3 Adelaide & Yonge 1 Land Use Map - Yonge Street Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter- 1 East-west Section Along Yonge Street Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ Source: Google Map Source: Guiding Framework for the grevstad/2520157828/ Source: IBI Group toronto/photos/309#igImgId_3610 Development of Downtown Yonge (DRAFT), 4 PATH Retail 2 Access, Transit & Parking in Downtown Yonge 3 Ryerson University Sports & Recreation Source: Urban Strategies Pirijan Ketheswaran, Samuel Schachar, Source: Information Tool Kit, 2009/2010, Evolution of Yonge Street's East Centre, BBB Architects Inc 5 The Long PATH Into the Future Anthony Greenberg & Niklaus Ashton Downtown Yonge BIA Source: http://www.ryerson.ca/ryersonbuilds/ Streetscape Source: Urban Strategies 2 The Brown Derby, circa 1950 sportandrec.html Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ 2 Yonge Street East Streetscape, 2011 Source: KPMB Architects Heritage in the 300-Blocks asylumbythelake/5614046734/sizes/o/in/ Recent Land Acquisitions photostream/ 3 Yonge Street East Streetscape, circa 1950 1 Thornton-Smith Building, 340 Yonge Street Ryerson's Public Realm Source: Ryerson University Source: A Progressive Traditionalist: John M 1 385 Yonge Street 3 Yonge Street, circa 1970 IMAGE CREDITS
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ research/article/13721 Montréal, Daoust Lestage Inc 1 Black House, Utrecht, The Netherlands - Markets & Seasonal Events asylumbythelake/5017344095/sizes/o/in/ Source: KPMB Architects Bakers Architecten 2 Source: http://www.downtownkitchener.ca/ 1 Rue Mouffetard, Paris photostream/ Source: http://www.archdaily.com/77061/ news/kingstreet Source: http://www.pps.org/articles/9-great- black-house-bakers-architecten/jan-bakers- 4 Yonge Street, Present Day streets-around-the-world/ Source: KPMB Architects 3 Source: http://www.kitchener.ca/en/ Enhance Fine-Grained Networks & architecten/ businessinkitchener/kingstreetmasterplan.asp Connect Major Spaces 2 Exmouth Market, London 2 Rochester Riverside and the Cedar Loft 5 Building Heights on Yonge Street Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrl- 1 St Joseph & Yonge, Hariri Pontarini Apartments & Hotel, Competition Entry Source: Guiding Framework for the erone/26820326/ Architects Source: http://www.alisonbrooksarchitects. Development of Downtown Yonge (DRAFT), Recommendation 2: Curbless & Source: http://www.hariripontarini.com/ com/ 3 Stockholm, Sweden Pirijan Ketheswaran, Samuel Schachar, Flexible Streets, Precedents & Anthony Greenberg & Niklaus Ashton projects/mixed-use/st-joseph-yonge 3 Art Stable, Seattle - Olson Kundig Architects Source: Greenberg Consultants Inc Inspiration 2 Strøget, Copenhagen Source: http://www.archdaily.com/91356/art- 6 Diverse & Small Scale Retail 1 Strøget, Copenhagen Source: http://www.thecolorsmagazine.com/ stable-olson-kundig-architects/art-stable-4/ Source: http://v2.cache1.c.bigcache. Source: http://fashionlover.com/1555/the- googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/ wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stroget.jpg 4 Radio City Condominiums, Toronto - worlds-greatest-catwalk/ photos/original/9471692.jpg?redirect_ architectsAlliance counter=1 2 Ginza Street Festival, Tokyo Source: KPMB Architects Source: Greenberg Consultants Inc Street Lighting 7 Chess on Gould Street, circa 1970 Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ 3 Ginza at Rush Hour, Tokyo 1-2 Rue Sainte-Catherine & Rue Sainte-Laurent, photoparity/496975989/in/photostream Source: http://worldtravel.bloguez.com/ Montréal Employment: High-tech Incubators worldtravel/1083713/Ginza Source: Daoust Lestage Inc 8 Advertise Vision 1-2 ING Direct Café, Toronto Source: KPMB Architects 4 Drottninggatan, Stockholm Source:http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/04/ Source: http://lappi.typepad.com/photos/ ing_launches_cafe_workspace_at_yonge_ uncategorized/622_1604_photo217jpg.jpg PROGRAMS & LAND USE shuter/ What We Heard From the City 3 Apple Store, 5th Avenue, Manhattan 1 Heritage Sites & Landmarks on Yonge Street Source: http://momondo.com/blogs/culture/ Caf s & Restaurants Source: Guiding Framework for the Recommendation 3: Begin apple_shop.jpg Development of Downtown Yonge (DRAFT), Immediately With Pilot Projects 1 Rue Mouffetard, Paris 4 Students at an Engineering Outreach event in Pirijan Ketheswaran, Samuel Schachar, Source: Greenberg Consultants Inc 1-3 Broadway New York City the Google Canada Headquarters on Yonge Anthony Greenberg & Niklaus Ashton 2 Ginza, Tokyo Street Source: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/down- 2 Sam's Before Demolition loads/pdf/broadway_0223409.pdf Source: Greenberg Consultants Inc Source: http://www.engineering. Source: http://www.darksideoftheglass.com/ utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_ 3 St Christopher's Place, London Photos/Toronto/ext/39samrecord.JPG News/11_10_2010a.htm Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/snap- Building on Ryerson's Public Realm shotlondon/962086915/sizes/l/in/photo- 3 Sam's During Demolition Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ Initiatives stream/ Culture & Entertainment: Music, VfqCl4nEg8g/TSSIdCPQi6I/AAAAAAAAAwc/ 1-3 Ryerson University's Public Realm Theatre & Digital Media ruMnLzCUpdM/s1600/P1030204.JPG Source: Daoust Lestage Inc Active Storefronts 1 Nuit Blanche, Toronto 4 Lalani Building - Collapse of the Façade Source: http://www.boston.com/travel/ Source: http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread. 1 Cinquecento Trattoria, Toronto Dundas Station Second Exit Source: http://www.blogto.com/restaurants/ getaways/canada/articles/2008/09/07/ php?12297-Reynolds-Block-Empress-Hotel- art_music_modernity_revelry_all_nuit_ Trouble-on-Gould-Street-%28Yonge-Gould- cafecinquecento 1 Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, Montréal, Daoust long/?comments=all Lalani-Group%29&p=393108 Lestage Inc 2 The 3 Brewers Restaurant Micro-Brewery, Source: KPMB Architects Toronto 2 Jazz Festival Montréal Source: Downtown Yonge BIA Source: http://image50.webshots. 2 Subway Entrance at Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, com/150/6/8/12/517460812kmKfoG_fs.jpg PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION Montréal, Daoust Lestage Inc 3 Cinquecento Trattoria, Toronto Source: http://kenkaminesky.photoshelter. Source: http://www.blogto.com/restaurants/ 3 Digital Media Installation, Dallas com/gallery-image/Montreal-Canada- cinquecento-trattoria-toronto Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X Precedents & Inspiration: King Street Travel-Photography-Stock-Photos/ SR0Xady02o&feature=related Streetscaping, Kitchener, Ontario G0000gkJzgwqVP04/I0000YtcyQHOQm9Q 1 Source: http://www.landscapeonline.com/ 3 Subway Cut at Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, Residential Target Groups Temporary Streetscapes: Vendors, YONGE STREET PLANNING
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Yonge Street Planning

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    Yonge Street -From Dundas to Gerrard The 300-blocks are set to transform significantly in the future. The recommendations within the Yonge Street Planning framework encourage developments that will allow the neighbourhood to intensify while retaining its low-rise heritage at-grade, enhancing the fine-grained pedestrian network stemming from the main public realm spine of Yonge, and encouraging a diversity of programs to support the interests of both locals and tourists.
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    INTRODUCTION Yonge Street isToronto's uncontested ‘main street’. As it has evolved it has accumulated
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    Yonge & Gerrard YongeStreet closed to vehicular traffic during a street event. Periodically turning the roadway over to pedestrians and increasing foot traffic along the street both activates the public realm and supports local businesses.
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    OVERVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS Fourthemes have been identified to guide the City & community in moving forward: Expand and improve the Fine-Grained Pedestrian Network Surrounding Yonge Street villages’ 1. PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION 2. BUILT FORM Transformation of the Street Heritage & the Character of Yonge densify. As Building Envelopes in Expanding Access to the Subway – a Ryerson Station at Gould Signage in the Downtown Yonge Special Sign District
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    4. IMPLEMENTATION Pilot Projects 3. PROGRAM & LAND-USE Retail on Yonge Street retail Revisions to the Current Zoning By-Law to Permit Intensification along with Site Specific Design Guidelines Street. Mixed-Use New Subway Entrance at Gould Use Capital Programs to Enhance Pedestrian Networks and Expand Neighbourhood Culture & Entertainment Public Realm small activities out onto the street. Markets & Street Vendors Yonge
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    AN EVOLVING URBANCONTEXT 1 Yonge Street, circa 1950 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2 Downtown Yonge Urban Development Time Line HISTORY & CONTEXT
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    SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION, 1949-1954 YONGE STREET MALL, 1971-1974 · · · · round · · Source: , James Bow, http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5102.shtml Source: - Astrid Idlewild & Duncan Taylor 1 Yonge subway line construction, circa 1950 2 Yonge Street Mall, circa 1971-72 YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    MEDIA & MUSIC XXX & THE BURLESQUE Source: , (a review of Bravo's Yonge Street: Toronto Rock Source: , Richard Fiennes-Clinton and Roll Stories) http://torontothenandnow.blogspot.com/2011/02/18-cinemas-scandals-then-and-now-part.html http://www.blogto.com/music/2011/03/a_history_of_the_yonge_street_music_scene/ 1 Yonge Street, circa 1970 2 Yonge Street, 1973 HISTORY & CONTEXT
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    STREET LIGHTING FINE GRAIN RETAIL · EVENT SPACE core 1 Yonge Street at night, circa 1970 2 Live Green Festival, July 2010 YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    EVOLUTION OF YONGESTREET'S EAST STREETSCAPE Future Building 1 Yonge Street - East Elevation, 2011 2 Yonge Street's East Streetscape, 2011 3 Yonge Street's East Streetscape, circa 1950 HISTORY & CONTEXT
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    STREET Street. YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    EVOLUTION OF YONGESTREET'S WEST STREETSCAPE STREET STREET 1 Yonge Street - West Elevation, 2011 2 Yonge Street's West Streetscape, 2011 3 Yonge Street's West Streetscape, circa 1970 4 Yonge Street's West Streetscape, circa 1950 HISTORY & CONTEXT
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    STREET STREET Heritage Heritage YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    1 Present dayYonge Street HISTORY & CONTEXT
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    PEDESTRIAN PRESENCE PEDESTRIANS OUTNUMBER VEHICLES BYALMOST 250% 1 Pedestrian and Vehicular Volumes in Downtown Yonge YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    EXISTING CONDITIONS PEDESTRIAN ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 3.0M 3.5M 3.5M 3.0M 3.0M 3.5M 13.0M 3.5M Street Section PEDESTRIAN ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 3.0M 3.5M 3.5M 3.0M 3.0M 3.5M 13.0M 3.5M Street Perspective Street Layout HISTORY & CONTEXT
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    4 'URBAN VILLAGES' Thereare 4 distinct mixed-use 'urban villages' that connect to the Downtown Yonge spine, COLLEGE STREET which include: CARLTON STREET GRANBY STREET SHEARD STREET Each village has its own green space, but many remain overlooked since existing 1 2 connections to these hidden gems are inconspicuous. There is an opportunity to develop MCGILL STREET a fine-grained pedestrian network that would enhance connections between these villages and the overall neighbourhood. GERRARD STREET WEST GERRARD STREET EAST YONGE STREET WALTON ST BAY STREET CHURCH STREET YONGE STREET VICTORIA STREET O’KEEFE LANE ELM STREET 3 4 GOULD STREET 1 College Park - Barbara Ann Scott Park 2 McGill-Granby EDWARD STREET VICTORIA STREET BOND STREET DUNDAS STREET WEST DUNDAS SQUARE DUNDAS STREET EAST 3 Edward-Elm - Delta Chelsea courtyard 4 Ryerson University - Kerr Hall Quad YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    SUBWAY ENTRANCES near future. 20MILLION PASSENGERS USE DUNDAS STATION EACH YEAR 2.5M 2 Access, Transit & Parking 1 East-west section along Yonge Street in Downtown Yonge HISTORY & CONTEXT
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    HERITAGE IN THE300-BLOCKS While there are many 'listed' buildings along this stretch of Yonge Street, few fall under the protection of a 'designated' legal status. · Listed Properties Include: 4 1 Thornton-Smith Building, 340 Yonge Street 2 Richard S Williams Block, 363-365 Yonge Street 3 Horatio Boultbee Shop, 364 Yonge Street 4 John Wanless Building, 372 Yonge Street 5 Alfred Walton Shops, 374 Yonge Street · 1 Thornton-Smith Building 2 Richard S Williams Block 3 Horatio Boultbee Shop 4 Gerrard Building 5 Dominion Bank YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    EXISTING BUILT FORM rard Ger ld Gou Yon ge asd Dun · Commercial Residential Zone HISTORY & CONTEXT
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    historically das Dun ard Edw Elm Yon ge ton Wal rard · Commercial Residential Zone Ger YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    SIGNAGE ON YONGE 1Artist's rendering of Yonge Street with new signage 2 Proposed location of signage on heritage buildings HISTORY & CONTEXT
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    YONGE STREET: AWORLD IN MOTION BIA
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    DOWNTOWN YONGE BIA- CURRENT INITIATIVES Downtown Yonge Public Realm Strategy - December 2010 · FT RA D 1 Site Specific Projects for the Public Realm Strategy - Downtown Yonge BIA WORLD IN MOTION
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    RYERSON MASTER PLAN MAPLE LEAF GARDENS RYERSON UNIVERSITY CORE RU LANDSCAPING & LIGHTING Snohetta Architects Inc · RU STUDENT LEARNING CENTRE Future Ryerson Sites TED ROGERS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCHOOL OF IMAGE ARTS 1 School of Image Arts - Diamond + Schmitt Architects Inc 2 Student Learning Centre - Zeidler Partnership Architects & Snøhetta 3 Ryerson University Sports & Recreation Centre YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    RYERSON'S PUBLIC REALM 1 Gould Street, as seen from Yonge Street - Daoust Lestage Inc 2 Signature Lighting - Daoust Lestage Inc 3 Devonian Pond - Daoust Lestage Inc 4 Victoria Street - Daoust Lestage Inc WORLD IN MOTION
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    'TALL BUILDINGS' STUDY they Source: , Urban Strategies Inc & Hariri Pontarini Architects, April 2010 1 Cross section of existing & approved buildings fronting Yonge Street YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    TALL BUILDING STUDYRECOMMENDATIONS 28.9 3m 5m 25.9 45.00m 42.00m 0m 10.0 20.00m rard 3.00 m Ger Yon ge ld Gou das Dun WORLD IN MOTION
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    Centre intensification in and foreign scale of the street das Dun ard 20.00m Edw m 3.00 Elm 20.00m 31.0 0m 20.00m 81.0 0m rard Yon Base Height Ger ge 74 .0 ton 0m Wal 20.00m 31.0 0m YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    AURA AT COLLEGEPARK BARBARA ANN SCOTT PARK COLLEGE PARK AURA CONNECTION TO PATH 1 Aura at College Park 2 Retail plinth 3 Retail above and below grade 4 Fifth floor roof garden WORLD IN MOTION
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    THE POTENTIAL PATHNETWORK EXPANSION not 1 Wellington & York 2 PATH traffic 3 Adelaide & Yonge 4 PATH retail 5 PATH Potential Expansion Map - Urban Strategies YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    RECENT LAND ACQUISITIONS to the uncertainty over the future PRIMARIS 1 2 3 4 5 Current Property Ownership Map 1 2 3 4 5 WORLD IN MOTION
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    WHAT COMES NEXT?WHAT WE HEARD Four Broad emes Emerged:
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    WHAT WE HEARDFROM RESIDENTS Locals have a very positive commitment to this EXISTING FINE-GRAINED NETWORK neighbourhood. COVENANT HOUSE EVERGREEN · Address the location of Yonge Street Mission · Small residential units result in a transient community 1 Walton Street 2 Yonge Street Mission, 1959 3 Yonge & Gerrard
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    WHAT WE HEARDFROM RYERSON A new face for Ryerson on Yonge Street. UNDESIRABLE USE OF O’KEEFE LANE COHERENT RU IDENTITY REQUIRED PERFORATE WALLS RU STUDENT LEARNING CENTRE - A NEW FACE ON YONGE ACCESS TO QUAD · Second entrance for TTC near Ryerson as KERR HALL the area evolves - POTENTIAL RESIDENCE? VICTORIA - HEALTH SCIENCE STREET · Imminent transition into an 1 Future Maple Leaf Gardens 2 Kerr Hall Quad Access 3 O’Keefe Lane
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    WHAT WE HEARDFROM LANDOWNERS Enhance the intensity & diversity of Yonge Street as a lively pedestrian space. FT RA D 1 Land Use Map - Yonge Street 3 The Brown Derby, ca. 1950 3 Yonge Street, ca. 1970 4 Yonge Street, present day
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    FT RA D 5 Building Heights on Yonge Street Fragmented land acquisition & an uncertain future leaves landowners unwilling to invest in the street today. 6 Diverse & small scale retail 7 Chess on Gould St, ca. 1970 8 Advertise vision
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    WHAT WE HEARDFROM THE CITY De ne a limited number of key issues that will shape future plans for Yonge. FT traffic RA D conservation efforts 1 Heritage Sites & Landmarks on Yonge Street area community 2 Sam’s - before demolition 3 Sam’s - during demolition 4 Lalani - collapse of the façade
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    WHAT WE HEARDFROM THE PUBLIC Provide streets with seasonal & daily exibility. Find a way to bridge the 19th century with the 21st. Develop & implement plans quickly! Start with pilot projects. · · · Maintain individual frontages grade transient · Highlight access to hidden green gems from Yonge Street ly!
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    RECOMMENDATION 1: WIDENSIDEWALKS & REDUCE TO 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC Source: Cory Bluhm, Manager of Downtown Community Development, Kitchener 1 Bollards designed to reinforce the city's identity 2 Parking marked by the use of paving & bollards 3 The market area during summer periods PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION 44
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    RECOMMENDATION 2: DEVELOPFLEXIBLE STREETS season. 1 Strøget, Copenhagen 2 Ginza Street Festival, Tokyo 3 Ginza at Rush Hour, Tokyo 4 Drottninggatan, Stockholm YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    RECOMMENDATION 3: BEGINIMMEDIATELY WITH PILOT PROJECTS Source: , February 2009 http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/broadway_0223409.pdf 1 In-house staff and resources used to deliver the project 2 Street view of the widened sidewalks & landscaping 3 Aerial view of the Broadway Pilot Program PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
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    PHASE 1: PILOTPROJECT Scenario 1: Spring & Summer Market Area Scenario 2: Street Closure - Markets & Events MARKET AREA PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY ROADWAY LAY-BY PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 2.0M 4.0M 4.0M 2.5M 3.0M Scenario 1: Street Section 3.5M 13.0M 3.5M LAY-BYS PEDESTRIAN & MARKET AREA ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN & MARKET AREA 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 2.0M 4.0M 4.0M 2.0M 3.0M Scenario 1: Street Perspective Scenario 1: Street Plan 13.0M YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    MARKET AREA PEDESTRIAN ROADWAY MARKET AREA CLEARWAY 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 2.0M 4.0M 4.0M 2.5M 3.0M Scenario 2: Street Section 3.5M 13.0M 3.5M PEDESTRIAN & MARKET AREA STALLS/EVENT SPACE PEDESTRIAN & MARKET AREA 0.5M 0.5M 3.0M 2.0M 4.0M 4.0M 2.0M 3.0M Scenario 2: Street Perspective Scenario 2: Street Plan 13.0M PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
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    PHASE 2: WIDENSIDEWALKS & REDUCE TO 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC Scenario 1: Spring & Summer Market Area PEDESTRIAN SERVICE LANE ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN MARKET AREA CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 2.5M 3.0M 4.5M 4.5M 3.0M 2.5M Scenario 1: Street Section 5.5M 9.0M 5.5M Scenario 2: Street Closure - Markets & Events LAY-BYS MARKET AREA PEDESTRIAN ROADWAY PEDESTRIAN MARKET AREA CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 2.5M 3.0M 4.5M 4.5M 3.0M 2.5M Scenario 1: Street Perspective Scenario 1: Street Plan 5.5M 9.0M 5.5M YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    Street · PEDESTRIAN EVENT SPACE MARKET STALLS & EVENT SPACE PEDESTRIAN MARKET AREA · CLEARWAY SEATING CLEARWAY 2.5M 3.0M 4.5M 4.5M 3.0M 2.5M Scenario 2: Street Section 5.5M 9.0M 5.5M PEDESTRIAN STREET PARKING MARKET STALLS & EVENT SPACE STREET PARKING PEDESTRIAN CLEARWAY CLEARWAY 2.5M 3.0M 4.5M 4.5M 3.0M 2.5M Scenario 2: Street Perspective Scenario 2: Street Plan 5.5M 9.0M 5.5M PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
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    ELM STREET DUNDAS STATIONSECOND EXIT VICTORIA STREET O’KEEFE LANE YONGE STREET GOULD STREET · · TTC Transformer EDWARD STREET Servicing route from O'Keefe Lane O’KEEFE LANE Proposed northbound platform entrance-exit VICTORIA STREET Proposed southbound platform entrance-exit Northbound platform below grade Southbound platform below grade Existing northbound platform entrance-exits Existing southbound platform entrance-exits DUNDAS STREET WEST DU ND AS ST RE ET EA ST DUNDAS SQUARE 1 Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, Daoust Lestage 2 Subway Entrance 3 Subway Cut Dundas Station Subway Platforms and Entrance-Exits YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    BUILDING ON RYERSON'SPUBLIC REALM INITIATIVES PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
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    YONGE SPINE ·YONGE SPINE · YONGE SPINE · YONGE SPINE · YONGE SPINE · YONGE SPINE · YONGE SPINE · YONGE SPINE · YONGE SPINE · YONGE S ENHANCE FINE-GRAINED NETWORKS & CONNECT MAJOR SPACES COLLEGE STREET gre n r oute · g CARLTON STREET re n ro t · gre n OPEN · green root · green route · green root · green route · green root · green route · green root · green route · green root · green route · SPACE OPEN · green route · green root · green root · green routeSPACE · green root · · green route · green root · green route · green root · green route · green root · green route · green root · green route · green root · SPACE OPEN green route · green OPEN SPACE GERRARD STREET WEST GERRARD STREET EAST · green route · green root · green route · green root · green route · green root · green root · green route · green root green route · green route · green · green route · OPEN oot · green route · E · greenr BAY STREET AC N CHURCH STREET SP P E O SPACE root · green route · green route · green green root · green route · green root · green rou green route · gre oot · green route · · green route · green r oot · gr green root · gree · green route · · green root · green root · green route · green root · green route · green root green route · green root · green route · een route · green OPEN · green route · green root · green route · OPEN green route · green root · green route · green root SPACE green route · green root · green route · green ro SPACE DUNDAS STREET WEST OPEN OPEN SPACE SPACE DUNDAS STREET EAST 1 St Joseph & Yonge, Toronto - Hariri Pontarini Architects 2 Strøget, Copenhagen Yonge Street's Pedestrian Spine & Public Realm Network YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    STREET LIGHTING Rue Sainte-Catherine& Rue Sainte-Laurent, Montreal - Daoust Lestage PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION
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    PUBLIC REALM &TRANSPORTATION RECOMMENDATIONS OVERVIEW of Yonge Street . YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    RETAINING THE HERITAGEENVELOPE · · rise character of Yonge Street BUILT FORM
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    4 1 Gerrard Building, 385-395 Yonge Street 2 Richard S Williams Block, 363-365 Yonge Street 3 Bank of Nova Scotia Branch, 302 Yonge Street 4 Thornton-Smith Building, 340 Yonge Street 5 Horatio Boultbee Shop, 364 Yonge Street 6 John Wanless Building, 372 Yonge Street 7 Alfred Walton Shops, 374 Yonge Street 8 John McBean Building, 376 Yonge Street 9 Dominion Bank, Yonge & Gerrard Branch, 378 Yonge Street YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    BUILT FORM INTENSIFICATION 28.3 0m 0m 26.5 is necessary and guidelines are necessary to 45.00m 42.00m 35.0M 7.30m 20.00m 12.5M 7.5M rard 5.0M Ger 35.0M Yon ge 20.0M 16.00m ld Gou 41.0 0m Base Height das Dun BUILT FORM
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    · · · · metres. ard 19.5 Edw 26.2 0m 6m · to a 5m 22.9 Elm 25.5 20.0M · as 9.9M d 0m Dun 7.5M 18.0 31.0 0m · 10.8M 35.0M 5.0M 81.0 21.7 2m 7m 0m 19.4 10.5M rard · guide all future ton Ger Yon Wal ge 74 .0 0m 20.0M 31.0 details and material selection to enhance 0m YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    SIGNAGE ON YONGE · Ensure that heritage faç lighting and content. GERRARD STREET DUNDAS STREET GOULD STREET Signage on the east side of Yonge Street GERRARD STREET EDWARD STREET WALTON STREET DUNDAS STREET ELM STREET Signage on the west side of Yonge Street BUILT FORM
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    BUILT FORM RECOMMENDATIONSOVERVIEW Design Excellence is erected.
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    DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAMS& LAND-USE MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/INSTITUTIONAL LARGE-FORMAT RETAIL FINE-GRAINED RETAIL · · PROGRAM & LAND USE
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    MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE/RESIDENTIAL LARGE-FORMAT RETAIL FINE-GRAINED RETAIL · · · · · · YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    CAFÉS & RESTAURANTS onthe street. vendors 1 Rue Mouffetard, Paris 2 Ginza, Tokyo 3 St Christopher's Place, London PROGRAM & LAND USE
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    ACTIVE STOREFRONTS restaurants outonto the street. 1 Cinquecento Trattoria, Toronto 2 The 3 Brewers Restaurant Micro-Brewery, Toronto 3 Cinquecento Trattoria, Toronto YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    RESIDENTIAL TARGET GROUPS diverserange of residents. · Students 1 Black House, Utrecht - Bakers Architecten 2 Rochester Riverside (competition entry), Rochester - Alison Brooks Architects · Young families 3 Art Stable, Seattle - Olson Kundig Architects 4 Radio City Condominiums, Toronto - architectsAlliance PROGRAM & LAND USE
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    EMPLOYMENT: HIGH-TECH INCUBATORS The transformingcommunity on Yonge Street includes a greater 1 ING Direct Café, Toronto 2 ING Direct Café, Toronto · as 3 Apple Store, 5th Avenue, Manhattan 4 Students at an Engineering Outreach event in the Google Canada Headquarters YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT: MUSIC,THEATRE & DIGITAL MEDIA venues media 1 Nuit Blanche, Toronto 2 Jazz festival, Montreal 3 Digital media installation, Dallas PROGRAM & LAND USE
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    TEMPORARY STREETSCAPES: VENDORS, MARKETS& SEASONAL EVENTS 1 Rue Mouffetard, Paris 2 Exmouth Market, London 3 Stockholm, Sweden YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    PROGRAMS & LAND-USERECOMMENDATIONS OVERVIEW
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    IMPLEMENTATION City of Toronto RECOMMENDATIONS Local Downtown OVERVIEW Residents Yonge BIA KPMB in CORE Ryerson Senior association TEAM Administration with GCI & Student Union Other Community TTC future. Stakeholders Private Sector Partners
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    BANK STREET RECONSTRUCTIONPROJECT · While plans to replace old sewers and water mains were being developed, the City of Ottawa decided to use this opportunity to improve the condition of their roadways as well. The rehabilitation of Bank Street will include the introduction of wider sidewalks, decorative streetlights, public art and street furniture from the Wellington Street to the Rideau Canal · Initiated in 2004, the full Bank Street Reconstruction Project was broken down into several phases. The final phase is expected to be completed by June 2012 1 Typical Corner - Showing Paving, Art & Furniture, IBI Group 2 Bank Street Detailed Design, 'Downtown to Lansdowne', IBI Group PRECEDENTS & INSPIRATION
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    GRANVILLE STREET REDESIGNPROJECT pedestrian zone, where people can play, walk, shop, and relax on weekends during the summer free events and activities within the heart of downtown Vancouver 400 to 1200 blocks, are now complete 1 Construction along Granville Street near Drake Street 2 Granville Street leading towards Robson, PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. 3 Granville Street from Helmcken to Nelson, PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. YONGE STREET PLANNING
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    LA RUE SAINTE-CATHERINE often closed to traffic and used for large festive events 1 Current construction along Rue Sainte-Catherine, Daoust Lestage Inc 2 Typical plan with new streetscaping elements, Daoust Lestage Inc 3 Street level view of Sainte-Catherine Street, Daoust Lestage Inc PRECEDENTS & INSPIRATION
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    CREDITS PROJECT TEAM STAKEHOLDERS KPMB Architects & Greenberg Local Residents & Community Groups · Consultants Inc · · · · Marianne McKenna · Association · · Yonge Street Mission · · · · Courtyard Marriott · · · · · Bay Cloverhill Community Association · Kristin Ross · City of Toronto With assistance from Ryerson University architecture students: Ryerson University · · Aaron Hendershott · · · Julia Hanisberg · Yonge Street Heritage Preservation Study provided by students of · Sheldon Levy · Heritage Preservation Services Ryerson University's Master of Architecture program. · Caitlin Smith · City of Toronto, Ward 27 Business & Land Owners · · · · · · · · · · Toronto Transit Commission · Kevin Beaulieu · · · · Primaris REIT · · Mang Investments · · Association ·
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    Yonge & Gerrard Thegateway into the 300-blocks of Yonge Street, with vehicular traffic reduced to 2 wide lanes and sidewalks widened to provide outdoor seating for local businesses, additional space for the area's high volume of pedestrians, and lay- bys for service vehicles.
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    YONGE STREET -HISTORY & Lyle, Architect, Glenn McArthur 1 Gould Street, As Seen From Yonge Street Source: KPMB Architects CONTEXT Source: Daoust Lestage Inc Evolution of Yonge Street's West 2 Richard S Williams Block, 363 Yonge Street 2 377 Yonge Street Streetscape Source: KPMB Architects 2 Signature Lighting Source: KPMB Architects Source: Daoust Lestage Inc An Evolving Urban Context 2 Yonge Street's West Streetscape, 2011 3 Horatio Boultbee Shop, 364 Yonge Street 3 369/371 Yonge Street Source: KPMB Architects Source: City of Toronto Archives 3 Devonian Pond Source: KPMB Architects 1 Yonge Street, circa 1950 Source: Daoust Lestage Inc Source: City of Toronto Archives 3 Yonge Street's East Streetscape, circa 1970 4 Gerrard Building, 385-395 Yonge Street, circa 4 363/365 Yonge Street Source: Ryerson University 1950 4 Victoria Street Source: KPMB Architects 2 Downtown Yonge Urban Development Time Source: http://torontobefore.blogspot. Source: Daoust Lestage Inc Line 4 Yonge Street's East Streetscape, circa 1950 5 338 Yonge Street com/2010/03/yonge-and-gerrard-1950-2009. Source: Ryerson University Source: Ryerson University Source: KPMB Architects html 'Tall Buildings' Study 5 Dominion Bank, 378 Yonge Street Subway Construction, 1949-1954 1 Present day Yonge Street Source: A Progressive Traditionalist: John M 1 Cross section of existing & approved WHAT COMES NEXT? WHAT WE Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/st- Lyle, Architect, Glenn McArthur buildings fronting Yonge Street HEARD. 1 Yonge Subway Line Construction, circa 1950 Source: even/3061061961/ Source: http://lecanadian.com/2011/01/12/ , Urban Strategies Inc & exhibit-reveals-historic-toronto-1940s/ Signage on Yonge Hariri Pontarini Architects What We Heard From Residents Yonge Street Mall, 1971-1974 Street Lighting 1-2 Source: Bright Lights - Big City: A Signage 1 Pedestrian and Vehicular Volumes in 1 Walton Street Vision for the Downtown Yonge Strip, The 2 Yonge Street Mall, circa 1971-72 Downtown Yonge Aura at College Park Source: Google Maps Planning Partnership, March 2009 Source: http://lost-toronto.blogspot. Source: Information Tool Kit, 2009/2010, 1 Aura at College Park 2 Yonge Street Mission, 1959 com/2011/03/yonge-street-pedestrian-mall. Downtown Yonge BIA Source: http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/ Source: http://lost-toronto.blogspot. html YONGE STREET: A WORLD IN 2 Retail Plinth com/2011/01/yonge-street-1950_04.html 4 'Urban Villages' MOTION Source: http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/ 3 Yonge & Gerrard Media & Music 3 Retail Above & Below Grade Source: KPMB Architects 1 Barbara Ann Scott Park 1 Yonge Street, circa 1970 Source: http://www.downtownyonge.com/ Downtown Yonge BIA - Current Source: http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/ Source: http://lost-toronto.blogspot. gallery/all?page=4 Initiatives 4 Fifth Floor Roof Garden What We Heard From Ryerson com/2011_03_20_archive.html Source: http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/ 2 McGill-Granby 1 Site Specific Projects for the Downtown 1 Future Maple Leaf Gardens XXX & the Burlesque Source: Google Maps Yonge Public Realm Strategy Source: http://www.ryerson.ca/news/media/ 2 Yonge Street, 1973 3 Edward-Elm - Delta Chelsea Courtyard Source: Public Realm Strategy (DRAFT), The Potential PATH Network spotlight/mlg/image/20091201_mlg_01.jpg Source: Ryerson University Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ Downtown Yonge BIA, December 2010 Expansion 2 Kerr Hall Quad Access mutantlog/55205461/ Source: Google Maps 1 Wellington & York Street Lighting 4 Ryerson University - Kerr Hall Quad Ryerson Master Plan Source: Google Map 3 O'Keefe Lane Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ Source: Water Into Wine: O'Keefe Lane 1 Yonge Street at night, circa 1970 ivxn/3655455404/sizes/l/in/photostream/ 1 School of Image Arts, Diamond Schmitt 2 PATH Traffic Revitalization Study, Toronto City Planning Source: KPMB Architects Architects Inc Source: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/ Source: http://www.dsai.ca/#/portfolio/57/ blogs/toronto/archive/tags/PATH/default. Event Space aspx Subway Entrances 2 Student Learning Centre, Zeidler Partnership What We Heard From Landowners 2 Live Green Festival, July 2010 Architects & Snøhetta 3 Adelaide & Yonge 1 Land Use Map - Yonge Street Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter- 1 East-west Section Along Yonge Street Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ Source: Google Map Source: Guiding Framework for the grevstad/2520157828/ Source: IBI Group toronto/photos/309#igImgId_3610 Development of Downtown Yonge (DRAFT), 4 PATH Retail 2 Access, Transit & Parking in Downtown Yonge 3 Ryerson University Sports & Recreation Source: Urban Strategies Pirijan Ketheswaran, Samuel Schachar, Source: Information Tool Kit, 2009/2010, Evolution of Yonge Street's East Centre, BBB Architects Inc 5 The Long PATH Into the Future Anthony Greenberg & Niklaus Ashton Downtown Yonge BIA Source: http://www.ryerson.ca/ryersonbuilds/ Streetscape Source: Urban Strategies 2 The Brown Derby, circa 1950 sportandrec.html Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ 2 Yonge Street East Streetscape, 2011 Source: KPMB Architects Heritage in the 300-Blocks asylumbythelake/5614046734/sizes/o/in/ Recent Land Acquisitions photostream/ 3 Yonge Street East Streetscape, circa 1950 1 Thornton-Smith Building, 340 Yonge Street Ryerson's Public Realm Source: Ryerson University Source: A Progressive Traditionalist: John M 1 385 Yonge Street 3 Yonge Street, circa 1970 IMAGE CREDITS
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    Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ research/article/13721 Montréal, Daoust Lestage Inc 1 Black House, Utrecht, The Netherlands - Markets & Seasonal Events asylumbythelake/5017344095/sizes/o/in/ Source: KPMB Architects Bakers Architecten 2 Source: http://www.downtownkitchener.ca/ 1 Rue Mouffetard, Paris photostream/ Source: http://www.archdaily.com/77061/ news/kingstreet Source: http://www.pps.org/articles/9-great- black-house-bakers-architecten/jan-bakers- 4 Yonge Street, Present Day streets-around-the-world/ Source: KPMB Architects 3 Source: http://www.kitchener.ca/en/ Enhance Fine-Grained Networks & architecten/ businessinkitchener/kingstreetmasterplan.asp Connect Major Spaces 2 Exmouth Market, London 2 Rochester Riverside and the Cedar Loft 5 Building Heights on Yonge Street Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrl- 1 St Joseph & Yonge, Hariri Pontarini Apartments & Hotel, Competition Entry Source: Guiding Framework for the erone/26820326/ Architects Source: http://www.alisonbrooksarchitects. Development of Downtown Yonge (DRAFT), Recommendation 2: Curbless & Source: http://www.hariripontarini.com/ com/ 3 Stockholm, Sweden Pirijan Ketheswaran, Samuel Schachar, Flexible Streets, Precedents & Anthony Greenberg & Niklaus Ashton projects/mixed-use/st-joseph-yonge 3 Art Stable, Seattle - Olson Kundig Architects Source: Greenberg Consultants Inc Inspiration 2 Strøget, Copenhagen Source: http://www.archdaily.com/91356/art- 6 Diverse & Small Scale Retail 1 Strøget, Copenhagen Source: http://www.thecolorsmagazine.com/ stable-olson-kundig-architects/art-stable-4/ Source: http://v2.cache1.c.bigcache. Source: http://fashionlover.com/1555/the- googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/ wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stroget.jpg 4 Radio City Condominiums, Toronto - worlds-greatest-catwalk/ photos/original/9471692.jpg?redirect_ architectsAlliance counter=1 2 Ginza Street Festival, Tokyo Source: KPMB Architects Source: Greenberg Consultants Inc Street Lighting 7 Chess on Gould Street, circa 1970 Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ 3 Ginza at Rush Hour, Tokyo 1-2 Rue Sainte-Catherine & Rue Sainte-Laurent, photoparity/496975989/in/photostream Source: http://worldtravel.bloguez.com/ Montréal Employment: High-tech Incubators worldtravel/1083713/Ginza Source: Daoust Lestage Inc 8 Advertise Vision 1-2 ING Direct Café, Toronto Source: KPMB Architects 4 Drottninggatan, Stockholm Source:http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/04/ Source: http://lappi.typepad.com/photos/ ing_launches_cafe_workspace_at_yonge_ uncategorized/622_1604_photo217jpg.jpg PROGRAMS & LAND USE shuter/ What We Heard From the City 3 Apple Store, 5th Avenue, Manhattan 1 Heritage Sites & Landmarks on Yonge Street Source: http://momondo.com/blogs/culture/ Caf s & Restaurants Source: Guiding Framework for the Recommendation 3: Begin apple_shop.jpg Development of Downtown Yonge (DRAFT), Immediately With Pilot Projects 1 Rue Mouffetard, Paris 4 Students at an Engineering Outreach event in Pirijan Ketheswaran, Samuel Schachar, Source: Greenberg Consultants Inc 1-3 Broadway New York City the Google Canada Headquarters on Yonge Anthony Greenberg & Niklaus Ashton 2 Ginza, Tokyo Street Source: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/down- 2 Sam's Before Demolition loads/pdf/broadway_0223409.pdf Source: Greenberg Consultants Inc Source: http://www.engineering. Source: http://www.darksideoftheglass.com/ utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_ 3 St Christopher's Place, London Photos/Toronto/ext/39samrecord.JPG News/11_10_2010a.htm Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/snap- Building on Ryerson's Public Realm shotlondon/962086915/sizes/l/in/photo- 3 Sam's During Demolition Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ Initiatives stream/ Culture & Entertainment: Music, VfqCl4nEg8g/TSSIdCPQi6I/AAAAAAAAAwc/ 1-3 Ryerson University's Public Realm Theatre & Digital Media ruMnLzCUpdM/s1600/P1030204.JPG Source: Daoust Lestage Inc Active Storefronts 1 Nuit Blanche, Toronto 4 Lalani Building - Collapse of the Façade Source: http://www.boston.com/travel/ Source: http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread. 1 Cinquecento Trattoria, Toronto Dundas Station Second Exit Source: http://www.blogto.com/restaurants/ getaways/canada/articles/2008/09/07/ php?12297-Reynolds-Block-Empress-Hotel- art_music_modernity_revelry_all_nuit_ Trouble-on-Gould-Street-%28Yonge-Gould- cafecinquecento 1 Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, Montréal, Daoust long/?comments=all Lalani-Group%29&p=393108 Lestage Inc 2 The 3 Brewers Restaurant Micro-Brewery, Source: KPMB Architects Toronto 2 Jazz Festival Montréal Source: Downtown Yonge BIA Source: http://image50.webshots. 2 Subway Entrance at Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, com/150/6/8/12/517460812kmKfoG_fs.jpg PUBLIC REALM & TRANSPORTATION Montréal, Daoust Lestage Inc 3 Cinquecento Trattoria, Toronto Source: http://kenkaminesky.photoshelter. Source: http://www.blogto.com/restaurants/ 3 Digital Media Installation, Dallas com/gallery-image/Montreal-Canada- cinquecento-trattoria-toronto Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X Precedents & Inspiration: King Street Travel-Photography-Stock-Photos/ SR0Xady02o&feature=related Streetscaping, Kitchener, Ontario G0000gkJzgwqVP04/I0000YtcyQHOQm9Q 1 Source: http://www.landscapeonline.com/ 3 Subway Cut at Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, Residential Target Groups Temporary Streetscapes: Vendors, YONGE STREET PLANNING