Densified in an earlier era, neighbourhood is in the crosshairs again

Liesbeth and Yves Thoraval live on 11th Ave., in a house built in 1911, immediately next door to a proposed tower. If approved, the tower’s underground parking entrance and commercial loading would run alongside their front yard.’s most pristine heritage houses, pink, blue and yellow Victorians and Edwardians, and several coach houses, as old as the 1890s. Strolling along the streets is like stepping back in time.

While there have been recent, highly publicized policy changes announced to convert so-called “single-family” homes, the little-known fact is that the shift away from detached housing has already long been under way. But now, those residents who embraced the missing middle density early on in Mount Pleasant are facing a form of density that they say would likely bust up their tight-knit community: the Broadway Plan tower. Since the plan was approved in 2022, there has been a rush of rezoning proposals for high-rise towers within the 500-block area, with most towers from 18 to 30 storeys.

She also takes issue with the West 11th proposal because it would eliminate mountain views from Queen Elizabeth Park that have been protected by the city’s view cone policy for more than three decades. Removal of the view cone is key to the developer’s proposal, as is access to tiny Major Matthews Park, a pre-schooler playground on Manitoba Street. The park is integrated into the architect’s plans, so it appears as an extension of the site.

“To enhance what’s here instead would make us all happier,” she says. “It’s an insult to the efforts that we have put in, and others. We thought was here to stay, we thought it would protect us. And now it’s gone.”

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