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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 18: The MIDP Volume 1, The Plans; Chapter 1: The Quayside Plan, Part 2: How it Works (II)

Posted on August 6, 2019 by bhaggart

In which Sidewalk Labs promotes the innovative nature of building tinier-than-currently-allowed apartments and I note the irony of Sidewalk Labs touting a transparency app in what is easily the most poorly designed non-transparent document I’ve ever had the misfortune to … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 17: The MIDP Volume 1, The Plans; Chapter 1: The Quayside Plan, Part 2: How it Works (I)

Posted on August 5, 2019 by bhaggart

Continuing my voyage through The Plans. Note: This Part is pretty involved, so I’m dividing it into several posts. For a document that is supposed to set out a plan and give us some certainty, I have so, so many … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Bonus entry 6: Review period extended

Posted on August 2, 2019 by bhaggart

Yesterday afternoon Waterfront Toronto announced that it and Sidewalk Labs had amended the July 2018 Plan Development Agreement (new version here and on my MIDP page; news release here). The key changes are (quoting from the news release): Extending the … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 16: The MIDP Volume 1, The Plans; Chapter 1: The Quayside Plan, Part 1: Development Plan

Posted on August 2, 2019 by bhaggart

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries and relevant documents available here One question I’d love to have answered by people who know how land developments typically work is, how detailed should these plans be? Sidewalk Labs has had … Continue reading →

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Bonus entry 5: My submission to Waterfront Toronto Quayside development consultations

Posted on August 1, 2019 by bhaggart

Note: Waterfront Toronto’s initial consultations on Sidewalk Labs’ 1,496-page Master Innovation and Development Plan ended yesterday. The results will be used in some way to inform something that Waterfront Toronto has planned for the Fall. Maybe it’ll be a report … Continue reading →

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