Corey Horowitz
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Corey Horowitz
@CoreyHorowitz
Another Toronto urban planner with opinions on housing.
Toronto Katılım Aralık 2008
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I like that this photo makes it seem as though Zack de la Rocha just heard the news and is like, "Gee willikers, ain't that a humdinger?!"
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Hey if you like it when I do a very in-depth column in the form of a list on a legacy musical act that covers that artist's entire discography I have one of those running tomorrow.
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The Neighbourhood Land Trust has been snapping up buildings across Toronto, taking them off the market and into the community, writes @jasonmcbride68. Over 200 units later, they’re ready to do much more. thelocal.to/neighbourhood-…
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Hey, it's my most ambitious column ever! I wrote about my 100 favorite debut albums of all time. Also tried to figure out the following: 1) What makes debut great? and 2) Why are debuts often the best LP an artist makes?
uproxx.com/indie/best-deb…
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I had to buy beer in cans today, in Ontario where until a few years ago 93% was sold in refillable bottles; not one in the store. Coincidentally this post went up: "The Beer Can Is an Unsustainable Tale of Convenience, Corporate Concentration, and Profit" treehugger.com/beer-can-marke…
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Struggling to think of a politician more utterly loathsome and mediocre than Keir Starmer
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@MikePMoffatt How much of this problem is due to new units being geared to pre-con investors rather than end users, and thus distorting the unit types/layouts really needed? How much is policy?
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@CoreyHorowitz I wonder how many of the “jokes” today are politicians testing reactions to potential announcements
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City Planner April Fool’s is the worst because it’s all articles like “Much-needed transit line/bike lane/affordable house announced” and you get so excited but the joke is like ha ha how ridiculous that really great thing would never happen
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@MoreNeighbours Agree that rule is ridiculous. But many multi-units getting converted to SF regardless of zoning (and yes it's easier to do than the reverse, which is bad). Zoning reform is great but won't solve affordability issues.
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@CoreyHorowitz It’s actually a big piece of what’s wrong. The city rule here already says a multiplex has to be smaller than a single family home. That incentivizes McMansions in these neighbourhoods. That’s the point we’re making.
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A good reminder that we have a housing crisis because Toronto has zoned middle class housing options out of neighbourhoods.
We cannot continue to favor McMansions over Multiplexes. Toronto must change!
Gil Meslin@g_meslin
Re: building depth. Currently, in R zones (where small apartments/plexes are allowed) the Toronto ZBL permits a maximum building depth of 17m for a house, and 14m for plexes. Less allowance for more housing. The example in the previous tweet has a building depth of about 25m.
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This is what happens when housing becomes an asset for investors who have no plans to ever step foot in the units they buy
Our housing supply problem is not just about how much we build, but what we build
Urban Cayman@ProjectEND
I'm pretty sure no City has worse layouts than Toronto. WTF is going on here?
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Today in Grateful Dead history: Unreleased footage of the boys auditioning for the Planet of the Apes musical.
#gratefuldead #simpsons #deadheads #drzaius
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@SingleTaxTaylor @alexbozikovic Not sure who is arguing for no market housing. But increasing reliance on publicly traded companies with shareholders to provide 'affordable housing' is not encouraging. These are not mom and pop landlords. This is a distinct trend.
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That story about the developer who is buying Canadian houses as rentals? Turns out they will be ~doubling the number of homes, and making them much more affordable than they were before
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@SingleTaxTaylor @alexbozikovic It's a matter of political will, priority and taxation.
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@SingleTaxTaylor @alexbozikovic Well put but I disagree that arguing for more social or lower income housing-either built or subsidized by public sector-falls under 'the narrowest of parameters'. This is not a politically utopian idea, just a victim of the ideology that the market provides for all.
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