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North York to Get its Very Own Communicity

Posted by Andrew / July 5, 2007

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Those crazy folks at Concord, the developer behind CityPlace are getting revved up for their next master planned community in Toronto: Concord Park Place at Leslie and Sheppard. They've gone all web 2.0y and released a YouTube promo video for the project. Seriously, who wouldn't want to live in a 'Communicity'?

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anastassia / July 5, 2007 at 05:03 pm
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WOAH! They should do the Ontario ads on TV. Makes me want to move there just to take the shuttle ~^_^~
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rek / July 6, 2007 at 07:20 am
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It's a shame we've gotten to the point where condo developers are the ones building parks and 'town squares' for pedestrians, and not the municipality/city itself.
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Lee / July 6, 2007 at 09:17 am
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You say "crazy folks at concord." What is wrong with them? What is wrong with cityplace? Innocent question from someone who just got here. Cheers!
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Andrew (author) / July 6, 2007 at 09:47 am
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Lee, my comments are partly tongue-in-cheek, and partly due to the fact that some have criticized Concord's 'Communicity'-style developments like CityPlace and CityPark for their lack of integration into their surroundings (among other things).

One man's urban utopia is another man's <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James_Town>;St James Town</a>.

Main reason I wanted to share this video though is because it is so incredibly cheesy!
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lee / July 6, 2007 at 01:30 pm
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Lack of integration - they explicitly claimed that they wanted to be self-contained. So it IS part of their intent NOT to integrate, yes? And I surmise that this runs counter to a basic tenet of urban planning and design. But you're right, some people would enjoy living in an enclave.
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Eric S. Smith / July 6, 2007 at 05:44 pm
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Special transit that only residents can use? What about visiting friends and family? Or are you supposed to be so committed to "self-sufficiency" that you don't have any friends or family from outside?

"We only leave the Communicity to serve the Communicity."
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