Density in Toronto: Portrait of a community growing up — fast

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from the Toronto Star:


Wendy Gillis
Staff Reporter


You can see a lot from the floor-to-ceiling windows in Jonathan Careless’ 39th story downtown condo: North York, Pearson airport, the Niagara Escarpment — and the mind-boggling number of people who live in a compact space in the sky just like his.

“I look right at my neighbours,” he said, motioning at the vertical city lit up in the night, row after row of tiny living rooms and kitchens visible in the CityPlace condos that surround him. “I can see them come home and make dinner.”

Thirteen thousand people call these soaring glass buildings along the waterfront near the Rogers Centre home. By 2018, 18,000 will live in 10,000 units in 25 buildings, making their homes and their lives on top of one another.

This is stacked living — where you have 850 square feet to your name and 700 neighbours in one building. Backyard? Try balcony. And the trip from your condo to the lobby can be a commute of its own, thanks to stop after stop at floors that reach 49 storeys. .....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1274608--density-in-toronto-portrait-of-a-community-growing-up-fast