One cannot keep on piling people into the grid... and expect the urban
fundamentals of: health, safety, security, sanitation, education and
general well-being — to prevail.
- These were my words back in 2000.
In our built-up urban context, there are no open fields at the end of the street which we can simply relegate into public service. This is midtown Toronto which is not a greenfield setting, nor is it a brownfield setting which may be re-purposed to contemporary needs.
