When designs were first made for a number of areas that are now
known as "apartment neighbourhoods" around Toronto, no
one was able to see the flaws that would later come along with
it.
Planning for the future, these high-rise suburban communities
have missed the mark on what planners of the past believed would be
the lifestyle of its inhabitants in modern times.
The people who inhabit these apartments have become trapped as a
result of the misguided visions of the future. However, just like
any mistake, you learn from it and make sure you don't make the
same mistake the next time around. This concept can also apply to
planning. What it takes, it can give back. After 10 years of
effort, the city recently implemented a program called the
Tower Renewal Program. This program aimed at changing zoning
laws, in order to make green space that surrounds apartments in
suburban areas capable of building shops, daycare centres, offices,
markets, gardens, and the like.
