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Old Posted Jan 5, 2008, 11:51 PM
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Old Posted Jan 6, 2008, 12:14 AM
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nce. I was wanting to see some 'sauga pics
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Old Posted Jan 6, 2008, 12:20 AM
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The construction and your pics are amazing, but damn, Mississauga be ugly. Maybe after the Marilyn Towers go up and more parking lots disappear it will look better.
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It's nice to see the Wal-Mart there in Mississauga. I mean how can it ever be a livable & desirable area without a Wal-Mart present?

It'll be interesting to see how Mississauga evolves over the next few decades. Hopefully density will increase. Thanks for the quality pics!
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The scale of its bland monotony makes suburban Toronto somewhat disturbing. Is there really any point in living one of a million identical lives?
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Is there really any point in living one of a million identical lives?
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Old Posted Jan 6, 2008, 1:17 AM
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not a fan of this type of sterile high-rise dystopia
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Old Posted Jan 6, 2008, 1:24 AM
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Nice pics.

I hate to sound negative, but if I like skyscrapers and highrises so much, why does Mississauga look so gross to me?
It looks like a glorified Schaumburg, IL.

I love this one though. What is it called?
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I love this one though. What is it called?

One Park Tower. 38 storeys I think. I like it too, except it's in the middle of a field beside a highway.


This sums up my experience as a pedestrian in Mississauga:


Not to be too negative, but Mississauga is almost surreal. These pics were taken on a Saturday afternoon, and considering there must be 10's of 1000's of people living in all these apartment buildings, I only saw a handful of people. No wonder, even minor streets with no traffic are six lanes wide here.
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This sums up my experience as a pedestrian in Mississauga:...
Haha! Last summer, I met up with my friend from Markham there and we went to Playdium (not as fun as it is when you're 13). Afterwards, we went to get something to eat at Jack Astors, walking beside parking lots and typical chain-style stores. He's also a Planning student, so we were joking around about "downtown Mississauga".

"Cambridgite, shouldn't we get in the car and drive?"

"Why would we do that? We're downtown!! Look at all the hustle and bustle of pedestrians...and that skyline!"
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Such an enigma you are, Mississauga. Demographically, you are one of the most interesting cities on earth. But you look so damn dull and depressing!
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It's garishness puts it into Niagara Falls' category.
Good post though flar.
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Reminds me of outer parts of Atlanta, only without the hills and with snow.
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having only driven by and through, these pics confirm my suspicions.

Also this tops my old favorite in Columbus Ohio which reads, "Pedestrians Watch for Turning Cars"
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I too love this structure!

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Well Mississauga certainly proves you can't build a real downtown from scratch these days. You've either had one for a long time, or you never will.

Certainly an interesting skyline however.
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I completely forgot about this thread until I noticed it in the recent index thread. I'm still a bit shocked that flar would have actually photographed MCC. Somehow they seem like mutually opposing forces. But I suppose it's an excellent learning experience.

Also, considering this was almost 6 years ago, it would be cool to see some updated pictures.

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Well Mississauga certainly proves you can't build a real downtown from scratch these days. You've either had one for a long time, or you never will.

Certainly an interesting skyline however.
Not sure about that. It if was really "from scratch" I suspect it would actually be easier. This is trying to convert an area that was already planned, built, and used as a low density, car-dependent, suburban area into an actual urban area. Whether or not that's really impossible, only time will tell.

But if they're going to do it, there needs to be an incentive, ie a reason for people to use it. Right now it's a destination due to the shopping, which is in a car-focused format. If they were to develop a light-rail system and make MCC the main hub, it would give people across Mississauga access to it as a convenient, central location. Next, the hub would also need to have high-frequency rail connecting it to Toronto and preferably also the airport. That way the residential population could quadrupedal due to having easy access to downtown at the same time as having easy access to shops and services within walking distance.

As long as it's just cars and buses, it isn't going to happen. Maybe once the Hurontario LRT opens, that could help. But either way, the city needs to realise that zoning for residential and having people live there is not enough to make something into a downtown. Healthy downtowns also have layers of infrastructure and a rich diversity of activities an one cannot re-create the whole experience by introducing one element.
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Next, the hub would also need to have high-frequency rail connecting it to Toronto and preferably also the airport.
Isn't there already a rail link to Pearson?
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