On April 8th, urban design students presented their ideas in support of Vaughan’s planned metropolitan centre, which is to be transformed from a large-scale big box landscape to a subway-oriented downtown.
The idea of a resort-style model organized around a multi-themed park at the subway entrance was particularly compelling. The group also underscored the need to tame Highway 7 through the creation of a multi-way boulevard and provided several precedents (see also http://www.futureofbothell.com/projects/185th-connector-and-park as perhaps the newest planned highway-taming in North America).
Transformation presentation: Vaughan Transformation
Public realm and multi-way proposal: VMCprecedentsApr3