Crescent Town

This neighbourhood is Crescent Town, located beside Victoria Park Station. This community is built on high ground, is surrounded by the forests, and only 2 or 3 roads enter the area. It is practically designed to keep people in. The roads that enter and exit aren't meant for pedestrians, pedestrians are meant to keep in the complex. The complex has a main level where people can travel from building to building or to the local school, restaurant, health club, pharmacy and other stores. Most of the pedestrian paths do not offer a view outside Crescent Town, only the next building or townhouse. The different levels seperate the pedestrians from the automobiles for the most part. The towers are very tall, 30 floors at the most, and the community must be extremely dense. A good thing about this neighbourhood is that opposite the subway making for quick and convenient rapid transit travel. Crescent Town serves the needs of the local people but they are not encouraged to leave the neighbourhood. It is an example of Le Corbusier's Radiant City concept where a community has a high density with all the amenities and services the residents need. Le Corbusier meant for it to be applied to larger neighbourhoods and entire districts of a city, even an entire city. In Toronto the city has used these 'Super Block' designs only for their social housing and low-income neighbourhoods in order to marginalize the people's interaction with the rest of the city. {May 15th, 2006}O_x