Retiring urban planner Lynda Macdonald on the problem with glass towers, the failure of Rail Deck Park and some of the city’s big success stories
In her 33-years with the City of Toronto, planner Lynda Macdonald has played a key role in transforming once neglected and abandoned acres into some of the city’s most exciting new neighbourhoods.
Now Macdonald, 65, has made a difficult decision to retire. A new term of city council this fall makes this a good time for someone else to transition into the job. She wants to pursue her passion for environmental advocacy. Although she has already left the job her retirement isn’t official until the New Year.
“It’s even more important for people in affordable housing because the people who have the resources can go to the cottage for the weekend, send kids to private schools,” she said. Then a group called The Friends of Fort York suggested that the city might have it wrong, that a new road in the plan would run too close to the ramparts of the War of 1812 fort. The city and the developers joined the community for a workshop at the armoury and the plan was altered.
According to former city councillor Joe Cressy, Macdonald played a role in negotiating an agreement for a groundbreaking special development levee on Concord Adex, the developer that bought up the 45 acres near the Rogers Centre.
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