People sometimes think of barriers and opposition to new housing construction as coming from a suburban culture of NIMBYism, but urban areas can be just as bad. A few weeks ago we told the story of neighbours and councillors fighting new housing development near Guildwood Train Station in suburban Toronto, and in this video we’re going to tell another frustrating tale of housing dysfunction in the heart of the city. References: City council asking for affordable housing component on 200 Queens Quay West land sale: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/affordable-housing-queens-quay-1.5222316 Canada Lands agreeing: https://twitter.com/clc_sic/status/1156658118950105090 Final report on 200 Queens Quay West housing application: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-227382.pdf 10 York being criticized for blocking views: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-51448.pdf Toronto's goal of no shade on parks: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/condo-shadow-tocore-plan-1.4667335 Toronto's goal of having shade on parks: https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/8ecf-AODA_Shade_Guidelines_2010_Final_Report-002.pdf Final report on 27 Grosvenor, the other site where shadow concerns reduced affordable housing: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165186.pdf Keep Urbanity rolling: Join our Patreon for early releases: https://www.patreon.com/ohtheurbanity Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5CBM1NkqDYAHgS-AbgGHA Join us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OhUrbanity