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In cities with strong property rights, zoning guidelines never  play out  as comprehensively as intended. 


Here and here are the city of Toronto’s guidelines for mid-rise buildings on avenue corridors. 

This maps shows corridors in Toronto that are zoned for mid-rise, streetwall buildings. There is one kind of zoning envelop.


This maps shows the differences among  the properties that have been rezoned. 









These 3D drawings are of constructed or planned mid-rise buildings and show the different property size and buidling types that mid-rise buildings have replaced.