Christoph Jalkotzy
There is always a first time
Thoughts on the passing of 2020 I generally do not mark the passing of time; it is just a thing for me. But this year is vastly...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
May 8, 20201 min read
Urban Boundaries & Missing Middle Buildings
I was around in the 1980's in Ottawa and was Chair of Ecovision when, we as a city started including the future operating costs that...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Oct 2, 20182 min read
Development Process, Easing the Burden and Costs for Small Developments
Over the past couple of months I have managed to help a small developer make an application to the Committee of Adjustment that reduced...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Apr 13, 20184 min read
Reimagining the Inner City Residential Suburb
There is a huge opportunity for small sustainability minded investors and residents of inner city residential neighbourhoods to...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Feb 28, 20181 min read
One Building 3 looks
Same building, 3 different looks. Want traditional, here is a look that might interest you Want Art Deco ee, this might meet your tastes...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Feb 21, 20185 min read
Social Sustainability, A Village in the City
Social Sustainability, It takes a Village Distributed Social Services Chris Jalkotzy, City Villages Summary Issues Unfortunately,...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Feb 21, 20181 min read
Small Apartment Buildings
The Missing Middle City Villages has now completed small rental residential building designs the fit into all residential neighbourhoods....
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Christoph Jalkotzy
May 19, 20172 min read
Loblaws Site Going to Planning Committee, Tuesday, May 23, 2017
In my last post, I did not note that the building had changed from a senior's building to an apartment building. This is a welcome...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
May 4, 20172 min read
Housing GTA unaffordable....Baby Boomers are staying in their Single Family Home.....There are more
Wow, the number of stories that have been generated by one Stats Canada report and the low supply of single family homes in the GTA....
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Apr 16, 20172 min read
Updating Loblaws Superstore Site Post
This post updates an older post with new information. I am adamantly against the character of the current "seniors residential building"...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Dec 29, 20162 min read
Let's Plan Together
I am very excited about 2017. For 35 years I have been learning about the way our human race functions. Everything from how we create...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
May 16, 20161 min read
Superstore proposed rezoning
I went to the open house for the proposed rezoning for the property south of the Loblaws Superstore in Westboro because they were...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Apr 18, 20164 min read
More details to the Housing the Elderly
Housing the Elderly, a new model that addresses not only the elderly but also affordability for the younger first time home buyer as...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Apr 14, 20162 min read
Alternative to "as per plans presented"
Both the Committee of Adjustment and the approval process for rezoning applications has become less about what is required by the Ontario...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Apr 10, 20162 min read
The New Model for Young & Old
Many aspects of a new approach to housing the elderly have now been developed. There are a significant benefits to design buildings that...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Mar 31, 20161 min read
evolving concept
The model for elderly housing has initially focused on people over 60 years old. As well, we were looking at small scale infill,...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Mar 31, 20162 min read
warehousing the elderly
When I started looking for my downsizing options, I decided to look into the housing statistics relating to people over 60 years old. We...
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Christoph Jalkotzy
Mar 24, 20162 min read
history of City Villages
This blog will be about how City Villages came to be, the evolution of the philosophy behind City Villages and then how City Villages...
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