Architects Toon Dreessen, left, and Jay Lim, right, discuss the future of Carling Avenue and suggest ways to transform it from arterial thoroughfare to a stretch of livable neighbourhoods. The city has also approved high rises at the Travelodge, which once housed the Talisman Motor Inn near Kirkwood Avenue. "You look at Carling now, how many people want to walk along Carling, especially this stretch? A rendering of RioCan's six-building development proposed for Carling Avenue. A rendering of RioCan's development proposed for Carling Avenue.