Very cool. Thanks for linking to that article. I also think the Holland like building is super.

One of of Queen West's biggest parking lots might disappear. A two storey building at Soho and Queen is being proposed with, 20,240 square feet per floor. This should really change the feeling of the strip just east of Spadina. Very glad to see the lot go, and also happy this lot is not...

Looks like the Junction is getting its own brew, "local option." I think this is a fun addition to the hood. http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2011/04/junction_the_latest_neighbourhood_to_get_its_own_beer/

Graffiti does not = ghetto. Just means there are kids around. Welcome to life in a big city where we don't supervise space 24 hours a day, thank goodness. And imagine the place with TCHC residents! A mixed-income neighbourhood where people who provide essential services and jobs in the...

I think he would have been dealing with organizing the relief for the people made homeless by the fire in St. James Town. Sometimes there are more important things then building a legacy.

The $30 billion number is way to high. Its taken from the big dig project, a project way more complex then what Rossi is proposing. That project included a tunneled expressway, a tunnel under a river, a new bridge and tearing down an old elevated expressway. But in the end it doesn't matter...

The only tunnels we should be building in toronto are the DRL and the Eglinton Crosstown. Insanity

I'm a little confused about how this changes things. Does this mean that the next mayor could be opposed to transit city want to pull out and Metrolinx could keep on building LRTs? How much of the funding of Transit City is coming from Metrolinx and how much from the City?

I like what new york has been doing with bus rapid transit. Could learn a lot from there. A rendering below shows what a proper BRT could look like. http://blog.tstc.org/2009/05/18/city-seeking-input-on-next-phase-of-bus-rapid-transit-program/

Loving the Ritz-Carlton's slanted roof. Really gives the skyline a real edge.

I'm not arguing for the punishment commuters or that improving the street will necessarily attract more pedestrians. Rather I'm arguing that we need to stop punishing pedestrians. While improving the public realm does not necessarily attract more pedestrians it makes it a safer and more pleasant...

Just counting people who walk to commute is a flawed approach. When you think about it measuring commuters is measuring the labour force, which is only about 60% of Toronto's population. You don't count all the seniors who walk to the drugstore or all the students to school. Plus drivers get out...

No way we should cut and cover again. The cost is prohibitive, the disruption insane, and it would force hundreds if not thousands out of there neighbourhoods. Thousands of homes were bought and torn down to build the Bloor Danforth line. Considering the outrage that the TTC is facing in its...

I would find it hard pressed to say that Toronto is in decline. Downtowns population has grown by 65 percent since the 1970s, nearly 10 percent, or 70,000 people this decade alone. The city has seen 300,000,000 invested in cultural institutions, we have seen the city mature into a significant...

A real issue is finance. Rob Ford claims that the City is full of “spendaholics” running city hall and he says there is enough fat and inefficiency to slash costs. Yet, Moody's states "The debt ratio has been stable for five years, including during the recent recession, she said." and "This...