Is the strategy here to ask for 50 and accept being bumped down to 40, like they already wanted? Seems way too small a site to support such a large building, in footprint, space for residents, and respect for neighbourhood. Has there ever been a similar site go from 7 stories to 50 stories...

The retail storefront looks very sterile. While the current landscape can be called ugly, at least it has character and is alive. I don't see that here.

It IS bad for pedestrians. Maybe they shouldn't allow southbound Allen drivers go onto Marlee. The whole intersection is going to get a lot more busy as it gets redeveloped, so I hope there will be improvements for the increase in local residents. The city should consider a connection from...

I heard recently that there are 50,000 Uber drivers in Toronto. How much of the congestion is from those drivers? I notice a lot of them around Scotiabank Arena on game and concert nights. I remember when the York off-ramp existed, That loop would always get full up. So the problem is not new...

The green tower looks like it is covered in moss. There must be pressure to buy the block across the street now. It's not shaping up as an attractive neighbourhood. Not that that side is now. No doubt the parkette is a dog bathroom. Will pigeons be welcome?

Well yeah. But even those 'trams' would be a big step up from today. And those trams would be a lot less expensive than the OL tech. OL extension would be better long-term no doubt, but you might have to really redevelop the area to get trips above the level of the Sheppard line and support the...

If you go further north of the Queensway, you'll find lots of split-levels that are bigger and more expensive. So, I don't think those homeowners are going to favour intensification. But yeah, the Queensway strip is ripe for densification. At one time, those little post-war bungalows along the...

You'll never convince drivers with off-peak service like that. Chicken and egg thing I think. If developers who are friends with Doug whisper enough in his ear, an Ontario line extension could happen ... but even an LRT like Finch West might work here and be really beneficial.

I would say the solution to traffic is for people to simply drive less. At the moment, I am car-less, and I really notice the high percentage of cars with only one person in the vehicle. I think I realize now how much I was using the car instead of walking or using the TTC, simply because I had...

Well to avoid interest and holding costs. And lawyer's fees.

Presumably the developer could have researched that an avenue study had been done, and looked to conform to it, to avoid confronting the neighbours and councillor. I haven't read the study, and I have no stake in the project, and I am not a neighbour. My point is simply that I think you can...

I don't think there is an expiry date on guidelines. What is 'off' about the study? - I think that would be the question.

The architect and developer won't be living next to it. Keep that in mind as to judging the community's feelings.

and hate the islanders thread. i never know if people are jealous, or just cranky. As for my vote on a bridge ... no. There's enough activity going on there for a park. Hardly seems like an improvement to allow cars there. Would just lose more space to car park space. And a park should not be...

I wonder if the developer even tried to get a demolition permit. It's been an acrimonious process for that development...