Wow, that is really bad. I used to live at this intersection and was looking forward to the end of that parking lot. Not so much now.

When they announced this, I thought there'd be years of fundraising before they started, so it's good to see the hoarding. I dislike the interior of the crystal so much that I've found myself avoiding the ROM more and more over the years. 2006: 2024:

Does it smell like 100 years of booze, cigarette smoke, damp wood, mold and dust? Yes it does. And not a little bit. A lot.

It's too bad that she didn't write a book about how a bunch of interdependent forces can balance to produce a vibrant urban environment. If she'd had any sense, she could have even proposed some principles to use as a framework to assess decisions. What an idiot!

College & Shrbourne, looking West, 2024: Streetview, 2009: Early 1900s?