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  1. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | 38 Walmer Road | 79.58m | 20s | TAS | SA

    Let’s not pretend that an OPA isn’t a long, odious process that often results in massive cost increases to appease City Planning’s fairly arbitrary requirements. We all know that it’s hard to make those 4-storey buildings pencil in today’s market, particularly in this location where land costs...
  2. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | Canary Commons | 42.06m | 12s | DundeeKilmer | a—A

    Congrats to everyone living in the Canary District- I've got second hand excitement that you are finally getting a grocery store.
  3. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | 137-141 Isabella Street | 231.55m | 69s | Pinedale | BDP Quadrangle

    Does every old house need to be saved? Keeping this house certainly does not justify losing hundreds of units of potential housing... and I'm not sure that keeping its façade would make any sense in a new context as the front of an apartment building. The Annex is bordered by *two* subway...
  4. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | East Harbour | 214.2m | 65s | Cadillac Fairview | Adamson

    Or even better, they divide it into parcels and sell them off one by one. Master planned multi-block developments like this rarely turn out well, especially with a single developer…
  5. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | Gerrard-Carlaw South TOC: Badgerow, Carlaw & Thackeray Block | 79.08m | 23s | Infrastructure ON | SvN

    Gonna disagree. Perfect location for density like this, even before Gerrard Station opens. Access to two streetcar lines, bikeable distance from Downtown, easy walking distance to commercial streets like Queen, Gerrard and Danforth. I'd gladly live here with or without the station. The block...
  6. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | 1113-1125 Dundas Street West | 35.5m | 10s | CreateTO | Brook McIlroy

    Build. This. Everywhere. All the SFDs on streets like Dufferin, Christie, Bathurst, Broadview, Pape and Jones are the perfect sites for medium density like this. Soon… soon…
  7. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | 134 Parliament | 145.8m | 44s | Lamb Dev Corp | a—A

    Most people don't. A rooftop amenity terrace with bbq's, seating, and (if you're lucky) a hot tub beats having a balcony any day.
  8. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor East | 257.24m | 76s | Great Gulf | Hariri Pontarini

    My understanding is that if they lower the rent, the valuation of the property goes down, so they’d rather just maintain the value of their asset than rent it out. Greedy? Yes. Bad for the city? Yes. But it does make sense.
  9. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Place | ?m | ?s | Infrastructure ON

    Doug is motivated by three things: Benefitting his friends/benefactors, benefitting himself (through benefitting the friends), and benefitting Etobicoke. This whole thing reeks of the back of his napkin. Developer friends get new land at Don Mills and Eglinton, Therme gets a free parking lot...
  10. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | 19 Bloor West | 301.8m | 94s | Reserve Properties | Arcadis

    Seeing these again made me so happy; for once the final project was way better than the initial designs! 😍
  11. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | Time and Space Condos | 101.8m | 29s | Pemberton | Wallman Architects

    Having stayed in many hotels with windows facing the hallway, it was a nightmare for noise. Communal spaces would be an effective way to generate “community” in this sense. I think enclosed courtyards in the interior of buildings (like in Barcelona and other large cities in Spain) that are...
  12. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | Time and Space Condos | 101.8m | 29s | Pemberton | Wallman Architects

    Yuck. More commentary from an out-of-touch Boomer who would rather there be no new housing at all, instead of something that doesn’t quite fit his opinion of what is right for the neighbourhood. Well, guess what Randy, the people living in these apartments are young workers, immigrants and...
  13. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s

    ok I'll bite: My understanding of the drawings is that it's spaced in a way that ensures it complies with requirements for exhaust vents and safety exits. I'm not an engineer so who knows if it could moved or not. Since you haven't provided any evidence that it *can* be moved, I'll throw your...
  14. torontologist

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s

    I find it amusing that some people think that Metrolinx hasn't already investigated all the alternatives to locating a station entrance here. Yes, this is a "cheap", "convenient" and easy place to locate the entrance. That's what makes it the best option. It's also the only option that makes it...

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