Hello mod. I visit UT several times a week and view the Buildings and Transportation forums. I'm just a resident who is interested in the amazing amount of development in Toronto and who is also interested in transit. Reading through the comments on the forums has been a great learning...

Hey there. I am looking at the Buildings page and the stories and in many cases the height of the building is not appearing in the title.

In a city where most people are wearing blue suits, having someone put on a Hawaiian shirt and stand out a little bit is fine by me. The red panels add some colour to core. The end product is much better than where they started. I say Yes.

Interesting Report. It dismisses RER (SMART Track) from further analysis as an option to effectively address the requirement for Yonge Relief. Looking at the surface subway route (Figure 6.6: Option 5 - Surface Subway) and evaluating it based on the DRL study of proposed stations/stops and...

At the The Crosstown website it is unequivocal that the Don Mills station is underground. http://www.thecrosstown.ca/the-project/stations-and-stops/don-mills-station. While an EA may be needed, the plans are to put the station underground. The justification is there is far too much...

I agree. There is such interesting potential with this idea. I imagine new condo's on Lakeshore could back onto the park above the Gardiner and Berm. Residents of these condo's would be directly connected to a parkway. At street level it would mean a redesigned Lakeshore could have...

It is common knowledge that the "green" space around the many towers built 20+ years ago goes unused. With that in mind this development seems to be an appropriate intensification for the area. Residents are within walking distance to the Sheppard Line and full retail services at Fairview...

??? I'm sure we all agree that great design includes much more than the exterior. This particular discourse is about the exterior form. There are endless comments on UT where readers are tired with glass boxes. This discussion is about a tower that is neither fully glass nor a box...

I commute down the DVP from Lawrence every day. A typical morning commute is roughly 15-20 minutes from Lawrence to the Gardiner. Summer traffic usually lightens my commute time by 5-10 minutes. The HOV lanes had an effect of adding about 5 minutes to the drive, to roughly 20-25 minutes...

My company has software that manages the data that is presented on Operation Center displays, like in the photo above. Reach out if you'd like to buy some software - its not cheap :)!

Thanks for the post Salsa. Great pics and comparison between our waterfront and Chicago. We are building a different connection to our waterfront when compared with Chicago. Our waterfront will be much more urban than Chicago. It will be busier, year round. It will not be a beach because...

There is no reason to be down on Toronto's waterfront. It is true that we are not replicating Chicago's waterfront, Toronto is not Chicago. Our central waterfront is predominantly a man-made port that is well sheltered by the Toronto Islands. Converting the shoreline back to beaches, as it...

Regarding the i345 in Dallas, the distance of the hwy that would be brought down is 2.2km. It is the western portion of 4 highways that surround downtown Dallas. While inconvenient to automobiles, removing this portion will not remove the ability to get in and out of downtown Dallas on a...

The current travel time is less than 90 seconds. The proposal suggests an additional 2-3 minutes with the tear down option. It sounds improbable at best, that a 2km trip through a densely populated area will take only 4 minutes to travel through at the height of rush hour. Any delays on the...

I commute to the core from the DVP. Getting to King and Bay from the Richmond exit takes much longer than getting to King and Bay from the Yonge/York and Gardiner exit. Readers of this site should know better than most that there is significant development in flight or planned for the...

From the article: Wilson compared it to building a house or doing home renovations, adding its contractor PCL hasn’t committed to a specific date yet. “The work takes as long as it takes,” she said. “It’s a complicated project. The scope is massive.” First off, this is a tunnel with...

I attended a transit planning seminar hosted by Jennifer Keesmat about 18 months ago. She had an internationally renowned consultant present on the topic (apologies but his name escapes me). He spoke about the need to create grids and direct lines across the city with the premise that the...

The blank wall really is questionable, especially when you consider the multi-story parking garage on Queens Quay just south and east of the park that is at the corner of York and QQ. Not exactly attractive surroundings. This is a premier tourist location. Something more integrated with the...

Love the curved design. Any risk of the Walkie Scorchie effect? That is the tower in central London with a concave design that melted a Jag last year.