From what I understand, the City is currently working towards revoking certain permits that pertain to this demo (hoarding, etc.) Public opinion may be our only meaningful gesture to slow this process down. Here are some petitions in the works...

some vague comments from the MPP’s PR here, calling for ‘heritage elements’ to inform any new buildings........ https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5875438?client=safari

At the very least, worst case scenario, because the other two MZO issued sites are with Dream and being designed by either Cobe Architects or Henning Larsen Architects respectively, there can be a hope that one of those parties are also working on this site and will bring the same considerably...

The sign on the newly implemented fencing leads to this demo company website: https://www.qmenv.com/

confirming construction and probable demo equipment arriving on site

I would hope that block gets developed as three separate new buildings to provide some much needed human-scale fabric. Another monolith standing next to HOME wouldn't be too great.

The proportion of the massing here is very well-executed

Since when did trees become faux-pas?

It's designed and zoned to accommodate a grocery store (complete with higher ceilings and a delivery dock at back). Not sure if it's been leased to a retailer yet though

The fact that a developer went for this kind of bespoke museum-level detailing is still beyond me..

Glazing on this one is a winner

View from the 8th level of Harris Square

Early morning crane lifts, happening on a daily basis for the past few days.

Notwithstanding the obvious argument that the blatant corruption behind a move like this represents (it's difficult to fathom why someone may think that the negative impact of this is unclear), I'm having trouble understanding the argument that WDL is under-built. Does Toronto require a...

Hearing that the same thing happened to the site at 153 Eastern Avenue (the current Dominion Foundries Heritage Building), anyone have any information on this?

Yellow band making its way around the base Cantilever shaping up nicely, new street curb being poured Envelope framing under staggered balconies has begun, to be covered in added black metal paneling I assume.

Beastly elevation

Yea, it's not great cladding, but it's some kind of progress...

even the rendering and its weird, skewed angle are bad and low-ambition...

Man, that car dealership podium has to be one of the slowest-moving projects in the city right now...