The problem also involves money - because enrollment across the entire TDSB system is declining and the board isn't disposing of currently underutilized schools, Toronto doesn't get capital funding to build new schools or additions where there are insufficient places. The TDSB are loathe to...

Nelson Mandela PS was built as a replacement for Regents Park/Duke of York PS which is closing so I am not sure how much space there is there. Market Lane was at 84% utilization in 2009 and projected to rise and my understanding is that enrollment is growing, perhaps even ahead of projections.

Sssh! Don't tell everyone. They will all want to live on Annette St.! It is a fabulous street though. Several lovely new businesses have moved onto this street in the last few weeks, including a new coffee/cheese/ ice cream/'organic food on Wednesdays' place - Creme Fraiche, a new hardware...

For anyone intending to have kids in this building, this story applies to you - Condo parents cope with being denied School Choice

"I've always wondered if there happens to be a 180° turn in the demographics downtown and more young families choose to raise their kids there, how will the public schools be able to accommodate the new pupils?" There has been reports in the media for the last few days of impending problems in...

Busy for a whole three weeks...

Most of the "main" stations in London are old though, many from the age of steam... and the locals know where to transfer without a major hike so this is mostly a tourist problem. The bright spot of our system for most visiting Londoners is the fact that our system is air conditioned, while the...

Ugh! The Bay at Sherway Gardens is just the pits!!!!!!! It's like shopping in a Warehouse Outlet Store in the States, but worse - poor lighting, filthy, filthy carpet and walls, and terrible signage, and then it takes 27 hours to stand in line, get to the till where there are three staff...

Knowing nothing about construction, I feel a little disappointed to see so little evidence of building after so long. Is my disappointment ill-founded?

Oxford colleges are not comparable with public parks. Firstly, they are private property. More importantly, they are the homes and workspaces of the students, staff and fellows who live there. They are live/work communities and not leisure facilities. All members of a college have gate keys to...

And Google is your friend! http://www3.ttc.ca/Spadina/index.jsp - check the construction activity and construction notices sections for latest information. for an overview of what has been completed, and what remains to be bored and built, check out the "Map of All Neighbourhoods" (Hint: the...

N0 fear mongering here... No - simply pointing out that Design7's logic is faulty! There are a couple of lots in close proximity that I think will be redeveloped sooner rather than later - one in the No Frills and parking lot at Runnymede and Bloor, and the Funeral Home and parking lot further...

Double post :-(

A handful of students in each incoming class of 1,000s or 10,000s, and very very often they are international students who are financially worth a lot of money to a university, even if they eventually drop out... University admissions is a numbers game, and GPA is not the only thing that talks...

EQAO yes, Fraser Institute no - each university has its own formula for partialing out things like SES influence on achievement.

Absolutely! they know about public schools, and not just the ones in affluent neighbourhoods. Every university has a whole department of people whose job it is to know about schools, their different strengths and weaknesses and how their students generally perform - both in terms of the...

I have no particular objection to these buildings but (playing devil's advocate here!), applying your logic Design7, if this development is 10-storeys the next one should be 12, and the one after that 14, and then 16 and then the 8-storey building should be re-developed as 18-storeys etc. etc...

I agree with you, but in the absence of a new school building in the area, no more children please!!! This area is the catchment of Swansea school which is already at 126% capacity and the kids living in the new developments at Windermere and Queensway are being bussed up to jane & Dundas st...

According to Urbandb, the Seaway Towers site is at the South of S. Kingsway, not Windermere (http://www.urbandb.com/canada/ontario/toronto/seaway-towers-hotel/) - not 100% sure about this as that building must be before my time. The site Automation Gallery is referring to I think was the site of...

The site approval code (Site Plan Approval 12 142305 WET 06 SA Ward 06) suggests that the mystery site is in ward 6 though doesn't it? The eastern edge of Ward 6 is the Humber while 1978 and 2000 Lake Shore Boulevard W is squarely in Ward 13. -AmJ