I'm not very up on the Separate Boards because they exclude my family on the basis of religion and language. Weston CIs EQAO for 2010-11 show less than three-quarters of their grade 9s are at grade level for literacy (74%) and academic math (71%), and 23% pass rate on applied math. As a...

I like it better than the version with those blank panels faces Bloor W. The red brick is good. Still think that it is big, but the visual cues of height at street level seem to work better now. Maybe it is just me, but I can't get my head around the green stripey bits all over the front though...

Can you define or provide an example of a 'main street'? If you mean streets like Bloor, St. Clair etc. I believe that they are termed avenues and are usually zoned for something like 11 stories. The current Toronto Official Plan, with all the information about heights, densities etc. is here...

A big part of attracting and keeping young families in an area is the quality of the local schools. Revitalization of The Junction was due in part to the reputation of the CI and the elementaries that feed it. I am not sure that Weston has much wind to its back on that front.

LOL ^^^^^^ Sad, but oh sooo true!

I have wondered whether Jack Layton very deliberately used the term 'partner'. And not to add to the distraction, but like Olivia Chow and Jack Layton my husband and I live/work hand-in-hand. We live together, parent together, run a science lab together, write together, teach together, cook...

There are at least two docs which were shot in Toronto, and I can recommend them. "Grinders" is a feature length doc, which looks at the underground poker scene in Toronto. The message of the doc is the idea that life is full of calculated risk, but there are many scenes shot driving through...

Aaaah yes, purely out of concern for his bike-riding constituents... With a mayor who cares like ours does, who needs urban enemies!

It doesn't look great from that angle, but better from the south. I wish the whole thing was scaled down in size by a third... AmJ

Thanks muchly Marcus! That's exactly what I was looking for. I had tried (and failed) to find it in the planning application, but I am not familiar with the planning system documents. (The history with the OMB was interesting reading too.) AmJ

Does anyone know (or can they make an educated guess/ flat out speculate) about the demographic this building will be aimed at. Is there a possibility that there will be larger family-friendly units, or will this development be mostly aimed at the usual single/young couple market? It is...

Love it! I hope that they don't lose the twist as it passes through the detailed design/ planning stages though. I can see it being watered down to something quite generic.

It wouldn't be a bad plan to survey and evaluate them, oldest first, as potential listees though. My understanding is that identifying the buildings that should be listed is not the problem. The bottleneck is that it is taking much too much time, energy and resources to document each building...

Super noisy once the train traffic increases, no?

Churches buildings which are still used as such are relatively public spaces and it is possible for anyone to walk around enjoying the building and contents. Once they are bought by a developer they go out of the public realm. Buildings which were once an important part of their neighbourhood...

Those were in the days when the extension to YUS subway line was still a pipe-dream.

The square was pretty crowded, and the rink absolutely packed for the first hour or so. We skated around idiots in shoes until they cleared off. It was a pretty good night. -AmJ

According to The Star today, only 30% of this building has been sold. I wonder if they are going to have an even tougher time with the two condos closer to Bloor approved/for sale. http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/hometype/condos/article/888965--condos-on-the-market-toronto-west Maybe this is a...

Why is "relatively recent" a critical point? - if you are referring to my post #134 (or even any maybe), I didn't mention "relatively recent". Maybe you are replying to someone else?

I was thinking of these ones, which are just down the hill from 2500 Bloor...