Completely agree. Can you imagine the future convocation photos from front campus...'What's the big ugly building back there?' The architects should have looked at this very rendering and realized how their design essentially violates three of the most significant historical buildings on campus...

Exactly. This is streetwall of the scale and style that Toronto needs. The Tableau project on Richmond is another promising example. It's clearly not suburban, and emphatically invites you to experience the intersection as a pedestrian rather than a motorist. I could actually imagine the drivers...

Impression: cramped, low-ceilings, dark, tomb-like. Is this what the architects were going for? Might end up joining the recent CN Tower base canopy and the aquarium entrance as yet another oddly off-putting arrival space for visitors to our city. Compare with the base of the Ryerson student...

One popular ‘highlight’ from the report could be seen as misleading, especially if people are unaware of its underlying assumptions. It’s this one: ‘With removal of the Gardiner, auto travel times will increase by about 10 minutes’. The report states that these traffic predictions are based on...

This caught my eye, from the BlogTO item: "The pedestrian bottleneck in the moat area between the Union Station proper and the subway entrance is also being addressed with the addition of wider stairs and wheelchair and stroller ramps. A glass roof will weatherproof the transition area at a...

Sadly I too question whether the cheapened version is worth pursuing. The original was a brilliant combination of civic temple and futuristic factory. Now it just looks like a factory. The rhythm of narrow vertical units - a key strength of the original facade and roofline - has been diminished...

I agree the current proposals look overdesigned. Too much, and too many types, of hard surfaces in complex shapes which will all look shabby quite quickly. This is not what makes or attracts people to a great city park. With so much concrete already around, the feeling of an 'urban oasis' - as...

Saying ROWs won't remove traffic lanes is one of those 'Hail Mary' statements LRT advocates like to make - sounds good but misses the point. Consider these scenarios that you'll face as a driver on a ROWed street: If you want to turn LEFT: You can't turn left ANYWHERE on the road, except at...