Yeah, the minimal faux-historical reference of the yellow brick is an insult to the neighbourhood and our architectural heritage, which in this case was particularly rich.

Based on this, I'm hoping that ELAD didn't buy the Galleria Mall site.

Fantastic. To imagine what Yonge could be (and what it could have been).

The Well on Dupont? Would love to see something innovative on this site. It will be very interesting to see the way in which plans for this site interact with Dufferin Mall. Will they try to compete with the middle class market? Go upscale? Discount? Dufferin Mall has improved markedly in the...

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Sorry for the poor quality, but the lighting in the garden looks nice

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No it doesn't, not really. The parking lot looms in your vista from almost every angle. Plus, the picturesque scene I described above absolutely won't exist when an ugly slab is thrown up behind it, which is really what I was speaking about - the future, not the present. It will be a park with a...

Some good points, but I suppose this comes down to personal feeling and perspective. St. James Park and Allen Gardens are great. Moss Park, however, is simply a large baseball field with a few trees near the street. It is hardly a good park. Besides, while they may be relatively close, these...

This may or may not have been a joke, but I honestly don't see why we shouldn't replicate the WT formula across the whole city, or at least for certain strategic loci of development. Perhaps we should create various "zones" governed by the entity, which would oversee redevelopment. The current...

That shot - with the faux terra cotta roof as frame - makes me think of trips to Singapore or Kuala Lumpur - or even Phnom Penh. Low rise terra cotta in the foreground, boomtown tower construction of dubious aesthetic quality and ubiquitous modernist design in the background. So much of the...

The debate about the sufficiency of park space will be significantly altered by the development that actually occurs at 88 Queen E. If this massive block includes public space, then there will be no need for something more here. But if it doesn't, or has inadequate space, I cannot see how one...

That documentary was slapstick, hilarious but also sad. I could not imagine living in a time when truth was seen as hard and fast, lines never blurred - progress or dissolution. They literally trotted out child predators to justify the destruction of our heritage, only to have the solution...

Well it's a stone wall ...