Year after year it becomes clear this thing has been cursed from the get-go. by the time this line gets full build-out Calgary will probably be 2.5 million people and the low-floor tram design will be way overcapacity Should just throw in the towel and regroup to build a REM-like light metro...

will be interested to see if DND closes down their remaining lands at the armoury and DRDC given the federal govt plan to develop defence lands for housing. Guessing we will hear more this fall. The next govt will likely have the same plan, seeing as they want to sell off 6000 buildings.

Is skyscraperpage forum down?

Im under the impression that any massive issues would have been leaked to the media by now. Even Canada's spy agency can't keep people from going to the press. Do we really think Metrolinx has better opsec than CSIS? 🤣 The reddit thread sounds like the usual job site gossip which happens on...

Minimum unit sizes with no unit cap seems entirely reasonable. I am really curious to see where the city decides to go with respect to downtown and adjacent neighbourhoods. I don't really think the status quo can hold for much longer, and 4 units as of right seems inadequate for the centre of...

The next big zoning reform I would like to see from the city personally would be amendments to allow for bigger multiplexes/apartments in neighbourhoods that border downtown. Say 6-8 storeys and no unit cap. The drop off in density in places like Baldwin village/Chinatown is crazy. Not only is...

Im guessing the historical batting average on unsolicited masterplanned communities becoming reality is close to 0, but I do like the idea of squeezing lakeshore right up along the Gardiner. The road as it exists today is a waste of potential space for parkland or development. Although I would...

It will be interesting to see which streets stand out in terms of uptake in 5-10 years

Until we can build metro systems on par with French construction costs, I really don't see the point in complaining about the aesthetics of bridges

If you have a properly funded transit system you can simply have regular cleaning and maintenance crews that keep stations in good condition. Look at skytrain in Vancouver: despite the huge homeless and drug use problem, stations are cleaner than the TTC with less vandalism. Why? Because they...

If there is one thing they learn from Line 5 and 6 it should be to build stops with enclosed shelters. Picture from Quebec Tramway proposal.

I really do wonder what will become of Draper Street with everything building up around it. I have posted before that it would make for an excellent bar street.

This almost looks like Brooklyn

Yes. We are still a city that was primarily industrial until the 1970s. We don't have the long history of being a global metropolis and market hub like Paris, Amsterdam, NYC, London, or even when compared Montreal. Once you view the administrative culture of Toronto as essentially midwestern...

The author is talking about a phenomenon that exists in all North American cities, not just Toronto in particular. Compare London to NYC for example. One city is just cleaner, has better public spaces, better maintained public transport and roads. I don't know the root of the issue, but I do...

The platforms under the shed are still being reworked eventually no? I thought the plan was to start with the south platforms (currently underway) and then rebuild the rest of the platforms in a phased approach? Are we certain that the shed will be kept in the final designs?

This is a really good addition. I just wish CF would put money into rethinking the rest of the streetwall going up to Dundas.

Its fine but nothing special. Just looks like a handsomely detailed yet overall generic Toronto condo development. This was a Piano design? I really hope by "no resemblance" you mean that the thinking has become more ambitious here. But knowing this city I am prepared for disappointment

I think the absolute best scenario for this extension would be converting to fully automated light metro and elevating the line all the way to McCowan.