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  1. Parkdalian

    Roads: Gardiner Expressway

    I'm glad the roads are being uploaded. They are such a huge burden on the City's budget. I do wonder about the capital rebuild - I hope they keep it at the hybrid option the city went with a few years ago. If they open up the design again and start throwing around more ideas - oh god no. On...
  2. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | U of T: Academic Wood Tower | 77m | 14s | U of T | Patkau

    The title of this project always makes me snicker - "Academic Wood"
  3. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line: Exhibition Station | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | HDR

    Cool! Thanks for the info. This "South Liberty" street has been a wish-list item for years - but with the new station it seems like a necessity. Otherwise, it's jamming all the new traffic down Atlantic and Jefferson. I wonder if the province will pay for it, or if it will be pushed off to the...
  4. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

    I'm assuming it will be less like Cityplace and Liberty Village and more like East Bayfront and the West Donlands because those are similar Waterfront Toronto projects. So, a more thoughtful public realm, but the same issue with hit-or-miss condo developments.
  5. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line: Exhibition Station | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | HDR

    Great photos! Do we know if the TTC has plans to eventually route the Ossington and Dufferin buses to connect with this station?
  6. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | 888 Dupont | 61.7m | 18s | TAS | SA

    Yeah, artists deserve to live in safe buildings with proper heating, plumbing, etc! When people like to romanticize places like this, they should also remember the horror of stuff like the Ghost Ship warehouse fire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Ship_warehouse_fire
  7. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | 522 University | 232.92m | 62s | Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc | WZMH

    Ooookay. So it's like the original building + a new build that is sort of smushed against it?
  8. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | 888 Dupont | 61.7m | 18s | TAS | SA

    As someone who spent a fair bit of time in this building, I think its demise was inevitable. It wasn't safe, it was horrible to be in during the summer/winter, going to the washroom was a trip, it was filled with vermin, etc. Does Toronto need more affordable places to live? Yes. Does Toronto...
  9. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | 522 University | 232.92m | 62s | Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc | WZMH

    I'm fine with Frankenbuildings - we should be doing more creative reuse/additions instead of clean slate buildings - but why oh why do they need to add the curtainwall to one part of the old building? It's like a compulsion. "We must ruin the original building in *some* way!"
  10. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    I'm sure Yorkdale does so much more business than Yorkville. It's much more accessible to suburban wealth. And it's not a neighbourhood - it's a mall. Yorkville is the swankiest neighbourhood in Toronto. The problems that zang has with the area are exactly why I have a soft spot for Yorkville...
  11. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    Yorkville is pretty swanky - I challenge anyone here to walk confidently into the Prada store. I challenge anyone on this forum to *touch* anything in the Prada store. It's mildly terrifying. Cumberland Terrace is its own special animal: a dying mall. But it fulfills its purpose. I always enjoy...
  12. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | U of T: Lash Miller Building Expansion | 25.03m | 4s | U of T | Mikkelsen Arkitekter

    I should mention that when I passed Lash Miller earlier this month, they appeared to be cutting down some trees.
  13. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | Pinnacle One Yonge | 345.5m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

    The contrast in glazing between Phases I and II is pretty bananas!
  14. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | U of T: Landscape of Landmark Quality | ?m | 1s | U of T | MVVA

    I think it should also be noted that the lawn is still blocked on the southern end, so there are certain paths that people can't take if they wanted to. It's not the desire line I would have predicted. When I was at UofT, most of the Vic and St Mike's students crossed Queens Park and ended up...
  15. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    Congrats Johnny! That's quite an achievement - and for such a good cause. Where would we all be without Wikipedia?
  16. Parkdalian

    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    Sorry, I think Y&B is an important intersection for Torontonians, but does anyone who has not lived in Toronto really know it? I would be hard-pressed to name an actual intersection in Montreal, and I've been many times - and I can name plenty of important streets there. I don't think...

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