this looks like an incredible improvement to the area, although I feel the drawings are skirting the major issue; will there be ground floor retail and benches out front? is the condo planting and maintaining those trees, or are they just fantasy / municipal trees? in general will this be a...

pretty sure nobody involved in the design or building of the original building gave a hoot about it, and its probably full of asbestos and degrading plastics. At a time when more than half of the deer park church is being torn apart, even though it's construction is on the level of Hart House...

i think the townhouses are ok. they're a hell of a lot nicer than parking lots, suburban houses with snouts, strip plazas... its a good job on the townhouses! not everything can be high-rise.

While you are right that most places have an old downtown that is often fun to look at and be in, I wouldn't quite say the typical Ontario downtown is at all "bustling" or "vibrant". Unlike in other places in the world, most of the downtowns in ON (aside from basically just Toronto and a handful...

Who else was surprised that the city let Dollaramma cover all of the second floor windows on that buidling? i remember someone saying elsewhere on UT that the dollaramma was just a holding spot until they tear it down and replace it with something bigger. now that the windows are covered, that...

It turns out the towers are being lowered to 16 each, but no word on the town-wide height cap yet. Glenway is also getting a high rise on Davis right beside the bus station, not sure how high tho. Considering the low-rise neighbourhoods and the site being on the highest point in town, 16...

not sure if anyone metioned this before, but whats up with the new American made viva buses? the European ones are so much nicer to ride in.

amen to that junctionist. I was walking through the very crowded Dufferin Mall parking lot the other day, and nearly stepped on a dead rat. once i got out to Bloor street, the sidewalks were empty. Big Box development is the most disgusting buidling arrangement, and completely inappropriate for...

why shouldn't Ontario Place and the CNE grounds be turned into walkable sustainable communities? why settle for anything less, ever?

I wonder if its actually possible for galleria to even get sketchier and worse. But it seems like it is going to. how exciting!

Anyone know the fate for the Zellers in Galleria Mall? I cant imagine Target wanting to get in on that. possibly the last nail in Galleria's coffin? hello redevelopment! (fingers crossed).

Its rather sadistic to make the length of the ramps leading up to the bridge within 5m of being equal to the the span of the bridge. complete utter fail. re-do. Or just add stairs. how many young adults are going to be jumping off the ramps to get home faster, I ask you? How many old people with...

The view from the top floor is going to be incredible, a restaurant would do pretty well here I'd think, attracting both 905ers and curious urban folk. I'm pretty sure this is the highest point of Yonge Street, south of Major Mac. The completely highest point is way up past Jefferson Sideroad...

The ravine in David Balfour Park is just one part of Toronto's incredible ravine system, but once you get to Mt Pleasant, there is no way to cross it, other than (very terrifying) J walking. The same problem arises if you're trying to get from the Brickworks to the Don trails. And It...

Oh come on, its not that bad, really.

Seriously it takes them one year to build a forty story building with hundreds of units but this long to build a bridge that comes made out of pre-arranged pieces like an idea shelf? wtf, seriously. -- im just anxious because i always have to go out to Spadina when leaving here even though i...

also, dont mean to shit on anyone's parade, but that street grid is deplorable. only five entrances into a bustling area? they're joking. what i mean to say, is that despite the attempt at urbanity through density and clustering, whoever drew up this plan forgot about the most important aspect...

very promising so far! thanks for the pictures! but why no Hwy 7 in that map? its totally relevant! its like they'd have you believe there wasn't a major regional roadway at the top of that map.

Toronto does have, in the past, and currently, a very repressive, "bare minimum" mentality in terms of the built form, usually dictated by car slugs who have no idea what city building means, which is ever evident in our built form. what makes Toronto so incredible, however, is that over the...

Not to mention that the "skinny little houses" go back really far, and often have extremely tall ceilings. speaking from experience of living in a Toronto Bay & Gable, they are deceivingly large inside, often with windows that are larger than front doors on most post-war homes. Unless he's...