fellow urbanists, try this next time you find yourself on the Viva Blue: if you're going north, get off at Major Mac and walk to the next stop (crosby Ave). This one stop length is the original town of Richmond Hill, its actually pretty nice, theres some interesting things to see along the way...

also in terms of streetcars being a black hole, i heard the Spadina streetcar was the most profitable surface route, it actually makes money for the TTC.

It really just gets my goat that these people who built a completely low density place want high order transit, while high density places are stuck with nothing. you cant have your cake and eat it too. or you can, but it will just bleed the system, making it worse for everyone. Also, how will...

remember when there was that orange wall at bay& grovsner! i walked by that on the night they put it up and got orange all down one side of my coat :S. but it looked cool

wow from that video, they have seriously exaggerated the tree cover of the park. anyone know where in the park "dinosaurs alive" is? I remember a few years ago working there I stumbled across an abandoned ocean themed area (where they kept the dolphins before animal rights got them in the 90s)...

what a shame that building was torn down, it would have made for an amazing 'toronto' redesign, like Mars or the ballet school.

this is an important project, but is contingent on a DRL. thats something I think everyone can agree on. Remember, right now were experiencing crazy amounts of people at Y&B and st. george, and the vaughan extension hasn't even opened yet...

why is the green roof closed all the time!? better yet, why are there even gates on it at all? the zombie apocalypse is not happening.

thanks! I am mostly interested in this because of the alleged ecoli- dangers in the summer at Sunnyside, and then I looked at google maps and it seems that these things divert some of the Humber water along the shore, rather than right out into the lake, creating stagnation. I'd say leave it...

back closer to the topic; speaking of stop spacing, can we just talk about St.Clair from SCW stn to Vaughan Rd for a minute? why does it stop at bathurst AND vaughan? it is literally one tiny block. it pisses me off every time. And did I mention the people wait inside SCW for the streetcar just...

when i lived in Etobes I really felt that the system is there to confuse you and waste your time. what they should be telling people is to walk to their nearest arterial (Islington, Kipling, Royal York), which for most people is maximum 10 min, and comes pretty frequently because of all the big...

Hi, i was just wondering about the concrete break-waters that go from the Humber River east, in front of Sunnyside Beach. What exactly are these there for? and when did they get built? -Cheers DH

Re: GO buses vs trains: Im just speaking from experience here on the train from Newmarket to union vs the bus, the train goes faster (by a long shot) during rush hour, and at night I'd say after the last train leaves at 6pm til about 9pm, the bus is slower than the train, but the rest of the...

I always thought that this building seemed like it had been frozen in time, i was curious about who lived/ had an office on the upper floors, a private detective agency with dim lights? cant wait to see this fixed up. It feels like after the Empress went down, theres been a few important...

I was just by here today, and realized, once this goes up, and the one to the south, i think the only parking-lots between bloor and front will be in front of the Delta chelsea and in front of the bus terminal.

Is there going to be a new stop between Clark and Steeles once World on Yonge is finished? it would make sense. Also, thinking about King Rd, they're building houses at the south end of king now, just north of Bond Lake, and now theres a bug adult highschool and medical office building at the...

I definitely think ''piecmealing" it is a way better plan. look at places that have not been piecemealed, and then look at places that have. huge difference. All our best bourhoods are piecemeal, all our run down housing complexes and boring boring soon to be dangerous suburbs are not piecemeal...

I'd say this is way worse than Allandale Waterfront, which is both in the historic allendale 'hood, and on the waterfront. VCC is only in Vaughan, there is not really anything there except a holiday inn and a parking lot. I mean sure Holiday inn is corperate, but i wouldn't call it a 'center'...

Hey theres something happening! on Yonge street just north of Davis Drive this condo: http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/18199-Slessor-Square-(17645-Yonge-Street-Newmarket) was proposed. Since then, this has been a big issue in the town paper: http://www.yorkregion.com/topic/slessoryork...

who killed all the pedestrians? there's less people walking around than in those controversial Detroit ruinporns (meaning zero).