Well, technically removing any piece of the Gardiner WOULD result in chaos. Being an elevated road, the gap created would be hard for cars to jump. Fun, I suppose, if you can build up enough speed - but good luck trying that during rushhour. Wake me up when we're in the car-less future...

I'm never sure how much of that is real and how much of that is just implied by the film used. Certainly the world didn't have a heavy yellowish cast up until the late 80s.

God, I hope the Netherlands does this soon so that Canadians can fall in love with it.

No, it really isn't. It's a street that has architectural merit (in spots, like all streets) but it really isn't one of the best. Front, King, Queen, etc. etc. clobber it. I suppose that's easily forgotten. We only really brought up pedestrianizing Church because you suggested pedestrianizing...

I've done it before. I used to bike to work in the winter when I was a teenager. I used to take buses then too. I refuse to ever do it again. It sucks. The only enjoyment I ever got from it was a smug sense of self-satisfaction for braving all that suck, and not actually dying. Never again! :D

I dunno, I just don't see buses being that popular in those neighbourhoods. :) It's not just Rosedale, there's a slew of neighbourhoods north of Bloor along that corridor :) Fighting to make Jarvis a pedestrian street is silly (surprise!) why not fight to make Church a pedestrian street...

Really? That's fun! I like that the house seems to crowd surf across Toronto, as if you guys had hoisted it on your shoulder for a victory lap before setting it down in its new spot.

The architect was Zak Ghanim

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Does the Police force charge a premium for the use of their officers? It would strike me as a way to pad operating budgets (rather than pay officers higher wages for the 'overtime' non-work).

With some minor tinkering, maybe we can get Nike to build us one?

I like this the best. The curve poses security issues, sure, so just straighten it out - the effect will still be really nice. Let's be realistic here, it's not going to be covered so densely with vegetation that you're not going to be able to see over the sides - but maybe some areas empty...

This bridge looks frustrated! Why's it pulling its hair out so?! Must be from all the noise and tacky neighbours...

Love the gesture, but the fact that it's a pedestrian bridge makes transportation themed trusses seem a bit mish-mash. The cycle-truss mock-up is simple enough that I'm surprised we haven't seen it before, it's really quite nice :)

Oh, that war doesn't need tactics. Cars will win :P This is Toronto. The death of the car would require: a) efficient public transit all over the city b) the widespread adoption of cycling c) some sort of cataclysm that returns us to being a small agrarian village. a) & b) will never happen...

Yeah, you're right dude, it's insane - but be thankfull, it would otherwise totally eat into your UrbanToronto time.

Eh. Jaguar has been badly molested the last while. The X-Type looks like a Mercury Sable, the XF like a well-turned out Hyundai, and the XK is a poor Aston reproduction (though hardly surprising since they have the same designer). Jaguars aren't bad cars, but...there's no drama. (And with TATA...

If only our dealership looked like that :( We have the Jaguar to their Maserati. I guess it goes without saying that snoring through the 4SC isn't akin to wanting a duck in it's place, but I'll say it just in case.

Alternates to Bloor? If I was in a cab and he took University or Spadina as an alternate to going north on Jarvis to Mount Pleasant - I would be on the phone to their head office complaining I was being grossly taken advantage of. That route is kilometers out of the way. What's great is the...

I think you're trying to put words in my mouth again. I'm not suggesting Toronto needs to have an identical grid to NYC, only pointing out that compared to NYC's abundance of N/S routes (as well as the density of them) Toronto has shockingly few - even if you take our much smaller population...