The letter seems reasonable, but I think it betrays itself. "We are missing the following information, but the information that we don't have is conclusive: over six storeys is bad bad bad."

Good catch. I mean, I'll believe it when I see it, but the staff report says construction will start in Q2 2024.

The right thing to do would have been to maintain the heritage structures (especially the office building along Eastern) until there was an actual reason to demolish them. Now, for nothing, nearby residents have to stare at a depressing parking lot for years. The whole history, especially the...

Maybe we can petition the new condo board to frost the balconies. It would honestly increase their property values.

I have to say this one is turning out better than I imagined. The park-facing side was always going to be a bit looming--but they've used huge, dark pieces of spandrel with very few mullions that I think are super effective at keeping the design clean. It *almost* looks like a cladding...

Just vines to my understanding.

My understanding is that on Friday the court did not grant the LSO's request for an extension of the injunction. It also rejected a similar request by the Haudenosaunee Development Institute. Metrolinx then proceeded to chop down more trees. On Saturday morning, the HDI appealed this decision...

Why don't you just.... not speed.

Nothing passed me. No streetcar or bus. I'm sure it was just bad luck and the bad weather, but it was a dismal walk home.

And yet I walked along King from John to River Street last night at 6:30 p.m.; not a single bus passed me on the way.

Sure, but the reality is that we can't have enforcement officers sitting along King Street 24/7 for minor traffic infractions. Just jack up the fines and move to an administrative penalty system like red light cameras -- I guarantee the problem would be solved quickly.

The signs are no less clear than any other intersection in the City that prohibits left or right turns. I don't really have any sympathy. Unfortunately, the normal green lights need to remain, as taxis, police, and TTC vehicles are allowed through the intersection.

This is an overly complicated solution where the City / province could just agree to install automated enforcement cameras at 3-4 key intersections. I find in general that Canada lacks the willpower to take a hard line where people are obviously in the wrong. Either a driver went through the...

Really? That's going to be a pretty small grocery store.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/01/13/toronto-dominion-wheel-foundry-eastern-avenue/ City News is reporting that the site was sold in March, 2022 without an open tender process to a company possibly related to Aspen Ridge Homes (owned by the DeGasperis family) for $101 million. There is no...

I can tell you this one sold out quickly. I was on the list for notifications and the three bedrooms were gone before I even got an e-mail. I really like the style of this building.

9.5/10 scientists say that the difference can't be detected with the naked eye.

This is one of the more bland / depressing new towers in the City, in my opinion. It looks like they took a Vaughan office park with cheap aluminum cladding and copy pasted it 55 storeys into the innocent and unsuspecting air. Also this may be my SAD talking, but I could never live in a building...

I can't believe Adelaide Street has fully reopened. It's a literal Christmas miracle*. *pending 4-year shutdown of Adelaide Street for construction of Croc Rock Condos.

If you can dream it, somebody stupid has done it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvula_piercing I can see it now, the UT Disco Ball Uvula Challenge on TikTok.