Why shouldn't the media criticize the new tall buildings? This isn't an assault on "urban living". 30, 40, 50 story apartment buildings are here to stay. Nobody is going to demolish all the condos in Toronto and replace them with single detached houses and cul-de-sacs. The issues here is...

PPG has a glass exterior, but it is separated from the interior wall. This isn't the same construction as a residential condo in Canada built in the last 5 years or so (this problem isn't exclusive to Toronto) In addition, PPG is a glass manufacturer. Of course they would want a building made...

Go to be a misprint or Emporis doesn't fact check. I don't think that hotel costs 1 billion dollars to construct. The Bow in Calgary is listed as 850 million, but per Wikipedia, the Bow costs 1.4 billion. Take with a grain of salt though...

Not only that, but the balconies act as a heat sink fins, cooling the building in the winter. There is another thread where you can discuss the glass issue: http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/18145-Throw-away-buildings-CBC?p=575030#post575030

What argument would you have in favour of window walls? They are inefficient and expensive to maintain. The issue isn't about condominiums per se, rather this shortsighted building facade that gives the illusion of wealth and luxury. Curtainwalls, precast, cinder blocks etc are better...

I don't see an Olympic bid as a vanity project, but more a way to force the levels of government, private entities etc to upgrade existing infrastructure. Maybe then a DRL could be built....

I wonder if "Anonymous" will make good on it's threat: “You have said that by next week the occupiers shall be removed. And we say by next week if you do not change your mind, you shall be removed from the Internet" Pity it is just the internet.

I don't get any "benefits" at my job (no health, dental, pension etc), therefore no one who works should get benefits either. It isn't fair. I am underpaid too. Therefore no one else should be compensated more than I. It isn't fair. Maybe, we can develop some system where everyone is...

Well, CityZen mentioned that tower D is 6 months till completion and tower E is 8 months. So, the bottlecaps should be gone in 6 months...

Ha Ha, my count is 110 posts since the last derisive comment about Mississauga on this thread. What will be the next record?

Nope, city needs the money, and you can piss off cyclists. Stone meet two birds.

Let's see if Mr. Ford decides to sue CBC for slander or libel, I forget which one. I doubt he will, only because the actual contents of the tapes will have to be released, and whatever he actually said is unflattering. In any case, why should Rob Ford release tapes of him making an ass of...

Thanks y'all for the feedback. I am going to call a different HVAC service co to take a look at the heat pump. I'll post what happens.

If anyone has a Whalen Heat Pump in their condo unit, could you let me know the performance of such unit? I find that in the winter, depending on the temp outside, the heat pump can only heat my unit between 16 and 22 deg C. The colder it is outside, the less it can heat inside. So if it is...

The more I think about it, maybe Rob Ford or his handlers set up the CBC: Leak a fake story that he verbally abused the dispatchers, then come clean that he did swear when talking to them, but did not abuse them. Since the police won't release the tapes, there is no way to prove otherwise...

Talk to Rob Ford. This should be a problem he can solve easily. "You Bitches. Don't you f'ing know who I am? I am Rob F'ing Ford. Now move the van."

Who are we kidding? Rob Ford is a karma Houdini. His alleged quote will be made into a youtube remix video, and he will gain massive cred as the bad-ass mayor of Toronto. Yo Bitches....Don't ya f'ing know? I'm Rob F'ing Ford, F'ing Ford, Mayor of the city yo!

Is this a joke? If someone broke the law, it doesn't matter if it is holiday or not. If it says no parking, they DON'T park there. Pretty simple, no?

Sense of humor = gravy.

This is all about discouraging people from riding bikes on city streets. One more slap in the face to cyclists. Rob Ford (or maybe Doug) loves the police. Rob (or maybe Doug) Ford did mention that the work police do guarding construction sites with coffee and doughnut in hand is worth...