I hope those awful " parklets " do not make another appearance. Not only were they ugly and cheap, I got really tired of being hit on for cash by the sorry collection of beggars and addicts for whom the " parklets " became worldwide headquarters. The Village BIA has really bad taste. You'd...

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The parklets remind us we are not in Paris, NYC or London.

We have some great artists in this town. But what do we get? This junk. Especially the color bars on the side of the pharmacy. That really hits a wall.

These murals are a disaster. Talk about ugly. This blows the myth the Gays have good taste. This stuff is J U N K. If the goal of the Gay hegemony is to make the Village as visually horrible as London Ontario, Woodstock Ontario, Windsor Ontario, Rochester NY, or Kingston Road, they have...

I live in the Village and if the LGBTQ community is about diversity then I'm a monkey's uncle. The vast majority of villagers are 50 year old white males.

These boxes look like something from My Little Pony or Sailor Moon.

Painting this structure pink and purple is so obvious, so late and so unsophisticated, it's beyond comprehension. The hegemony who run the village are stuck in 1980. It's a shame because this Port Credit like thing looked way better in it's natural state.

If the Church Street plan is anything like last summer's version on Yonge Street, we can only pray the entire project is shelved until 2250 or beyond. What an eyesore.

One could take a wrecking ball to Yonge street south of Bloor down to Dundas and only Spacing Magazine would have a hissy fit. It's disgusting. And I would know as I live less than a block away. Talk about lack of civic pride. The whole strip looks like a Meth Lab.

You know what they say about the Village; it's all fun and games until they shoot you in the face.

Driving around today, I heard, on a radio talk show, Doug and Rob are part of Project Traveler. The alleged video, the gang photos, the crack pipe, were blue smoke and mirrors. If it's true, it's amazing to see a Mayor jeopardize/sacrifice his own safety in such a manner. Yet, if Doug...

Pride may well be a big money maker, but none of that money ever seems to be returned to the neighborhood for improvement or design. The Village is a run down decrepit place. It looks like a re-creation of a dirty long forgotten small town. Where does all the Pride money go?

Speaking of Pride ~ Here's a thought provoking think piece!

You can say that again!

I agree. I went in last weekend. No air. Bad lighting. Bleak. Ghetto. Heartbreaking. It's hard to believe someone would actually open such a dump or that someone would willingly go. But it fits with the Village " vibe " to reproduce main street Woodstock or London Ontario. It's...

Gawker makes allusion to a drug ring operating in City Hall. " So if Gawker can't come up with enough money to ring this owner's bell, perhaps we can find a partner. This isn't just the mayor of Toronto smoking crack cocaine, after all: This is Toronto Confidential. There are a host of...

Seriously?! I dress for comfort in my casuals, I'll blissfully remain in a 'suspended state of childhood' then as I sail through my 40's and into my 50's. I found an interesting think piece about how we ended up in a place where everyday is " Casual Friday. " It shines some light on the...

A pizza place, an all you can eat sushi place, a couple of Asian joints don't strike me as a variety of food options. As for shopping opportunities, a hardware store, two sex shops, a pharmacy or two, a video store, a pet food store, 2 bath houses. On this level, you are correct Geek, I...

It's a strange landscape: The Village is a crossroad where fake UK style student pubs meet a mob of men in their 40's, 50's and 60's, dressed in cargo shorts, t-shirts, backpacks, running shoes and baseball caps, all ready for a trip to an imaginary summer camp from childhood. The semiotics are...