How many times we've had a residential development firmly in place, and then the surrounding land next to it be zoned industrial? Lots. It's not always about choice.

For Ontario, if you exclude nuclear, 21% of power generated comes from fossil fuels (coal, natural gas). Some areas are more populated than others, all I'm saying is that these types of facilities should not be placed in densely populated urban centers, where they will have a deeper impact on...

There is nothing wrong with NIMBYism. If it wasn't for NIMBYist's, we would have had the Spadina Expressway cut the city in half. There is nothing wrong in wanting a clean, safe place to live, and to try to raise your family in an urban setting.

Brampton has a 1.5km+ buffer zone around it. Halton Hills is in the middle of a rural area. Portlands has a 1km buffer zone, and its near the lake. What exactly are you referring to here? Are you implying that we all drive cars and burn fossil fuels (not everyone does), or that we utilize...

I'm aware that power has to be generated somewhere. That being said, placing power generating facilities in densely populated urban areas is just wrong. Our air quality is stressed enough as it is, due to many other factors. Nanticoke is an option. The coal power plant will most likely be shut...

There's a 280MW gas power plant under construction in Mississauga which will affect Toronto's air quality. The closest homes, are located about 100 meters from the power plant site. Not the greatest location for a power plant. Plant Chronology...

It will be an eyesore to the few who do drive past by it ... A giant monstrosity.

The correct name of this facility is the Toronto South Detention Centre.

This is a cross post from the bicycle trails thread, but we're dealing with a very fragmented bicycle infrastructure in Toronto. If you want to see the big picture, see the article below: http://www.theurbancountry.com/2011/06/torontos-fragmented-bicycle-network.html

Yeah it's pretty bad if you look at it. The city makes it look good by including bike friendly streets, bike signed routes and sharrows in their maps, but those aren't really any type of proper bike infrastructure. There are many streets in the city that bike lanes could be added to, and some...

Ever wondered what Toronto's true bicycle network looks like? (Bike Lanes & Paths/Trails) http://www.theurbancountry.com/2011/06/torontos-fragmented-bicycle-network.html Pretty fragmented!

Did anyone make out the floor count on that temporary elevator shaft? How many more floors to go?

First thing that came to my mind. Especially when viewing this shot:

This location is going to take a big chunk out of HD's Queensway location, which is the busiest Home Depot in Canada in terms of yearly revenue.

Yes. Some shops are closed on Sundays. There are only two boarded up shops.

There are only two boarded up shops in the food court. There was a lot of people in the mall on my visit there. Some parts of the mall look dated like the food court, but overall, it's in not in a bad shape.

Jason, Here are the photos as promised. Westwood is alive and well.

I sometimes go to that mall for lunch. There's a place there that sells absolutely killer Roti varieties. I'll take some pics the next time I'm there, but the last time I was, I'm pretty sure the mall was nearly 100% occupied. I would say Woodbine is in a worse shape than Westwood.

There was a parking lot for the office complex in the northern portion of the lot. Look in Google Earth Historical Imagery.

Wow, this thing is moving fast, seems like only yesterday that we were looking at a 7 storey hole.