Check out www.midtownplan.ca and see the efforts of Terry Mills and some local residents to get more attention focused on the rapid redevelopment taking place in Midtown. $4billion value, 60 towers, 23,000 new residents, 78 hectares, 15 years, and there's no plan in place to prevent...

"Speaking of which, it lies on a potentially very valuable piece of land near Yonge and Eglinton and its lease with the TTC" I've heard now for a long time that the TTC will not give up that land before the Crosstown is built. It will become a staging area for the next 8/10 years.

Agreed CN Tower, but my point is that Stintz is the planner on this and she approved the NEON which will stand forever as the best example of bad planning in Ward 16 and dire warning to all neighbourhoods in this city. The Montgomery is towering over stable neighbourhoods to the West, just as...

All three local councillors Stintz, Robinson and Matlow appear less-than-caring about what is happening in Midtown. They made the big announcement last year but nothing since, obviously it was all for show! Midtown is undergoing a rapid transformation but there is no overall plan. That's a...

So was the NEON, outside the Y/E Growth Centre. That didn't stop Stintz approving of a building greater in density than anything existing. There's a big problem with planning in TO and it's called, "councillor-planning".

Midtown planning group will study Yonge-Eglinton development Yea, that'll be right! Looks more like saying one thing and doing nothing. Next month it will be 1 year since Cllr Matlow came up with the sound bite. Nothing since. Surprised?

For local residents, and anybody interested in good planning, the focus should dwell now on the public realm. By their own admission, the planners in the North York "Community" Planning Department, even the local councillors, aren't very good at that. Thank goodness ARECA is ready with the...

The OPA application is filed. That's 120 days the City has to respond. Should be interesting. The planners have been farting-around with this one for nearly a year now with nothing much to show for it. Obviously, they want this one to go to the OMB. Makes you wonder sometimes why we have a...

Towers meet the street exactly the same as mid-rise. Your sense of loss is due to planning.

Couldn't agree with you more! For a start, I can't see the reason for having a TTC anyway. Why not let the management group run the business and keep the petty politicians out of it altogether? Same with the Planning Dept. There should not be significant planning decisions made by councillors...

Here we go again. What right does the Stintz Gang have to foist all this Transit crap on us one more time? When i think about Regent/Alexandra/Park, Lawrence Hts and Jane/Finch, or Towers-in-the-Park, Urban Sprawl, I see mistakes of planning. At a time when we are experiencing...

Your point did not come across. (Better give me a heads-up next time you do that fancy writing.) I value the open space at 500 Duplex. Across Yonge, the TIPs will give us a chance at a 'street park', so all is not lost. I don't revere the OP either and see it only as a guideline - but one which...

Over buildings that leave no open space, do nothing for the public realm and diminish public safety? Yes. I'm not a fan of packing 'em in. Density can be achieved in ways other than concreting-over open space. It might mean some creative thinking, political will and standing up to developers who...

There's a whole lot more wrong with the NEON. The worst was the condo assuming part of the public realm and the sidewalk not being improved to account for the increased traffic and diminished public safety. Things I'd expect to be on the top of the TO Community Planning Dept's list of items to...

"I was just being facetious." Really? The 'towers-in-the-park' and the open space at ground level was acknowledgement that concreting-over every bit of open space was not a good idea. I would have applauded that effort back when it was in vogue with planners. And, I'm happy they exist today for...

The OP makes no comment on such matters. It's not that kind of document. I mention 'towers-in-the-park' by way of comparing how much open space they allowed for. Whereas the current penchant for 'Tall Buildings' is swallowing-up open space and abusing the public realm, sometimes as offensively...

I wonder why you think 500 Duplex is too high? Notice how much open/green space there is? Notice how offensive the NEON will be? 500 Duplex is described as a "tower in a park". Buildings being approved now extend right to the property line and in NEON's cases even occupy part of the public...

Yes, I figured you were lightweight on planning issues and fairly typical of the vast majority here who simply adore height and density. I find it plausible too that you have very little regard for the policies and bylaws that citizens are encouraged to adhere to and respect. It's what makes for...

I don't think it is fair to use the derogatory term, "NIMBY", against somebody who is concerned about a development in their immediate area. I think it is commendable to take an interest in developments affecting where you live. I've seen too many take no interest, until it's too late. For a...