I had frequently wondered about this aberration: How is it that a prestigious, and one of the most profitable venues on the continent, could have such a user-unfriendly and, dare I say it, discriminatory, access policy and addition to PATH?(!?) In the dead of winter while able-bodied persons...

Agreed! A city's livability is much more than just how impressive some of its public realms are. Toronto does have some wonderful public spaces, e.g., the newly designed Berczy Park with its wonderful "dog-chasing-bone" fountain, the entire lakefront which has tourists drop their jaws by how...

This reminds me of the case some years ago when a small U.S. town took issue with the name of a new Japanese restaurant in town because it contains the word "fuku" (meaning blessings and pronounced "Foo-Koo"), and some uninformed folks complained about it. It's a reality that we're going to run...

Wow. In Toronto for a visit, will have to check it out in person(!) Excited.

Wow, they cleared out Chinatown to put up NPS which looks kind of tired in that second picture.

Wow. It's as if the city has three "downtowns".

Shopper's Drug Mart is much more than just another drug store chain; I wished American drug store chains would take notes and learn from SDM. SDM is more of a life-style store with an impressive cosmetic/fragrance department, food and novelty items, and of course your traditional pharmacy. The...

I am very hopeful that in time it will improve. And actually, I didn't find Yonge + Dundas Streets "bad" at all; the corner was quite lively even during the dead of winter when I last visited. The real blight was when a homeless person somehow froze to death in a bus shelter, literally, in...

I think this basement will make a great self-storage place. Think of how small some newer condo units are and that to buy a locker could cost 000s, and some may only need temporary storage as they transition from bigger homes into smaller condos, so buying one may not make sense.

Oh wow! Pretty cool. Does anyone know what's going to finally open in that NE corner before the atrium? I think once that opens, both sides will become more enlivened. Also once Shopper's Drug Mart opens up in the current Hard Rock Cafe space, there will be increased traffic from the...

Wow...so cool. Not over-the-top or garish. Just the right amount and classy.

Let's hope Toronto does not end up resembling 1980s NYC when even subway cars were not spared of graffiti. I've been to Asia and don't recall seeing graffiti in person though I've seen pictures of them. But certainly nothing like the "dog spraying" that happened to that Chinese-themed building...

Agreed(!) On second look at that picture, I can't help but wonder whether racism may be at play here(?) since the building appears predominantly Chinese themed. Ever since the U.S. inauguration, there has been a shocking rise of racist incidents here in the U.S. including property vandalism...

This building just might become "background" once all the neighboring high rise buildings are constructed. It does not look "bad" in the pictures, but since I've not seen it in situ I had obviously not experienced it in the same way that other commentators who had. I'll have to pop by on a...

Whoa, what happened to that building in Chinatown from the first picture?(!) Its side has been vandalized rather dramatically with white spray paint. Is the building defunct? Kind of surprised to see that kind of American-style vandalism in a picture of Toronto.

The concept is good but the choice of the external skin feels "unfinished", as if awaiting for the final and polished surface panels to be "capped" onto it. A smooth surface with metallic sheen would have worked nicely.

The black+silver stripes look so cool and really are increasingly rare representatives of design aesthetics from past decades and should be treated with some reverence. I am certain glass manufacturers can create identically tinted windows but with today's thermal-insulating properties. I am...

Are they putting another piece of glass over the existing one? kind of hard to tell just by looking at the posted pictures, but it looks like that is happening. And if so will they remove the older ones from the inside? Would appreciate it if someone who knows could answer. Thanks!

I wonder if that was deemed okay b/c traffic is greater EC-bound than the other way? The report to the City only cited a daily usage count of ~6k; I don't recall reading whether it included a relative proportion of the directions. But you're right, I can't think of any bridge that I've crossed...

Actually, I think if they had just removed the current glass and aluminum(?) skin and installed state-of-the-art new glass, new skin and lighting, the old bridge would do just fine. My concern with these fancy new shapes etc is that the engineers might not predict all the possible failure...