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    TTC: New Articulated Buses (In Delivery, Novabus)

    Am I really supposed to be annoyed that there won't be as many ads as there might have been?
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    Unofficial Proposals For Toronto Highway Expansions

    Annoying the people in the Bridle Path mansions or the houses to the west of TFS is one thing. These plans would variously affect TFS itself, Crescent School, and the Granite Club, all of which have a large number of influential friends. And Glendon is a provincially-regulated university. I...
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    Unofficial Proposals For Toronto Highway Expansions

    How would this work? Bayview already has a bridge there. Would you perhaps run a sloping viaduct up under Bayview, behind Toronto French School? It would be a bit awkward for traffic coming from the East and continuing north on Bayview.
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    Unofficial Proposals For Toronto Highway Expansions

    Some of the smaller proposals are achievable, like the Danforth / Gerrard connection, but something like Lawrence East would be very tricky, technically and with regard to local stakeholders.
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    Toronto Toronto | Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    It's not that bad. The same assumptions give an over three minute transfer at Bloor. Which is perhaps correct if you're walking slowly and going from mid-platform to mid-platform. However, I tend to board the train at an appropriate place for my transfer and am willing to get on the end car of...
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    Saks Fifth Avenue Flagship (Queen & Yonge)

    What exactly do you mean by "demolition", in both cases? Why would you do that? Wouldn't it be easier to reclad and perhaps punch a few windows? The Bay is integrated into the subway there.
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    Uhh, obviously you are unfamiliar with the destruction of Montreal's Golden Mile...
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    TTC: St. Clair Streetcar Right Of Way

    Do you mean for wrong-way operation? Wouldn't you also need some sort of signalling infrastructure then? I can see them being used during track replacement. Cf the comments on "California switches" in this page re track work on kingston: http://stevemunro.ca/?p=7997
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    A little context: The discussion takes place around the 7 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owxuNKmcwfI#t=442
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    Discontinuous streets

    It looks like there used to be a level crossing, and the streets were created to allow access to houses that would otherwise be inaccessible because of the grade required by the bridge. See here: http://jpeg2000.eloquent-systems.com/toronto.html?image=ser12/s0012_fl1962_it0142.jp2 It seems...
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    Toronto Toronto | Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    In fact, if you enter from the northeast corner you don't even have to walk through the mall.
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    Toronto Toronto | One Bloor East | 257.24m | 76s | Great Gulf | Hariri Pontarini

    North Toronto extends south to Davisville, and Lawrence Park is actually entirely south of Lawrence for what it's worth. The only time you see the word "uptown" up there is on those "Uptown Yonge" signs north of Lawrence, or (funnily enough) on the "Uptown" location of Mars Diner... at Eglinton...
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    Toronto Toronto | oneeleven Condominiums | 55.47m | 17s | Harhay | Core Architects

    True, but it makes no sense that they would be above ground, buried for a block, and then above ground. Pay into a fund for a larger-scale overhaul in future, sure.
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    Roads: Ontario/GTA Highways Discussion

    I hope not. I know who he is but can never manage to get through an issue on account of the writing.
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    Sorry, I'm not sure I understand. There are already tall buildings so in your opinion that justifies unaccountable bureaucrats tearing up the binding rulebook created by our elected officials? That is what you mean by "do not apply here anymore"? Again, I'm not sure what you mean by "the city...
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    Toronto Toronto | Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    Why? Their job is to follow the rules. If you don't like the rules, then ask council to make new ones.
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    Toronto Toronto | TYSSE: Downsview Park Station | ?m | ?s | TTC | AECOM

    It does look kinda low but from the public plans I've seen that still seems to be platform area?
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    Politics: Tim Hudak's Plan for Ontario if he becomes Premier

    All day kindergarten, not daycare. If he had solved daycare that would have been something.

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