will the titanium be that blue, or is that a plastic film over the sheets to prevent scratching while workers install the panels? If it really is that blue, then I agree with the sentiment on this forum - WOW. It looks like, from the model and renderings, there will be an exterior walkway on...

Nope, I mean the small parkette, which is the space where all those RBC employees smoke on the corner of Front and the ramp up to the John Street Bridge. You have just proven my point about these small spaces blending in.

But the AGO is all glass, whereas the ROM is only partly glass.

A dentist office just opened between the TD Bank and Dairy Queen (under the daycare) along Bremner in HVE Tower A.

I like Museum Station being redesigned to it with the Museum above. I have absolutely no issues with this retro-fit. I disagree that the stations should remain tiled on the basis of "preserving history". I dont think that the designs were significant enough to warrant that. I am also not one...

Of course BMO would want in that space. As it is now, TD makes a KILLING off of the ATM fees at C&W. It is the only bank ATM in the area, where all the gay boys and girls go to get their beer money before hitting the bars. CSB being turned into Priape is better than it turning into a Tim...

I kind of like the idea of a lightly coloured glass clad building building in this space. Right now the area is too gloomy, as the churches are DARK. The glass will set it off from the 2 neighbouring brick churches.

Dont worry. The parkette wont be much bigger than the little bit of space outside the RBC building across the street, which I think blends into the streetscape. It's not going to be a big waste of space.

Venti - I think that the AGO will be quite lit up once it is done. With the Galleria Italia being completely glass on the street side, I dont see why this building wont glow. If they keep the lights on in the gallery, the entire front of the building will remain lit. The titanium box on top...

I think it would have added something needed to the sheild. I am liking it more and more (I really hated the design when first revealed), but a little texture would have been perfect IMO. The AGO can still acheive this, somewhat, if they wanted. They could install temporary filters or...

The head of slip is such a simple little idea, but adds so much to finishing off what right now looks quite bare and boring for our water's edge. I cant wait to see these completed, along with the new pedestrian/bicycle paths. Do we know if Waterfrontoronto still plans on adding biofilters...

So back to the building.... Anyone know if there is to be retail space along the Spadina side of Neo? There is to be a large (30,000 sf) grocery store on the Fort York Blvd side, and I have heard that there will also be an LCBO and a Pusateri's, but.... what about the Spadina side? Some...

There is definitly a difference between "lounge" and "club" according to the City of Toronto Entertainment District By-Law (not sure of it's official name, but that will do). Lounges can open anywhere, provided they get a liquor license etc. A club can only open in the entertainment district...

I liked the idea of the parkette being on the west side with the building to the east. This building and parkette only take up half of the parking lot that currently exists. No doubt, the other half will be developed soon. If the original plans remained and another tower was built on the...

seeing the triangle shaped pieces of glass on the lower part of the sheild made me think about how GREAT it could have looked if the entire thing were covered in odd shaped pieces of glass. Forget square, rectangle or even triangle shaped glass panes of glass. The sheild could have been...

I hate making these comparisons since we have all rejected them, but they are useful.... here it goes: Neither Picadilly Circus nor Times Square were built to their current ad design from the beginning. It took time. There is an evolution in "over-the-top consumerism" spaces like Y-D Square...

Yes, West 8 has a unique idea for the Jarvis Slip, but I cant see this coming to fruition. Take those hydraulic arms out of the design, and their proposal falls flat. What is the liklihood that those arms get built, and look like the design? If they actually are built, I have the feeling that...

Good luck getting the Canadian government, or even the provincial government for that matter, to invest in another Toronto Museum or Gallery. Lots has just been spent on Superbuild (ROM/AGO/4Seasons/Gardiner etc). Our governments have a long history of ignoring Toronto.

Try walking around CityPlace. There seems to be more wind there than Y&B.

It's funny that Vaughn wants to put a homeless shelter there to "kill the Entertainment District", thereby opening it up to condo development. Once the Entertainment District fills up with condos, the homeowners arent going to want that homeless shelter there. It just seems like a...