90 Harbour is such a nice building, but seriously hampered by its surroundings (Gardiner to the north, Harbour St offramp to the south). Abandoning a building never does it any favours either. I seriously dig the glossy black cladding on the ground floor, and the art deco-ish front facade and...

Um whoa. I wonder what that will look like... and would it be on their parking lot? Very interesting nevertheless. urbandreamer, I'm not sure where you get the idea that the public square is "not needed". Did you prefer the parking lot, or are you just against improvements and additions to...

Oh my word, fantastic! Thanks!!

If it means anything, there's a short little road called Frank Faubert Drive just northeast of the Rouge Hill GO station. Nice pano T-Squared. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there's a pathway that begins right at McCowan and Ellesmere and cuts diagonally through the woodlot and then...

Re: the Sheppard arrow to Durham. It's nothing more than politics. Pure politics. If you've seen a Metrolinx board meeting then you know.

^ Yeah I get that view too. I like it especially when Spire falls directly in line with it, and looks really tiny.

Paul Bedford is currently serving on the Metrolinx board, FYI. I don't know what else he's up to. I would agree with the general sentiment here that Miller has done a decent job, but we could do with someone a little more moderate than him. I remember last election he was seen as unbeatable...

The floral panels are ugly, but I like the building overall. I think it's a bit early to dismiss it as a failure as others have; it's not even close to finished yet.

In addition, I would argue you cannot argue for or against protection of heritage structures based on the criteria you described. If those were the only criteria used, we likely wouldn't have saved a bloody building in this city. The Bush shed has merits, like it or not. I bet it will look...

I hope that tongue-face was an indication that you were, in fact, being facetious. Every self-respecting city has a main public square, a place where citizens know to gather for any large event. Unfortunately Waterloo lacks a great city hall, but this lot is right in the middle of uptown and...

Great set. Makes me wonder, why don't we build houses and neighbourhoods like this anymore?

Yeah, I mean they have the right idea, densifying the entire city, but the execution in most cases is just pooooor. The one shown above is a prime example. The building has no architectural merit, it's a stucco box with cheap facading, no retail, and an obtrusive hydro box right on the front...

I attended the lecture as well, and was seated pretty much smack in the middle of the theatre. Mark was quite engaging and I brought some friends along who weren't originally from Toronto (they got lost at some points when he started talking about streets, but overall they enjoyed it). The...

Anyone have any recent pics of Waterloo Town Square? Usually I'd be in Waterloo but I've been on a work term in Toronto so I haven't seen the progress since it was a sandbox. I will agree with others and say it is dangerous to compare Uptown Waterloo to any neighbourhood in Toronto. Parts of...

Really nice set man, thanks for that. I look forward to your next series. Oddly enough, I was at that same Jays game with a friend, and it appears you were sitting right across from us (we were sitting right above the bullpen)! Was that the game with the streaker? Hilarious.

Interesting how things have changed so immensely in a mere two weeks.

Creepy. Thanks for the photos.

Wow wylie, thanks for posting that. An interesting idea, but I think Toronto is better served by what eventually happened. That rendering is brimming with late-90s optimism though. Is that from Unbuilt Toronto exhibit/book?

Yeah, I know no one else made a contrary remark. But personally, if Harper had been honest about running deficits, I would have been more inclined to vote for him. I'm not certain how many people would have been with me. Any fool could see he (and Dion, Layton) were lying through their teeth as...

The Guildwood community is particularly bad for NIMBYism. This is the group that fought vehemently with a local church and Bell Canada to stop a cell phone tower from being built. No offence intended but there are a lot of retirees in the neighbourhood who have nothing much to do but weed their...