From the Humber College garage roof yesterday: Busy worksite.

Thanks for the head up. From July 11, 2021 looking at the 4th GO platform at Weston Station. From the end of the UP Express platform. Note there is no 4th UP Express Platform.

The building is fine but my god, that ground plane. A block long sheet of glass on a narrow sidewalk along Dupont..... An inset alcove or two along the base would have been a nice embracing gesture of pedestrians passing by.

Can't wait to see the ground floor treatments come together. This site had a lot of constraints to work with, and the architecture got watered down a bit. But the ground plane could be great.

Today at Planning and Housing Committee, an update on the Keele-St Clair Study for the new GO Station MTSA was adopted. Report: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.PH25.8 It replicates and extends a lot of what was done in the 2009/11 St Clair Avenue study work (OPA...

Taking a midpoint of $120/sf based on 2019 values, we're talking $216 million for the zoned land. But TDSB got a premium as the land was unzoned beforehand, which would have probably netted them only $80/sf around here now. Land value source...

From the article. the only innovation I can tell is better eco-performing glass... yay. How about all that embodied carbon from mining, shaping, the stone and fenestrations? source...

Not sure where to drop but saw this for Niagara, Ontario's first Diverging Diamond! Near Niagara Outlets Mall. The photo used is from the US and couldn't find the plans anywhere. https://www.insauga.com/full-steam-ahead-for-niagara-on-the-lakes-unique-qew-glendale-interchange

Working is progressing quickly on site. Took this last week while lining up for a vaccine.

Steadily working away! Pretty great that the Leslie Spit provides an accessible vantage point to the project.

Such a sad loss to his family, friends, and our UT community. He, his photos, and contributions will be missed. Rest in peace.

While transition to neighbourhoods may have merit in some cases, these homes along Old Weston will not be long for this world. Someone will scoop them up and go for a 8-storey midrise there one day. We're building a new station, railpath connection, new streets and to not build in sufficient...

This is a great example of doing it better! Matching what the private sector has already done, and then including important amenities like childcare and landscaping. Hope whatever changes come are additive and don't subtract for the good amount of units and public amenity here.

Great find! I suspect they'll pursue a temporary North Stand Expansion and close the road between the Better Living Centre on a temporary basis. Fitting in new temporary scoreboards at the corners or within the temporary North stands doesn't seem do disruptive. Once the World Cup is over, they...

I suspect the City will be generally supportive of this direction this with the caveat that they can negotiate significant S.37 funds for the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal/Yonge Slip parkland. Getting funding, especially for the ferry terminal has been a key focus for a number of recent waterfront...

Fyi. They've started doing core sampling along Eglinton from Weston to the Humber River. Saw at least 3 rigs set up and working

Linking this planning study the City did in 2009. The city developed some potential massing concepts in it. But generally 3 buildings on site is what they expect Note that a large chunk of the site is neutralized due to rail corridor setbacks. Report...

I think this design style has some more promise to it. In the end the materials execution will decide. The potential grade level art is nice and the retail unit isnt large enough for any traditional big box style (shoppers, Rexall) at only 238 sqm. For comparison the Rexall at Queen and...

While it's not coming back. The benefit of the Relief Line using TTC vehicles was that Obico Yard was available for relatively uncontentious and easy yard expansion to service the vehicles But different fleet means different yard and here we are.

Oof. It's like Metrolinx saying "hi there large important immigrant and lower income community! Do you mind if we bulldoze 3 culturally-important uses for a noisy railyard and develop what's left with some condos which will be out of your price range?" It's disasterous PR and and a good way to...