Built form is fine but my god, the ground floor articulation needs to be given extra attention in the refinements ahead. BREAK. THE. GLASS. UP.

That Brickwork is atrocious. The gaps between the precast panel need some serious love. I can't see how the City could accept this as a final heritage reproduction product without further finishing and detailed sealing between the blocks....

In case you don't know (I'll give the benefit of the doubt here), colonialism in Canada systematically eliminated aboriginal names, places, languages and symbols off the map of this country. It's a fact. Read the Indian Act, all the reports on Truth and Reconciliation, Residential Schools etc...

Looks like a wind shear nightmare for a newly pedestrianised Yonge! And yah the architecture is uninspired. The developer has to do better! They're seeking OPA and ZBA so this is going to take a while. Expect to see some major revisions on this.

The Réseau Express Métropolitain: the multi-billion dollar light rail project Montreal never asked for https://www.citymetric.com/transport/r-seau-express-m-tropolitain-multi-billion-dollar-light-rail-project-montreal-never-asked A hot take on REM and what it means for the city. The real...

Wonder if Allied has any interest in cooperating with the TDSB for a land consolidation and construction of a new expanded school to serve the downtown with the school housed in the podium and yard on the western sun-receiving side.? Office+residential+retail+school would be an enormous feat of...

Great to see within the plans are nearly 4 levels of employment space. (Shown as "Rentable Space") Also includes employment space in the b1 level which is interesting to see. Light industrial uses could take up this space if it is appropriately designed. A good step forward in mixed use planning.

My vote is for community/arts space or daycare. these are tangible things that help improve a community - aesthetics aside. If we are expecting people to live and work downtown and to raise families here, then we need to push for the amenities that go along with it. The Daycare waiting list is...

Even painting it a dark colour would help so you don't noticed the storm drain streaks as much. All in all great infill design project, just the concrete out front bringing it down. Patterns/texturing as @interchange42 suggested could also have alleviated the bare condition

Yum! love the quality of the cladding.

I would expect that when the Playdium lands get redeveloped, the terminal could be consolidated there with mixed use on the south side and a tunnel connection to SQ1. Makes it easy to construct out of the way of the current terminal and allows the City to Masterplan the whole north side. Does...

Maybe that's ok? Great strip of land for a Dufferin Crosstown GO Station am I right?;) The buildings there now house a variety of uses and they offer interesting possibilities for adaptive re-use in the future. As the area develops further, I expect we will see the garage businesses end and...

if affordable housing is not being sought here, the major push should be made for street level Daycare and Retail. It's something we need more of in the suburbs, not less! It's a reasonably walkable neighbourhood and parents studying at UTSC could make use of it (apart from everyone else who would).

Won't fly without a school and community centre. The logical place is at the east end where Lake Shore and the Gardiner narrows. Plop that residential on top of the office buildings.They could do something interesting with that long triangular plot. Alternatively in phase 2 around the...

Would have been great if on the eastern tower side they better resolved the edges of the "swoosh" effect, and brought the southern one down to the ground with a unique treatment at grade to highlight it. Some vertical panels between the balconies ala Eau du Soleil/Garrison Point or Five St...

Only the 1/3rd of the site closest to Lansdowne was rezoned for mixed uses. So those 300 units are going in along the 1/3rd portion. The remainder is designated employment lands and it's very much the wish of the city and community to see these used for employment purposes, whatever they may...

These images were posted onto the Magellan Community Charities website. http://magellancommunitycharities.ca/the-seniors-centre-concept-and-design/ I expect we'll see plans submitted to the City to reflect these in duecourse Snyder Architects I believe is the architects for the project. They...

View into the pit infront of Eglinton West Station from Saturday night. Subway tunnel running on the left.

Piling is starting up at Weston GO. Taken just now.

The architecture seems to be set in stone. curious about those silvery metalic panels and how they will perform to provide some "shimmer" to the building. Layout wise, those 2 bedroom layouts are horrendous. There is no room anywhere for a couch or sitting area. In the 1 bed all they have to do...