Wow. The city's reports have gotten more detailed, haven't they? Lots of details in there. I hope that the partial collapse of this building and designation brings some much-needed TLC to it.

When this building was built (Mathers & Haldenby), it was featured in Canadian Architect and other journals, and in fact was a finalist in the Massey Medals for Architecture in 1970. I have to say, though, I don't mind the heavy sculptural qualities of the building on it's upper stories, I've...

Yes, Olive may be fine, but this article is simply hilarious and deserves to be mocked. I am willing to believe there are learning moments from almost any city, I have no problem with that, but the comparison is beneath contempt. Like I have wondered sometimes with Hume, I often wonder if...

^ But I bet Disney could solve the problems. We simply sell the whole place to them, turn everyone living there into contract workers, and create rides for those looking for the religious experience. We could call it "Holy Land Land". I could see it: How was your trip to Holy Land Land...

They are quite frightening, and there is something strange about the enlarged crotch on the blue fella. Though I have to say Vancouver's mascots looked to me like they all had fetal alcohol syndrome.

I am always skeptical of comparisons of density for different cities without being able to examine the methodology closely. It's true that Vancouver has only one direction, really, to sprawl, which is east (with a bit of a south-east thing happening).

I probably would have no problem with a proposal, were in on the books now, to demolish these houses and replace them with a well designed building. I would base this on the following notions: - Proximity to subway and other highrises means that it is an area where intensification makes...

Just so ya'll know, you've won me over on Mchester and I'm going to spend a few days there, with one day in Liverpool. I am motivated by large cities - but the remaining list of large cities that entice me to go there is running rather low these days - Lagos and Karachi are out - and I've always...

Thanks jn, I am actually on my way up from London to Edinburgh/Glasgow, so looking for an intermediate few days. urbandreamer, Really? What makes it so interesting?

Whether they are "Victorian" or not isn't really the issue. Actually, whether they are "heritage" or not isn't really the issue - these houses are heritage only in the sense that they exist - given the amount of time that they have been abandoned and therefore threatened, I feel confident that...

If you had a few days in spend in one of England's "other" cities, which one would it be? When travelling, I am motivated by urban design, transit, architecture and the arts, while shopping, food and sports are lesser attractions.

Hipster's comment is apt. I find it depressing to see the occassional midrise development gracing an "avenue", like, for instance, 601 Kingston Road, and then find, just up the same street see a row of faux historical townhomes. In this case, the objection is more to the form than the style...

Patriot, perhaps your first language is not English, but the more I read your posts the more the dunce cap applies.

If it's fully preserved, this proposal is dead in the water. As much as we love Gehry and his recent contribution to the city, and as much as we love heritage, I'm of mixed opinion on this one. I wonder if he were asked, what he would say?

Tewder, I'm vague - really? I gave precise dates for two buildings that fell down irreparably and indicated that not a single other case existed in the past 10 years. You replied "Those cases are not within the last 'decade', they've all happened recently and within a few years of each...

Hot building. I hope this moves ahead. If the city is intent on preserving some element of the unappealing little rowhouse where Gehry spent some time (that is on this site now, and was added to the Inventory), I hope they don't advocate for part of the facade to be attached to this little...

Adma, thanks so much. I almost mentioned Eliot's myself, that building was one of my grotty ones, but were it cleaned up, spic and span, there's no question we would lose a good second hand bookstore. And thank you for mentioning the loathesome and grotesque lower town of Quebec City, a kind of...

Tewder, though I suspect we agree more than disagree, I feel I do have to answer on these two quotes. Two buildings in this city on the inventory of heritage properties have collapsed in the last 10 years, one in 2007 and one in 2006. There are no other instances of this occuring in the last...

Those are just lovely photos. Very Tokyoish. How green and clean the park looks.

Rebecca, thanks for this. It is good news. I hope the building comes out of this looking better than ever. It certainly has been one of those along Yonge Street that had the most promise if it were fixed up. It seems as if Gould might be bookended in a few years by an...