That all may be, but developments like this may help push the need for a Melbourne-like laneway policy. Facing onto something like that might not be so bad. Here's hoping anyway.

Very impressive -- as would be building under the rail corridor as well. I actually think the market can bear it, but certainly not all at once. Contrast this figure to the amount of square feet of residential space planned, recently built, or under construction in the core, and bear in mind...

Apologies to the mods for reposting this photo so soon after its original posting, but I believe it's needed to assist with what I'm about to say. Over the years this tower has been repeatedly slighted for its execution -- more specifically for its use of spandrel, and the design and massing of...

Yep, to me this is looking very shaky now, which is too bad. The market is probably there for cricket, but when someone with this kind of history is running things potential investors might get very nervous. But I sure would like to be wrong. As for locations, I think you're stuck with the...

Yep, nice they're still kicking the tires on this though.

Needs the tunnel.

There will be a Lakeshore line . . . of RER.

An oldie:

I think it looks more like plywood that's there temporarily.

Actually:

This. The second station option is probably the most cost-effective and technically feasible. These kind of investments won't come cheap, but they'll work far better than just saying "subways, subways, subways".

If -- if -- it's a rooftopper, it was an entirely foreseeable and preventable tragedy. These idiots risk their lives for the thrill of defying death and gravity and amassing the photographic proof. But the law of average will always assert itself. And someone will die. If this site still...

Definitely one of them. Love how it raises the bar for Toronto Boxes. I reckon it won't be long before a developer decides to one-up it.

It is. But some people can be kvetchy! ;)

I only hope that when it's fully and finally clad, it will somehow work. Otherwise DL's simply repeating his usual shtick, rather than continuing the design aesthetic that works so well in the tower.

I thought that the boot was dependent on securing federal or provincial funding to open some kind of museum, and when that failed to materialize the developers simply canned it. Were there other factors?

That would be tremendous, although simply burying it would be sufficient.

Technically the CoA is a creature of the Planning Act, and since it's essentially a kind of panel/tribunal there's no reason the City should lack the standing to appeal its decision. It's true that the City appoints its members, but the CoA remains a creature of provincial statute, as opposed...