I think the idea of the Ontario Line is great, and I'm wholly excited for it. But one part of me questions the value of it if GO Expansion goes ahead, given it generally offers the same service area, at least until Pape/Gerrard. Why not just expand the Richmond Hill line and include it in GO...

What's the plan for the Ordnance Triangle park now ?

Very happy about urbanizing this section of Bloor. Wish we could use Section 37 funds from this project to go towards improving the public realm on the north side of Bloor E between Parliament and Sherbourne. Put the concrete traffic barrier between the car lane and bike lane, clear a few of the...

Looking at the zoning map it's zoned as Commercial Residential north of Glenlake, so we could definitely see an extension of the commercial strip down from the Junction proper further south.

This PDF has some renderings on page 5-7 that I haven't seen before - that building envelope/curtain wall system is looking coooool http://smithgill.com/media/pdfs/Toronto-2019.pdf

Err... You are suggesting that anything that doesn't meet code or accessibility requirements isn't worth protecting? So essentially any building built before 2001? Updating historic buildings to meet modern standards is certainly a challenge but most certainly can be done - do I really need to...

Of course, I appreciate the complexities of the process and mediating between interests. I'm new here, but work in development, have a masters in planning and lurked the forums for years, so I'm pretty familiar with the process. It's more just my frustration with the City's attitude towards...

Ahh makes sense, clear the City's priorities then - some shadowing vs. maintaining heritage.

Why can't we just have one taller tower to minimize the damage to the heritage building?

Higher res rendering from their Facebook. Looks like brick screens.

Even if it's at least a few years before this gets off the ground, I'm surprised Hullmark seems to have sunk a fair bit of money into their HQ here just to tear it down a few years in the future https://www.quadrangle.ca/portfolio/hullmark-head-office-at-474-wellington-street-west

Love this other than the window tint

I don't really think you earn a lot more in Europe, compared to cost of living. I found the wage - cost of living balance to be the opposite. Maybe the US.

Yeah, at least it'll tie together this part of the Financial District. Hopefully the new Cloud Gardens is nice.