I really wish this one, along with the one under construction beside it, were never built. I really think Liberty Village as a whole would have benefitted much more if this middle plot of land was left as a park or some other form of community oriented open(ish) space, with the heritage former...

Disagree. Sorry. Strachan and East Liberty is well served for residential. Maybe even overly served, especially when we take future developments west of Strachan into account. Yes, it is a good looking development, but what is so bad about 3 towers, even 4 towers of residential, and 1 plot...

I can't believe you just said that. Years and years ago I proposed that very same idea to Rob Ford (councillor of ward 2 at the time, when I lived there). This was before I knew he was so anti, well, anti anything getting in the way of his car. I still think it's a good idea. Dixon is a very...

You're right, it does seem that way and councillor Layton mentioned that. But if we're converting these employment lands into residential, who's to say that won't happen in the west half of Liberty Village as well? That green p surface lot on Liberty between Atlantic and Hanna is prime...

Went to the presentation last night and it seems the crowd mostly played right into the developer's hands. The bait was a possible pool in the park that is on the eastern portion of the site near the pedestrian/cycle bridge (with no real insight as to whether the city is on board since it is...

A little more info (and photos) on that same topic http://gothamist.com/2013/01/22/first_look_inside_the_citys_new_mic.php#photo-1

That was actually a bit of a sarcastic comment. Sorry if it didn't come through as well as I had hoped. We all know he hasn't done a thing other than take a weekend trip to Chicago that nobody in Chicago was aware of. The Fords do often mention lowering the commercial tax rate, and this current...

100% agree. I'm really sick of all the "downtown is going to die from all the traffic" arguments you hear from the anti-urban portion of the city. Walking isn't a problem on King, I don't know where that came from, I actually find it quite pleasant. If King West was easy to drive through, then...

I wonder how the east facing residents on the middle floors of 10 York will feel about looking directly are the (likely LED) west facing signage of 1 York's lead tenant. Maybe it won't be as bad as I'm imagining? As for the office market, I don't think they'll have a problem filling this one...

haha very nice. very bottega veneta-esque.

Zaza espresso, Yorkville espresso bar. And if you want to stretch it slightly beyond mom and pop coffee spots there's also Lettieri, Balzac's & Crepes a Go Go.

I occasionally write for a Toronto based blog called The Same Page and this time around I chose to write about Mayor Ford. Please check it out http://samepageteam.com/2012/11/07/toronto-the-what-if-city/ Thanks a lot!

Preaching to the choir. I was a buyer in the Giraffe building and I was really looking forward to living there. Breaks my heart, what a shame.

Some people aren't too happy... http://www.blogto.com/city/2012/10/residents_rally_to_save_liberty_village_from_new_condo/ http://www.facebook.com/SaveTheLibertyMarketBuilding

King West Fitness has closed. For those who don't know, it was located exactly where the tower is in the renderings above.

Agreed. What the hell are you talking about? His saving of the gravy by doing a little more than cut the budgets for councillors and himself? Ya that's worth another term in office. He may have stumbled into getting thing or two right but the good is vastly outweighed by the bad. Come on man.

Over 1000 parking spots proposed with this development, according to the signs at the site. Seems a bit much, no?

What happened to that other one at Charlotte and Adelaide? Langdon Hall? Or something along those lines. There's also that never ending hotel by Adelaide and Peter, which might actually be close to done now. I don't even want to begin listing the proposed/announced ones, don't have all day lol.

Looks like it may be on the way http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/king_liberty/