If anyone ever wants to explore data about this stuff, CBRE does great reports: https://www.cbre.ca/insights/figures/canada-office-figures-q3-2024 As has been pointed out in the thread, there's no current market push to build more office space because there's an enormous amount of office space...

Not sure what this means. Once again, English spelling does not provide a consistent understanding of pronunciation. Every time I see "Queens Quay" I have to remind myself the second word is pronounced "Key" not (as it should be!!!) "Kway." According to your criteria, should we rename "Queens...

Thanks for expressing this - I think you are hitting on what some people feel nervous about. I would argue that the discussion here has been particularly civil and that no one is calling anyone names or what-have-you. It is important to have discussions like this. There is unfortunately a...

I think defining what is "pronounceable" to an English language speaker is a pretty challenging thing to define. English spelling is not consistent. And I think that "Anglicizing" something ... is the opposite point of Reconciliation. Also, who determines if an English speaker is "able to say...

What's the "some sense" you want applied? Is there a clear criteria?

Yes, people will call things whatever they want - we still say "Skydome" and most people just call it "Pearson" and not "Toronto Pearson International Airport." The pronunciation of Toronto is very different than the Indigenous languages it is based upon (hence why people want the name to be...

I doubt that locals will still call it "Villiers Island" because most people wouldn't have any clue that is its temporary name - it only officially became an island in the last few months. I like the new name! People can say "Tecumseth" and "Mississauga" and heck "Toronto" - we'll get used to...

My best guess as to what happened: -Agreements were made in principle about construction between Crosslinx and ML, and ML and the TTC, and these agreements don't completely line up -Over twenty years, scope, personnel and technology have changed, changing the actual requirements -Mistakes...

From the morning of October 25:

I'm not sure why metal railings would prompt these "privacy" coverings while glass balconies would not? Clear glass balconies are all over this city. The level of hyperbole about this building! It is hilarious to see people frothing over an atypical condo that has an above-average attention to...

Today:

Today:

Took a quickie during yesterdays beautiful sunset:

Came on here to see if people were excited about the announcement but of course people are already complaining that it’s a failure lol Gotta love UT!

The archaeological finds are very cool! I love when cities like Istanbul or Mexico City accidentally make major archaeological discoveries whenever they build public infrastructure.

There’s the Toronto Island hedge maze. It’s also because very formal gardens are not in vogue right now. The trend is definitely toward natural looking, pollinator-friendly. Personally, I’ve always found topiary to be needlessly fussy outside of specific contexts: French formal gardens...

Today:

Today:

The lawn is looking lusher after all this rain: A monarch is spotted among the plantings: But … I didn’t take a photo of it, but some skateboarders were doing tricks off the new concrete around the gazebo at Hart House, and as skateboarders do, they were marking the concrete up. Not sure if...

From yesterday. This looks pretty pretty: