Our long tradition of lack of accountability in public service should get a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage designation.

The city of Monza should sue the developer for defamation.

In 2021/22 I spent a week each in Montreal and Vancouver. At first, I couldn't really figure out why many of their downtown streets felt nicer than ours. Then it finally dawned on me - they have trees, often mature ones rather than the scrawny, often half-heartedly-planted trees that grace...

At least Union Station is useable

I love that all the recently completed towers on the west side of Yonge are set back from the street, giving a nearly unimpeded view of The One from as far as Yonge & Dundas.

Can they also paint those gray spandrels?

I’m afraid the horse has already bolted on that one (height in the village), but perhaps the city will take a stand on this proposal and reject it, thus setting a precedent for say the stretch between Wood and Wellesley.

There are already a couple of 40+ story towers fronting Church about 3 minutes walk from this site. If this is approved, no doubt the developer of the long-gestating project at the NW corner of Church & Wellesley will resubmit a taller application (at least as tall as this, if not even taller)...

Today. Restoration of the heritage building is in full swing

Hoping the contrast between this and Time & Space across the street will shame Pemberton into building better-looking towers (but knowing it won’t happen …)

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And the third tallest (Concord Sky) also on Yonge between the two.

Billy Bishop must be the only airport in North America (if not the world) with a waterfront urban plaza at its doorstep (excluding heliports, seaplane ports, etc)

At least they’re painting it. Some developers don’t even bother and will probably market the project as ‘industrial chic’.

Interesting and the height comparisons with other buildings are very helpful. So, if it ends up as an 85 storey building, even the 85th storey is still lower than the top of FCP (assuming FCP is actually 298m, some people think it’s shorter) - only the crown will take it to 308+ m.

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Today. Finally, some visible progress after a long while! Bridge barriers looking slick.

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Today Bonus: from the top of the stairs off Hillsboro Ave leading to Ramsden Park

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