Construction update on the sales showroom. Laying down the footings: The arborist report. The two mature trees that weren't cut down are now safely behind hoarding: More updates in my recent post on the main project thread:

A construction(?) update for April 2024. If we can call it construction. There is definitely activity on the site, but no shoring rigs (aka "shovels in the ground") yet. And a lot of this activity is most likely related to Cirque du Soleil (coming to this site once again, from May 8 to July 21)...

This is Conservatory. This crane ain't going anywhere anytime soon.

Construction update April 2024. Some bird's eye views: For some reason they put a raised curved pathway through the winding snaking lowlands that I assumed was going to be the ice skating trail. And they dotted this new path with light post footings every 5 meters or so: I hear...

I haven't seen what the current state on the park is, but you can already see them paving the beach with armor stone in my post from Nov 2023:

Torontonians protest against the spread of Vladimir Putin's Russia into Canada:

The excavator-roller tag team is back.

The tale of an excavator, a roller and a gatehouse.

How is soaking up a couple hundred cars from Gardiner going to solve the rush hour congestion? Or are you suggesting building a 50-storey megaparking supergarage? Unless you offload thousands of cars from Gardiner, you're not going to notice any change in congestion.

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It is not uncommon for an UrbanToronto forum dweller to come under attack for posting their opinions. Opinions are just like butt-holes: we all have them, but no two are exactly alike. It is much less common for a UT forum member to come under attack for posting photos though. And it is...

Humber Bay Shores by dusk

Cycling on the Martin Goodman Trail towards Humber Bay Shores

Why do you see autumn 2025 as the critical point in time? I can understand January 2025 (i.e. the second inauguration of Donnie Tinyhands) as being the point at which Ukraine gets arm-wrestled into negotiations. Why autumn though?

I'm much more curious about this man: Who is he? What is his story? Why is he standing there? Why is he staring at a concrete pillar?

How do you envision the 2025 negotiations proceeding if the cornerstone of Russian demands will be the Ukrainian non-NATO status enshrined in the constitution of Ukraine and a myriad of other international agreements? Russia has made this demand very clear and they never once swayed from their...