No, I was thinking of it, but something else came up so we’re moving farther west. But if I was looking to rent, and cost was not the top criterion, this would be at the top of my list.

Good to create space for them, I guess, since the rest of Toronto is a playground for affluent old people.

Yeah, it was discussed above, but the credit score thing is really poorly thought out. It's unlikely to offer any benefit to renters and creates the possibility to them of a real detriment through bad reporting that is difficult to fix.

When I lived at 736 Spadina it wasn't a very large tower, but we had a really nice rooftop that was well-used. That was only 20 floors up, though.

Is sakura even a specific species of tree? I thought it was just the Japanese word for cherry flowers? Ontario does have some native cherries, but I don't think they include the ones that Japan sent us to plant in High Park. Personally I like apple trees in flower more than cherry trees, but...

I know three people building or planning to build on that lane. City of Toronto says the lane should be getting a name soon.

You can try out a bunch of that stuff, including the new app, at their food hall at 1 York which opened a few months ago.

Well, not everybody has a car or a license. Some of those people need to get around too!

Frequency on the crosstown should be better than the O-train, which reduces door charging too.

Yes, Castle Frank Road. One of those streets full of four storey towers that Doug Ford thinks shouldn't be built in neighbourhoods.

This is going to be one of the best places in the city to live.

Well, good news. Elizabeth May is back :) I was just checking to make sure I hadn't dreamed that, and found the following announcement regarding deputy leaders. https://www.greenparty.ca/en/media-release/2024-02-08/appointment-rainbow-eyes-second-deputy-leader-green-party-canada

You should probably cycle on the sidewalk if the road looks like that. It's not like many people will be using the sidewalk

The person behind me in line asked for their pizza without a box, which I didn't understand until he handed me this giant box with a single small-ish piece of pizza in it. I didn't see how they gave her the pizza, though, as there didn't seem to be anything other than a box to serve it in. Of...

Yup. I had to get up to Woodbine and Danforth each of the last two weekends and didn't want to fight with subway closure crowds (plus carrying loads of stuff for a birthday party). We never even considered taking a taxi after what happened last time.

Any unofficial bargaining update?

Saw/heard some guy in a mini SUV rolling down Front today with some sort of “Fuck Trudeau” rap spilling out of his windows.

Nice! Replacement buses to Sherbourne instead of Parliament.

And he made an objection to the speaker, claiming that mocking him in that way was "unparliamentary" :)

The Green Party finished second in the byelection to replace Bill Morneau. Marci Ien got 42% and Annamie Paul got 32%. But that was pure protest vote and interest in the new Green leader. She was back down to less than 10% in 2021.