I'm wondering if any of the moderators read about the Dr. Dawg decision, and how they think the Ontario Superior Court ruling aligns with UT's guidelines, such as "use proper grammar" and "no ... offensive language of any kind." Just how is "offence" defined at UT, by panel or sovereign decree...

I wish I could agree, and look just north of the Portlands for my reference. When Toronto as a whole decides it wants to build up an area rather than tearing it down, nothing gets in its way. Even if that means building parks where nobody currently lives and building whole new neigbourhoods from...

No, you're right. A true blue blood elitist would refuse to sip from anything less degradable than ceramic and would scoop with nothing less than stainless steel.

Love my lattés, espressos and cafe americanos!

Hey amigo, sorry if you felt bullied. Admittedly, not everyone gets my humour. You may not have noticed but there are those here that actually self-identify as "downtown latte-sipping elitists," and good for them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRSAVDlpDI Some of my favourite people are...

Your questions are valid. It's the unending refrain of "This won't work in Scarborough" that is disheartening sometimes. It threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophesy. I'd sand rather than salt. The guideway was already engineered to move water through its structure down to the surface or...

I continue to suspect there is more expense in demolition and removal than in non-demolition and non-removal. You could equate that with the capital expense of a park project. Liabilities aside, operating costs of a park whether on the ground or elevated should be similar, especially if a ramp...

Was it possible to see the pedestrians on the High Line park from Google before the High Line park was created?

Hey cool, a wikipedia link. That always represents a well thought out response. If the "bridge" is not salted, is there still the requirement for ongoing use of ground penetrating radar? If there are just bodies and bikes trundling along instead of SRT train cars, is there an expectation that...

Bravo sir, Bravo! Humour is always relevant.

How does one maintain a concrete structure? If this is a question of snow removal, wouldn't that happen at ground level or above? What if it costs more to demolish than maintain? By the way, this is largely why the Rideau Canal still exists. Once it was no longer commercially useful, Canada...

What if this hypothetical elevated park from just east of Brimley to West of McCowan inspired citizens to demand from their politicians the introduction of a bylaw requiring that all those low lying ugly industrial buildings they can now see be covered in green roofs and/or solar panels? It...

IMHO, the part of the line that has the most potential is this stretch from that little ravine/park just west of Brimley Road to the train yard east of McCowan. I know it's a gamble whether the downtown latte-sipping elitists would visit. But if they didn't, I don't think anyone would miss them.

I'll be a cynic and say perhaps the people who choose to make their home amongst the same grass, industrial parks, and random subdivisions. Please don't mistake my gripes for subway envy but I get a very real feeling a lot of people in Toronto don't want the former Scarborough to develop into...

For better or worse the option of preserving the SRT as is, even with newer train sets, seems to have been dismissed years ago. I can personally attest to its unreliability, discomfort and noisiness compared with either streetcars, LRT or subway. I won't be sad to see it go but think it would be...

How about one side being an elevated rink in winter, point-to-point, like the Rideau? Strolling one side, skating, cycling, blading on the other.

Last time I looked there were quite a few condos right around STC, immediately south and east. I wouldn't presume anyone had made a decision to keep, maintain and insure against liability the entire elevated structure forever more. It is possible, even in this city, that city planners may...

Who cares if people further west turn their noses up. Build it for the people who already live there. The more novel ideas built in the 'burbs, the less the 'burbs feels like the 'burbs.

$317 million is coming (or came?) from the federal government. But it would be pretty awkward to argue the federal government is / was only funding a train bridge rather than the Sheppard East LRT. No where in their messaging have I seen the Conservatives promoting their funding of an underpass...

If you wanted to negate the phrase "Sheppard was grade separated because of the LRT," even with the addition of "at this time," you'd have to write something like "No, the underpass was built because of the GO Train," which of course would be false without another extension such as "and the LRT."