Recent content by BrenWilson

This is where the distinction gets weird. There is LRT as a system concept, and then LRT as just the vehicle type. The only thing preventing Mx from running more traditional subway style trains on Line 5 now is the platform heights; you can get narrow enough subway style trains. Line 5 should...

I'd be wary of just going by DB's reports. Mx is certainly capable of the types of delay and indecision that DB claim but I've seen a lot of hilarious claims come out of constructors on Mx projects, it's in their best interest to blame Mx so they can make claims later.

Ah yeah, idk why I thought it was 4m. I've raged elsewhere on how our huge emergency vehicles have downstream effects on roadway design and here's a perfect example.

Ah I see that now. Just can't find any images of that building (Graftons?) in that configuration (post 1917 fire?) before it was just covered up in cladding.

Yeah I was just thinking that too, the need for 6 m wide roads is truly insane, these could very easily work as 4 m except for maybe the entrance, which could easily be 5 m.

Curious the building beside it that Core Urban restored, in one of the images there has a different almost castle looking facade to the one you usually see (and the one it has now, restored).

Patiently waiting for them to start cladding to see how it looks. Also yeah hoping during LRT this entire stretch gets blasted.

Yeah looking over these postings I can't imagine any other project these would be for lol.

The difference there isn't really in the ownership, MTR got into property development long before they went public. As a crown corp/agency, the government can very easily give Mx more mandate for property development and move them to a more commercial financing arrangement. Going public doesn't...

At least they're hiding the drive-thru with a garage door now lol. Nice density, just needs to go all brick.

It wouldn't be part of the City committee anyways, but I've no idea what's taking them so long on this. They supposedly had a preferred bidder, so does this mean the negotiations are going (or went) poorly? If the contractor can't start the design phase soon then I can't see any serious...

I mean there were a lot of tree removals, I don't agree with the protest goals (tunnel under the humber lol) but they also could have run the elevated section in the roadway between the humber and Jane Portal, we just value keeping the road open more than the trees. The restoration plan will be...

The city doesn't have building code, this would need to be amended into the zoning for this area. I strongly agree with Chris here, the City's zone for medium mixed use should have a provision about providing small scale retail frontage as a base, developers can then apply for variances where...

lol, I'm imagining 1 room with some work tables and then the rest of the building is just an AI data centre. Please no.

ol' franky only wishes he could have employed this many facade materials. Absolutely stunning they managed to fit 4 onto the facade of a 2+ storey townhome.