Recent content by jamaps

Thought recently it'd be nice if Church St had a streetcar route Would offer mild "relief" from Line 1 and more of a direct route for some folks travelling north-south on the east side of downtown Here's a quick fantasy map! Naming it the 519 after the old 19 bus that ran on Church from 1954-96

Odd to me initially is that 'blank wall' only going from stories ~5 to 11 or so. Or are stories 1-4 not actual windows, but made to look like they match the front facade? Either way, I would've liked the architects to do something more clever/interesting on the east elevation - this will look...

College just west of Bathurst - north side - from this morning 830am-ish

Today

Looks like an improvement But I'd like for the sidewalks to be widened on Portland as part of this - they are pretty narrow as is and are often crowded, especially in the evenings, and many people just end up walking on the road Really no need for street-parking on Portland at all either -...

I walked through Glencairn Station yesterday for the first time in a while (around 3pm). The lighting is wonderful!

Most of the western section of the circle is open now -- Convocation Hall to University College:

Wellington yesterday around 6pm-ish Spadina to Portland looked a bit wider than Portland to Bathurst

College looking west from Bathurst this morning

Today

Yup! it's the view right outside the elevator 8th floor

from yesterday (Mar 29)

We wrote a short piece and created some maps showing where Laneway housing (and similar 'gentle density' housing) has been built in Toronto over the past few years. Check it out here: https://schoolofcities.github.io/gentle-density/toronto-building-permits

A couple pics of Mill St from Monday (nov 1).

Hi there! I'm new to this site and just came across this thread :) I thought I'd share this map I made a couple months ago as a fun hobby project during quarantine.