Recent content by JohnnyRaylander

The ads prominently show a woman swimming... but there's no pool, right?

Pour one out for the bakeries. Caldense and now Caledonia. Not that either development is super surprising but it will be shame when they're gone. How long until Tavora is torn down too?

That's fair. I purposefully didn't mention losing the beer store. I'm not holding my breath for Caldense to take over any of the places on Dupont. I'd love to be proven wrong but I'm not counting on it. It's not the best plaza, but it's still better than no plaza. I imagine it's only a matter of...

I think this attitude is a big mistake. The plaza is actually very well-used and is a great benefit to the community. Losing places like Caldense and Symington Pharmacy makes the neighbourhood less walkable and, well, less of a neighbourhood. All these new condos do a terrible job of housing any...

What I don't understand about the whole plan is why the POPS in 3D is so cut off from Sterling and Hendersons. This layout of this proposal doesn't help that (and the already built beautiful, yet somewhat forboding buildings don't help either). It would've been a great opportunity to build a...

They should be able to present a credible business plan outlining this, right? The problem is that we're all just speculating because of the opaqueness of selling (let's be real, a 99-year lease is tantamount to selling) prime public land. I see that the there could be a credible argument for...

Not all public land is always publicly accessible, correct. You're missing some of the obvious objections to transferring prime public land.

Ontario is ponying up $400M a sweetheart lease of absolutely prime real estate in a massive growing city. It boggles my mind that some people think that this is the best we can get for that. Or even an adequate return on that investment. Either people lack imagination or cynicism has worn their...

Adding to the AGO would be fantastic. It's a great museum and embiggening it would only be an improvement. Going to a big, imposingly impressive museums in other cities is such a great experience. Haven't been in a year or two but, when I went last, the MOCA hadn't really taken off in terms of...

I was very skeptical when they started adding the spandrel but, as someone who walks by it every day, I have to say that I'm completely won over. There's something about the colour or finish that works quite well when you see it in person. No idea how it will age but I'm really enjoying it now...

How do you fix a sinkhole like that? They've patched over it a few times and it's come back.

How high is the park in relation to this building? That should help with this a bit, right?

Dairy Freeze is a very busy and popular spot during both the day and night. It's really great for that intersection that there's a well trafficked place there. This condo will definitely help but Dairy Freeze does a surprisingly good job of keeping it from being sketchy at times.

Knocked down the presentation centre. Don't know what that means.