Recent content by knlaruw

I'm certainly no expert either, but I think most of these UAE tower fires are mainly limited to the exterior cladding material (which makes them look more horrific than they actually are). Having lived in the region, many of the less "landmark" towers use quite low quality China-sourced...

Perhaps that says more about your friend groups than a trend over all. I personally hate taking Ubers, mostly because I hate their business model, but also because there other benefits to having and operating your own vehicle, much like there are benefits to owning your home over renting one. I...

No, I am saying that people would (and do) drive to Buffalo to fly to US destinations opposed to driving to Pearson through GTA traffic.

A major issue with Hamilton is it's proximity to Buffalo and the cheap US domestic flights available there. Durham doesn't have the same problem.

Dreaming here, but can we have a more aggressive chime like in Asia?

This has been happening at the three malls with iXpress service for ages. I used to drive to Conestoga Mall to take the bus back to UW to save on parking.

I agree this takes up time and money for developers. I work as a planning consultant, I see the back and forth all the time. But I also see terrible building materials everywhere and letting this small amount of control municipalities have over the build quality is not something I think we...

The problem is renderings are deceiving and the contracts give themselves a ton of leeway to change designs. This is going to look like absolute hell in five years when the grime starts running down under the windows.

One only needs to look as far as Highway 7 between Leslie and Birchmount to see what a surface level traffic sewer (cough, "complete street") looks like. It neither moves traffic well nor is an enjoyable place to walk (though it is much better than the current Lakeshore config)

In North America, perhaps. BC's lower mainland has plenty of suburban condos. GTA suburbs are comparably DENSE.

Woof. The North York location is definitely a (small) step above this mess.

370 sq.ft for $506,000 at 543 Richmond. North facing with a deep walled balcony - sure to be a bright unit.

Yep. They really need to install the signals, but my guess is they are waiting for the rapidway to be extended east.

I honestly hate Markham's 4 lane stop sign controlled intersections, and with the size of the road as it is right now, this area would function better with a small roundabout to facilitate easy access into Nexus from the south.

That will literally never happen. We tried that in the 1950s to 1970s.