Recent content by milkycontent

If we had any respectable billionaires in this town, they would buy this site and the gas station on the corner and convert the grounds from a parking lot into a beautiful green garden. Make it a historical site or museum. The Keg can stay, but the parking lot has got to go.

Did they have to go with grey as an accent colour? It's so drab. Especially those grey faux stone walls and the Landlord Special grey "wood" benches. I know it's one of the uniform colours but it would've been nice to have some warmer tones in the mix.

Getting ready to lay down some paving stones? The internal courtyards here are looking really intriguing. Hard to convey through a photo.

What do they mean by "film-friendly streets?" Why does film production require 40m wide roads?

Great shots everyone. This view from the CTV aerial coverage makes me really excited for the future of this area! Villiers Island combined with the area north of Keating Channel that will open up with the Gardiner relocation plus Quayside, East Harbour and the Eastern Port Lands -- we are...

Just want to clarify that my prediction should not be equated with an endorsement. The leaves are, unfortunately, ugly and tacky imo.

Now that the strip malls at the King-Dufferin intersection have been redeveloped, the City of Toronto should relocate this vehicle yard (maybe somewhere in the Stockyards?) and build some co-op housing buildings here with retail at grade to inject some life into this stretch. Right now it's a...

Predicting now that the Leaf design will be HEAVILY featured in those interstitial shots of the city skyline they show when they cut to commercials of a sports broadcast.

The precise street layout notwithstanding, I think this plan should be applauded for completely replacing the mall and re-integrating the site into wider the street grid. A lot of the other mall redevelopments (STC for example) that plan to keep the mall are missing an opportunity to remake...

It would be such a miss to have the bike lanes down with the cars instead of up with the sidewalk. I visited Japan earlier this year and they have bike lanes painted or indicated with paving on big wide sidewalks, as opposed to separated from cars with paint and plastic bollards. Cyclists were...

Link here https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/yonge-dundas-square-ttc-stations-to-be-renamed-under-new-city-council-proposal/article_6855de9e-9a8a-11ee-95ed-8348aef070b4.html

I was hoping they would tear this building down or assemble it with some of the parcels next to it and build something a little more setback from the street. The corner is so tight and the traffic at this intersection is crazy.

Going slow for pedestrian safety is still faster than completely stopped because there are cars in your way. OL/subway along King or Queen would obviously be preferred, but this is something we could do tomorrow (and then improve/redesign/etc over time). We can't wait 15 years for a solution.

My point is: just do it. If people don't like it, too bad. They'll get over it. Or they'll stay mad. I don't care If there is a driveway here or there, make an accommodation if its reasonable but it should be the exception not the rule. We keep falling all over ourselves to find reasons not to...

Not with that attitude!