Recent content by mrxbombastic

Pleasantly surprised! Looks like stamped asphalt? Seems like a low cost quick win that could be replicated in many downtown/dense areas.

Bill 212(?) restricts modification of vehicle lanes to other purposes which hampers pedestrianization efforts. I recall the original plan included lane reductions, no? Perhaps I'm wrong and happy to be corrected! The City has been the key party dragging their feet, to be sure.

A quick "shave and pave" job is what we are getting here at this intersection only. It's laughable when the focal area around Adelaide-richmond with the bars/restos is in a miserable cratered state. I have a feeling the city is deferring to see if DoFo will be out of office and they can go back...

I'm by no means a marine engineer or sailor. But surely this can be consolidated in some fashion? I cannot imagine that Toronto will in our lifetimes be such a magnet for cruises that their traffic could not be consolidated in a unified terminal. Can we not have Cruise berths in one side of the...

This should be combined with the Ferry Terminal Expansion, which lets face it, is dead right now. A consolidated ferry/Cruise terminal in the West side of the slip, where there is already existing/planned vehicle access to the water via the WELRT rework of the slip. The Eastern side of the slip...

Unless it's East Harbour, Downsview or the Ex. I can't image anywhere big enough to have 2 million square feet of contiguous space with at least one subway/go station and near a highway. I think either would be fine with the slight exception for the current barren state of Downsview and lack of...

In person this one looks good overall. The warmth of the brown tones and bringing the precast to ground helps to settle the building within the streetscape. Not a huge fan of the darker grey at base, but overall its fine compared to the typical spandrel/mulion feast we see too often. Hoping...

Individually each of the features is great. It feels like a disjointed series of nice pocket parks rather than a grand cohesive vision. The elevated walkways have some role in this but I think they are fairly innocuous and one of the more interesting parts. Also, the Bay & Queen Street frontage...

These are fantastic buildings and the central courtyard POPS is well considered. My only minor quibble is I wish the base was more red, less pink, and that the upper cladding was more white, less grey as it can feel a bit dark with the off grey shade. Looking forward to seeing the landscaping...

Holy moly! That transfer slab is beefy! Looks like it's 4-5ft of pure concrete strength Definitely a "thank your engineers, and hate the architects" kinda build for the contractors! Great to see this one cruising along to the finish line

Great to see these filing out the streetscape! Hopefully they paint the grey precast red ala Artistry Condos? The precast looks pretty finished as is... But the CofA renderings show red? The red really helps to soften the image of these buildings and make the retail POPS more inviting Note...

While not great and it took forever, at least it's done. I'm not sure how pedestrian flows at the intersections will be effected by having massive rectangular obstacles to navigate... The jersey barriers have been chaotic at best and outright infuriating and dangerous at other times Rounding...

I'm sure there's a design cost efficiency in having an architecture firm already familiar with TDSB standards, which helps them to win contracts. But I agree wholeheartedly that greater variety/competition in architecture could produce better design, new ways of doing things and better...

Being inexpensive does not need to equal being bad. With this design the TDSB has been expensive and ugly. In 50 years time will anyone be clamoring to save the building as they did the former? I don't think so. With the exception of the cantilever area, the design looks like they scavanged...

Also I find it hard to see what tangible benefit is gained by the height reduction here apart from perhaps marginally less shadow on Clarence Square Park? Will wait on the settlement for full review but I'm struggling with this one