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    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    I know there’s a lot of reviews already, but I rode it this morning during rush hour, and here’s my take: It took about 50 minutes to run end to end. There was almost no one commuting on the line. The main problem for me was the sheer number of stops. 18!!! That’s more than the entire Ontario...
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    Toronto Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    All very exciting! I wonder if we'll get a TBM tracker for Libby and Corkie? And do we know - beyond "early 2026" when the TBMs will be launched?
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    Toronto KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Allied | Bjarke Ingels Group

    No source. Just have seen hundreds of condos present fantastical greenery in renders that is always much more underwhelming in reality. Greenery requires care, watering, pest control. And those renders show several years of growth and imagines owners will have no problems with plants growing...
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    Toronto Mirvish Village (Honest Ed's Redevelopment) | 85.04m | 26s | Westbank | Henriquez Partners

    It’s funny - people read what they want into other people’s arguments. Just to reiterate: * Apparently I need to make this clear: people can prefer to live in whatever house they want. * Should everyone get to live in whatever house they want, where they want? Well, land values say no to that...
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    Toronto KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Allied | Bjarke Ingels Group

    The “living skin” of the condo will never materialize. If you don’t like the glass blocks look without ivy, you ain’t gonna like this building.
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    Toronto 50 Scollard | 147.62m | 41s | Lanterra | Foster + Partners

    If this vent is required because of the gas stoves in the building … LOL
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    Toronto One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

    Where’s your proof? The burden of proof is on you. You made an absurd statement - you need absurd proof to back it up.
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    Oakville McCraney Retirement Residence | 25.55m | 6s | Fengate | WZMH

    The name of this development made me think it was a retirement residence for old construction cranes.
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    Toronto Queen Ashbridge + Bridge + Don Summerville | 60.15m | 17s | TCHC | Teeple + TF

    I always find the "my friends from another city were visiting and found x part of the city to be crappy" to be the most eye-rolling form of anecdata. It seems to be both a boast ("I have friends in another city and they have good taste") and a lofty complaint ("I suffer through this miserable...
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    Toronto Mirvish Village (Honest Ed's Redevelopment) | 85.04m | 26s | Westbank | Henriquez Partners

    I think your own example explains why your vision for the city is not being built. The West Village in NYC is extremely expensive - a quick Googling shows that most properties are in the tens of millions of dollars. This Mirvish development was meant to provide housing for renters. (And, has...
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    Toronto Ookwemin Minising | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

    Just gotta say, thanks for all the regular photo updates on this area, Brad! It’s very helpful to see how it’s progressing.
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    Toronto 50 Scollard | 147.62m | 41s | Lanterra | Foster + Partners

    lol quoting Anthony Bourdain’s opinion on gas stoves to support the argument that a luxury condo needs them. I’m sure he would love that kitchen design. Gas stoves in luxury apartments are a bougie affectation. The people buying these units think of gas as “luxury” because it isn’t in regular...
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    Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    Many threads on this site are dormant because there is no information about the projects. This thread has devolved into the gnashing of teeth and people trying to prove that they, and only they, know the real truth behind all of the delays. But please, continue trying to prove the 44% you...
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    Toronto Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

    AFAIK, sales for the second tower have not started. I wouldn't hold my breath for the second tower. No one is going to buy a 300 square foot shoebox for $800,000 in the current market.
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    Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    This forum thread has devolved into priestly prognostications. Without any real news or information, folks are trying to figure out the situation based upon little more than augury. "I looked up into the sky on the third blood moon, and I saw a flock of birds, and they spelled out a ghostly...

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