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In this city, I don't think you can go wrong predicting a dry cleaners and a Hasty Mart / Rabba at ground level.

I really like the little accents of colour in Clewes' "X", too. Also the electric blue of Gehry's box at the AGO.

I think that you're right - the priority likely changed as a result of the stauts of the proposed museum. I think that WT is right to focus on central waterfront and the East Bayfront, where the most impact can be made in the early stages. Of course, this is unfair to the many condo owners who...

Take a look at slides 4 through 7 here: http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/dbdocs//4947ae7940697.pdf

The Star fact-checks its stories quite carefully, and is not in the business of printing rumours (it would have significant legal liabiltiy if it did). While mistakes are abvioulsy made from time to time, I wouldn't dismiss the Star's story too quickly.

If the helicopters are a sign of an impending military coup (as suggested in the link above) I suggest that UT members form a passive resistance movement immediately.

Trauma emergencies are taken to Sunnybrook and St. Mike's on alternating days. Of course, Sick Kids also has a helipad, so the downtown core likley gets slightly more air ambulance traffic than Sunnybook. Part of living downtown involves living near world-class hospitals. In order to allow...

I beleive that there is actually another lot availalbe for development between Corus Quay and Queens Quay East. Hopefully George Brown does something bold next door (in the same vein as their fantastic new hotel/hospitality builidng) that will tie the Jarvis - Sherbourne stretch together...

Mutual Street between Maitland and Carlton is fantastic, such a dense and eclectic mix of radically different styles and developments - arts, institutional, modern townhomes, classic old Toronto homes, 80s-ish townhomes, public housing - all in such a short stretch of the street! The only...

Excellent - I'm really hoping that Sugar Beach moderates the general crappiness of the building somewhat. Time will tell.

Does that Eastern Construction sign at the foot of the Jarvis slip indicate that work might be starting soon on Sugar Beach? I was walking by on the weekend and noticed that they seem to have cleared most of the detritus that was lining the quay away...hopfully site prep so they can begin...

I think that the vertical outward curve on the south side of the building will make it quite distinct from the Cityplace towers.

I believe that we have the owners of the condo at the southeast corner of Spadina and Queen's Quay to thank for that delay. Perhaps we could write them a letter too?

At least they're using real red brick! When I saw the first photo I was affraid that they were using the pre-cast fake stuff as was done at the CityPlace building at Spadina and Bremner , Parade, and the new Hilton Garden Inn. I think that Toronto is a brick type of a city, and would love to...

I completely agree. It is hard to imagine any tall buidling that wouldn't look ridiculous squeezed up next to the point in the flatiron building.

Just to clarify this point - Torstar quite definitely owns 20% of CTVGlobemedia, the ultimate owner of the Globe and Mail. From the Torstar website: "Torstar acquired a 20% interest in CTVglobemedia in 2006 for $283 million. Subsequent to this investment, CYVglobemedia acquired CHUM Limited...

Interesting...maybe I was blinded by comparisons to First Canadian.

Thanks for the info, yyzhyd. What was the material used in the samples? Opaque glass? Granite? I was in the GM building in NYC this past weekend, which is also clad in white marble. On the exterior, the marble has held up much, much better. Also, the vertical window bands look much...

...and, from Yonge to Simcoe, the railway corridor (as has been noted countless times before).

I still mourn the passing of Britnell's.