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I don't really understood cutting across the grass honestly, I've timed it and it saves you maybe 10 seconds total, but the walk is substantially more pleasant along the generous granite pathway. Going on the pathway means you stay out of wet grass/snow, don't have to walk through frisbees or...

I really hope I'm wrong, but I'm not aware of any plans to make a separated bike lane (cycle track) on Spadina any time soon. I believe this rendering just rebuilds the sidewalk to the current extents.

That's a lot of letters in a small space.

Not directed to anyone specifically, but cement is an ingredient in concrete, much like flour to bread. Concrete is poured, cement is a powder.

There's a very strong legal (and engineering) case to be made that the design requirements Apple introduced included a substantial amount of risk, resulting in the increased cost &/or schedule overruns - and that backing out of their occupancy would be skirting much of the financial burden that...

Looks to be left over from the vehicle parking, they didn't want wheel loads on the grate. But now that cars don't park there, I imagine they thought it was easier to just leave them.

Probably not. You'd certainly have to consider strengthening vertical elements when adding floors for shorter buildings, but with buildings of this height, lateral loads (i.e. wind/earthquake) will always govern. This means that vertical elements like columns, floors, and foundations will...

Fair, I could have worded it better. This piece from Waterfront Toronto does a better job explaining: My point was that we should remove the Gardiner completely - sunk cost or not - and that traffic would actually get better downtown. However, I only advocate for this if we can increase the...

Disclaimer: this isn't directed at you specifically, but someone needs to say it out loud. Please just hear me out before anyone makes up their mind to disagree. The best time to plant a tree is 50 years ago, the second best time is now. We understand the sunk cost, we just think it pales in...

Heartbreaking, but understandable. My only hope is that they replant something new in its place.

I find it rather girthy, uninviting, and structurally inefficient. The lighting is an afterthought that is liked probably more because of its novelty than execution. I won't redesign it anytime soon given my current workload, but there's plenty of opportunity for something taller and more...

I can certainly appreciate it as a decent building. However, I can't help but think how differently I would have used the ~1.5M sqft and ~250m in height if I were designing this.

The irregularity of the concrete structure is wild, the slab corners must have been a nightmare to detail. I can't even imagine the size of that drawing set.

Lol. We're not doing ourselves any favours by checking in every single day, or multiple times a day. The people getting paid to watch this project don't even do that.

I have no problems with an increase in property taxes, or a municipal income tax, but only after we tax non-residents for driving in Toronto. It seems so clear to me - aside from austerity, the infrastructure that Toronto provides is overused by people who don't contribute to it's cost. The...

The entirety of Toronto fits that description. I definitely understand the criticism of this project on lack of affordable housing, but it misses the real target. There are serious structural problems with the way the Canadian economy is structured around housing, our density/zoning, and...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost We have to realize that this isn't a decision with a 5 or 10-year return period, it's a generational opportunity to dramatically improve the quality of the city not only for us, but multiple generations to come. The smart thing to do is pause all work...

Just voted, super easy, steady flow of people to do the same at my local community centre. I wanted to wait until election day to see how polls changed last minute. I've been a fan of Motlow's platform, but Chow is something that Matlow isn't: a a frontrunner that can beat Bailão or Saunders...

Just want to point out: financial returns for developers diminish really quickly beyond the ~250m height. Adding height beyond that significantly increases the cost of the building, and it's not proportional to the increase in floor area. Meaning, to go beyond that height, they have to find ways...