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What a great looking floor in the 2nd pic. It's too pretty to be what they're installing so is it the floor from the late 70s/early 80s?

People's love of coffee infused liquid dessert knows no bounds. Let's face it, 90% of Starbucks patrons don't actually order the coffee. A friend was puzzled why I didn't like Starbucks. I finally gave in and went with him. When I ordered a coffee he was absolutely horrified and said. "you...

Downtown? So a narrow concrete sidewalk, 40 feet of tarmac, narrow concrete sidewalk on the other side, and then a block long blank wall? Why is Canada so bad at this? There's no way in hell this will ever be a pleasant place to be when every square inch of it resembles a parking lot...

We're plagued with narrow sidewalks yet instead of optimizing the little space available we place obstacles smack dab in the middle. That tree belongs off to one side like the lamp posts. Toronto trees seem to do fine next to he curb on other streets so the salt argument comes off as weak...

Now we have to figure out how to pretty up the Gardiner itself as it's clear the expressway will be with us for a long time.

I still haven't recovered from the death of that project and can't bear looking at the proposal that replaced it. I suppose there's a sliver of hope that it too will fall through and we can get back to talking about a proper park over the rail lines.

Well yes, Cirques, concerts, restaurants, and most sporting events have become out of reach to the masses. Do they want 2 hours at the circus or feed their kids Mr. Noodles for 3 weeks? Those that can afford it think it's reasonably priced, of course.

Sorry ahead of time for veering a little off topic, but we're going to have quite a few fabulous projects near completion or done in time for the 2026 FIFA WC. Portlands, The Well, One Bloor, U of T grounds, St. Lawrence Market North, Aqualuna, CIBC Square II, Love Park, King Toronto, One...

Perhaps a look at our rapidly depleting stock of 60s/70s office buildings will give one hints. Before restoration and renovation work on McDonald Block began it still looked better than 90% of what got built in the decades that followed. This will fade, deteriorate, discolour over time but...

We haven't had a skyscraper of this quality go up since Scotia Plaza. In 1988, I didn't think I'd have to wait 35 years to see another as good although CIBC Square deserves a mention.

The current aesthetic has gone on for so long that I suspect we now have an entire generation that think grey, blue, green glass for miles is the only option for a modern building. I try to take solace in the fact that Toronto is prospering but things are dire when one longs for a re-clad on...

There are myriad demands that constantly need to be addressed. Attention to all of them is needed. It's shortsighted and foolhardy to dismiss one need to concentrate on another. Toronto might not need a big airport in Pickering today but what happens when/if the Golden Horseshoe population...

Being Yorkville and right across from the ROM, there's a slither of hope that the luxe detailing won't be de-value engineered away. Perhaps wishful thinking on my part but fingers crossed. Currently, it's a gorgeous looking proposal.

Any hope that the 3 story Victorian facade can be retained and restored as the podium entrance? Looks like this building once has a cornice/horizontal detail along the 3rd floor. Power washing the brick and re-building the Victorian details lost would result in a far nicer facade than what's...

I know this isn't luxe but the brick portion is extremely pleasing.

As long as they leave enough space for tailgating at BMO Field. Granted, football culture isn't as strong in Toronto as other parts of Canada but it does fill up for big games.

Precisely. We can't do anything about the weather but we don't do ourselves any favours when every inch we've built is dilapidated, drab, cluttered, dreary, colourless, banal, unrefined, sterile, primitive, cheap, and/or poorly designed. That 85% of the width of Yonge Street is devoted to...

I'm disappointed as well. I wasn't expecting the equivalent of the Calatrava designed Oculus in Manhattan but I was expecting an entrance worthy of the 2nd most important train station in the city. This looks like a small infill project on Queen Street West. I guess we'll have to live with...

Are you under the impression that online only companies don't have offices for their employees? Are they to run the entire company via Zoom meetings?

Countless Western countries (Australia, Spain, UK) with strong property rights seem able to re-design major streets transit/pedestrians only yet in Toronto some people seem to come up with an endless list of reasons why we can't. This is very doable but requires creativity and being pedestrian...