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Thanks for the book reference, I'll look for it. The hospital is a maze. See the infiltration site article below. I think it was written during the construction of the Cardinal Carter wing, which appears to have been named the Victoria wing at the time...

Does anybody know where to find information when each of the wings were built? The wikipedia entry is weak, the St. Michael's history page on its own site is short on facts, and I haven't been able to find much with Google. I found a great article on the old infiltration site but it refers to...

I liked the original podium better, too. I thought it was more appropriate for the neighbourhood.

I like it overall. I wish the podium was brick to complement the NW and SW corners. Would like to see a north-facing render, too.

I could live with the markers, but I hate the huge electrical boxes that they installed a few feet away (really, you need a box that big for a single lit pole?). But to make it worse, they just installed a huge honking electrical meter outside of the electrical box to measure the huge...

I doubt that the downtown Y will be any less crowded after any of the new locations open. It's not like somebody who lives in one of the new condos between Bloor and College near Yonge are going to trek over to another location. And there are so many new people moving into the core that the Y...

That's too bad about that Sobeys. I shop there frequently but I'd never go to the College Park location as there are other stores closer to me, such as Metro, Loblaws, and Pusateri. I agree it hasn't been as crowded recently, but I think that has more to do with Loblaws than with the College...

I noticed that the Garage is now open and the Regal is now closed. I think the track record of businesses that open without a permanent sign is rather low. If you can't afford to have a sign hung by the time you open, months after your original target opening date, can you really afford to open...

At first glance, the submission to the DRP is nothing new from what they presented at the final community meeting in November. Shorter north tower, fat and tall south tower that is too close to the north tower, too close to the lane way, right up against Alexander without any setbacks and which...

Loblaws isn't open 24 hours per day like Super Freshmart. But even during the day, it's a lot faster to pick up a carton of milk from Super Freshmart than brave the crowds at Loblaws. I checked out the smaller store yesterday and it's not fully stocked yet, but prior to the reno, they had some...

This is a very narrow property for apartments. I'm not opposed to a 19s building -- it should fit pretty well with the neighbourhood -- I'm just surprised they could design a useful floorplate for this lot.

Where can I report it to? My councillor or is there some city number to call? 311?

I wish something could be done about the noise from the NYC Collection stores in the 501 Yonge block (east side, between Alexander and Maitland). The two stores, but especially the south one, blare an incredibly annoying "the boss just called and told me to clear out all the nikes and...

I believe at the last community meeting, this project was supposed to go back to design review about now. The height and mass of the south tower, and its proximity to the alley, were not aligned to standards. Any word on that?

>but it would be nice to see those awful dated sex shops like Stag and Priape leave the hood What is dated about them? Neither store is rundown, or do you mean that you're just opposed to the selling of sex toys? It wouldn't be much of a gay village without a couple of stores selling sex toys...

This makes no sense. Why would either of those stores want to be the only store like that on a street? C&B is more likely to open in a high-end shopping district. If they were to open nearby, they'd open on Yonge. Without turning this into a chain store vs. local independent argument, the type...

Aw, that's terrible. Super Freshmart has great selection for a convenience store, and while they're more expensive than Loblaws, they have reasonable prices, they're open 24 hours, and they carry some items that Loblaws does not. I give them quite a bit of business and would be sad to see their...

I wonder how much space is back there. The old theatres were there so it should be fairly substantial. Perhaps they're saving it for another big box tenant such as a Target?

Wow, I've shopped there hundreds of times and never noticed them. I'll take a look, thanks.

Eaton Centre - future changes? Does anybody know what is being built in the old south food court? Work does seem to be underway. I was wondering if it would be a large Marche or big box retail. And what's up with the hall to Marks and Canadian Tire? It has temporary walling on the south side...