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My understanding is that our corporate taxes are quite low. It's income tax that is the main issue. American management won't like it. If our taxes are higher, I have a feeling that the cost savings from the Canadian dollar and employee salaries would outweigh any tax burdens. Tech talent in...

Knew I was forgetting something. The DC area, certainly. The taxes in DC are too high. It'll be some suburb in Virginia or Maryland, depending on operating costs.

Random lunch break epiphany: Do you think that the complaining King Street restaurants are seeing less customers because it is easier for locals to take transit to superior options now with the pilot project? If I lived in the Entertainment District, and I could suddenly get to King West or...

Yep. Which is why I want to see the numbers. It could fall within the typical gender gap between left/right. My feeling is that the gap is still wider than typical. Just look at McGuinty. He was portrayed as "Premier Dad" and received a fraction of the vitriol that Wynne does, despite his (IMO)...

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/01/18/misogyny-sexism-clearly-a-major-factor-in-wynnes-ultralow-ratings.html I think the evidence speaks for itself. Wynne's approval ratings and voting intentions are lower among men than they are women. I'd like to know the exact numbers...

Valid point that tech giants *in the past* tended to locate themselves in remote locations. I don't think that's what they're looking for right now. Amazon's corporate culture is constructed around being in Seattle. They're not Google or Apple. Baltimore isn't on the shortlist. Taxes in...

You'd think that, with all the money circulating in and around King West, there would be a market for condos with more innovative architecture and/or cladding (Mirvish-Gehry is the exception). Something like 1 Yorkville. Nobu is going to be a breath of fresh air for the Entertainment District.

"Below-median" lacks a certain je ne sais quoi

49.9% of the population is of below-average intelligence. I think you could apply 30% (or more) to North America, and indeed the world, at large.

Well, these look... functional. LOL oh Canada. We are too practical for our own good.

If the floorplate is an issue, I'd almost rather they go for a diagrid look. Something like 1 Undershaft in London. Utilitarian and stylish.

Fingers crossed that pre-set brick replaces grey spandrel as our cladding standard. I'll take 20 of these around the city in various colours, please and thank you.

As someone who takes the University line downtown daily, wait times have doubled on most of my trips due to the Vaughan extension. Crowding has also worsened at St. George station. I fear for the day that the Yonge line extension (which people will actually ride on day 1, unlike the Vaughan one)...

To have a 3xn designed midrise at this location would be so... satisfying. It just feels *right*.

If only they could get some public art on that east facade...

Reading this bit made me physically recoil. Imagine...

Municipal- Tory wins re-election, with Ford and a progressive candidate taking 30 and 20% of the vote respectively. The composition of council shifts to a centre-left majority. Tory also shifts left in his politics (as per recent interviews). Gardiner re-build comes up for a vote again, is...

Because the businesses on Bloor Street did the exact same thing when bike lanes were introduced, and it was proven entirely false. Business owners are scared of change, and many (most?) like the convenience of a car dominated street in front of their establishment, whether or not they realize...

Amazon HQ2? (Just kidding.... half kidding) Unfortunately it will block a lot of the sun from reflecting on Scotia Plaza's glorious red granite.

Such an easy improvement too. I assume there must be a reason for the grey... even a first year design student could have told them that black would look better. Sometimes I wonder who makes these decisions :confused: