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Most people don't. A rooftop amenity terrace with bbq's, seating, and (if you're lucky) a hot tub beats having a balcony any day.

My understanding is that if they lower the rent, the valuation of the property goes down, so they’d rather just maintain the value of their asset than rent it out. Greedy? Yes. Bad for the city? Yes. But it does make sense.

Doug is motivated by three things: Benefitting his friends/benefactors, benefitting himself (through benefitting the friends), and benefitting Etobicoke. This whole thing reeks of the back of his napkin. Developer friends get new land at Don Mills and Eglinton, Therme gets a free parking lot...

Seeing these again made me so happy; for once the final project was way better than the initial designs! 😍

Having stayed in many hotels with windows facing the hallway, it was a nightmare for noise. Communal spaces would be an effective way to generate “community” in this sense. I think enclosed courtyards in the interior of buildings (like in Barcelona and other large cities in Spain) that are...

Yuck. More commentary from an out-of-touch Boomer who would rather there be no new housing at all, instead of something that doesn’t quite fit his opinion of what is right for the neighbourhood. Well, guess what Randy, the people living in these apartments are young workers, immigrants and...

Dufferin continues to be sufferin'.

ok I'll bite: My understanding of the drawings is that it's spaced in a way that ensures it complies with requirements for exhaust vents and safety exits. I'm not an engineer so who knows if it could moved or not. Since you haven't provided any evidence that it *can* be moved, I'll throw your...

I find it amusing that some people think that Metrolinx hasn't already investigated all the alternatives to locating a station entrance here. Yes, this is a "cheap", "convenient" and easy place to locate the entrance. That's what makes it the best option. It's also the only option that makes it...

There will be no news story. From what I heard, Metrolinx officials asked the police not to arrest the guy and are keeping it under wraps... my assumption is that they don't want to bring media attention to this guy or his organization- this is part of their MO. Unfortunately contractor activity...

One of the pro-tree activists drove his car into the fence this afternoon... the police were called. Not sure if he was arrested. Pretty ironic that someone trying to stop a public transit project used their private vehicle to wreck it 😂

Paula Fletcher doesn't want a "wall of condos" blocking off the waterfront :rolleyes: How are we going to get all that nebulous affordable housing then? The hate for apartments in this city is so weird and.... backward. Especially when it comes from supposedly left-leaning councillors...

So much retail on Gerrard! And an actual streetwall! 😍 This might be the best revitalization project in Toronto yet! And 100% the best phase of the Regent Park redo.

Just came by to say: the brick panels on this are f***ing gorgeous in real life. I did a double-take from the King Streetcar as it whizzed by. Photos do not do it justice. More golden brick in this city please.

This is lightyears beyond T&S. The towers are slimmer and well separated, and the block is broken up with a POPS pedestrian walkway through the middle. The heights of all 3 buildings are staggered so as to not resemble a monolith or Borg spacecraft. Plus- the architecture and materials on this...

NIMBYISM/aversion to change spans the political spectrum, it's one of the few issues that unites certain folks on the right and the left. There's pro-housing people on both sides too. That's why the big tent approach of More Neighbours Toronto is particularly brilliant; they've embraced both...

It's funny; this is the alternative I suggested to a friend that lives in the area, who blew a gasket over this proposal and is organizing with his neighbours to oppose it. I asked that, given the Danforth was limited to 10 storeys max, would he be ok with a 6-10 storey midrise across the street...

Not to worry; that blank wall will be the perfect spot for an awesome mural. Maybe something along the lines of the Okuda San Miguel mural at Jarvis/Carlton? It’s a win-win, the Wheat Sheaf gets preserved and we get cool art.

Municipal heritage designations can’t stop/won’t stop the province from replacing it if they need to. Provincial interest always supersedes. The main roadblock would be any objection from the Feds, as interprovincial railways are under their purview.

Looks like the proponents are trying to get in there before an Ontario Line TOC project potentially sterilizes the assembly. Densification on the Danforth… hallelujah 😍😍😍