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As a rule, I would agree. But Yonge can withstand the loss of the smaller storefronts in this side of the block. Cheap rent is simply not been working on Yonge for a long time...it's just crappy indie stores as opposed to interesting indie stores. If this was a block of vics, I'd be be...

While the Railway Lands were not "owned" by the municipality per say (Canada Lands is a Crown Corp), all of the schemes for this have been in collaboration with and negotiated with the City. In other words, the City has always ultimately been in control of how this land was to be developed.

At this point I'm not even concerned about architecture. This project eliminates by far the most deadly nasty retail block on Yonge (possibly in all downtown Toronto).

The electorate in general doesn't care (or know), so why would you expect the politicians to care (or know)? Remember, when the City was looking to have the Railway Lands developed, all they cared about was picking a developer that would get it done...that's all. How it looked was irrelevant...

Ironically, the problems we have now are the result of not spending enough. 50 years of cuts to social assistance, deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill, changes to the justice system, and little investment in social housing. All three levels of gov't are guilty of this and also try to...

That's the only way to do it. We already know that people are willing to pay with their time more than with their wallets. The easiest way to control the use of any limited resource is to dial in the price that results in the desired use. But sadly, Toronto is still a city that is not quite...

My point was that we are pointing out the obvious in terms of any capitalist venture. In terms of Toronto's live theatre sector, Mirvish has always played a major role in that portion of Toronto's economy. The city benefits from his success, therefore his obligation is to run a successful...

I have Unfinished Sympathy. Brilliant album. Strong vocals and writing there...somehow reminded me of Handsome Ned. Backing band included some pretty good local talent as well. Ah...the late 90's...just before everything seemed to go over a cliff.

Yes I have. The fact that it's most and not all is the saving grace for the TTC. If the TTC were burdened with the 905 as well, it would collapse the fragile house of cards that it is at the moment. And in fact, the former boroughs are actually generally of a better overall urban design than...

That unique scenario has absolutely zero bearing on what we're talking about. I find this topic tedious, because most people are completely confused about the details that it involves.

But isn't that the same for any business that the Toronto economy relies on? Running a successful business is whats good for the city...no? That said, while Mirvish sells a hell of a lot of tickets, his productions are just imported American musicals that play every city. And it looks like...

“It’s not a watered down version of this,” said Mr. Mirvish, gesturing to a model of the original design. “I actually like this project even better. What it has that the other didn’t have is this theatre [the Princess of Wales] that I put several years of my life into building. I’m glad to have...

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Not yet. It would almost make more sense to put them on all of them to maintain conformity. Nothing makes sense. CF has done a great job of ruining TEC...and they well on their way to ruining TD Centre. Meanwhile, the city laments over the Stollery Stone!!! We are getting our just desserts.

That was not the purpose of Metro...it just seemed that way because Toronto's growth of the early postwar years was small compared to today. Metro was supposed to just be "the city", with room to grow. But still a manageable size for a municipality. A municipal entity the size of the GTA...

The 60,000 sqft purpose-built Color-Field Mirvish Gallery died with with the original proposal. If you have info suggesting otherwise, I'm all ears. Even that 9,000 sqft compromise on the roof of the white warehouse looks to be in question. They all laughed at Hershey and his chocolate bar too.

David Mirvish is on record pointing this out himself on several occasions. While it appears you seem to think you know more about his business empire than he does, I'm apt to side with Mirvish. ..........

Nope...you did miss the whole point of the analogy, which was that the remaining 3 theatres run by Mirvish can handle all the productions currently being produced in his 4 theatres. There is no net loss to the city's theatre business. POW was built to temporarily house long-running...

Except there is no such zoning restrictions here (if there even were such a thing as zoned "live theatre"). Again...missing the point. And why would you designate a structure, which clearly doesn't qualify, in an attempt to preserve what goes on in the building? It just seems that the City...

Doesn't really matter what commodity you use in the example. Way to miss the point.