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Maybe I'm the only one with a juvenile mind here but upon looking at the model, I couldn't help but think that "The c*ck tower" would be a very appropriate sales name for this project.

I think you guys are missing the point. London is by far an uglier city than Barcelona, yet it is also far more powerful, economically and politically. Toronto is uglier than Montreal, yet also far more powerful and influential. Bucharest has no overhead wires in the historical core while...

Are Bloor (Annex) or the Danforth (Greektown) more "world class" than Queen West or Kensington because of wires / no wires? Does it even make much of a difference at all?

The focus on aesthetics (urban realm, overhead wires) in the context of global city hierarchy is about as relevant as a discussion around whether Angela Merkel did or did not have tidy fingernails at the U.N. Summit in 2014. Sure, you can make a big deal out of it, but that sort of stuff is...

I find food in Ontario quite lacking because the quality of ingredients is quite poor (at certain levels of affordability and availability that is). This is likely due to factory farming, a short growing season, and the fact that much of our food is imported during the winter, specifically...

Still, I wouldn't mind having Parliament Hill here in Toronto, perhaps somewhere along Parliament Street. How fine would that be?

This is a problem that can't be solved by the same means which produced it, so let's change the conversation. Let's all stop defending or arguing whether Toronto is or isn't one and let's talk about Toronto as a world class city. I'll start with a simple question: what are your favorite...

A lot of complaints regarding Toronto's status seem strangely superficial. Aesthetics do not define whether a city is or is not world class. They aren't even a weighty factor at all, and I am not alone in that opinion. As for the article, it reads like a shotgun fired with eyes closed. A new...

Walmer Rd provides a series of examples of how extruded balconies can be handled, with a full range or results, from bad to great. In St. Jamestown, the single most horrid building (and by far the cheapest, rent wise) is the only one without balconies.

Quick question to everyone, what exactly is so unpleasant about the way balconies look?

I currently live in a mid-rise and would never consider renting an apartment or condo that did not have either a balcony, a patio, or some sort of outside space. A lot of the older apartment buildings nearby (Deer Park) do not, and while they are very beautiful and stately, I would feel far too...

For me, this sentence basically sums up the entire graffiti debate.

^^ Reading some of the comments below Hume's article, unfortunately I have to say you are correct. Either that or there is a disproportionately large number of mis-informed mean-spirited people on the internet.

I think this is a sticking point for many who are beginning to truly get acquainted with the North American built form.

Well, more specifically, directly south of it. Ultimately this does fit with the notion that we can call Midtown the area up to Eglinton.

I live at Yonge and St. Clair now and frequently take walks up to Eglinton. There are a lot of businesses around here which reference the moniker "Midtown," and it seems to fit quite nicely, since Yonge and Eglinton does appear to be roughly in the geographic center of the city. That said...

I lived without a car in Mississauga for about 4 months. My quality of life declined dramatically and I may even have experienced a bout of depression as a result. During school, I lived in a student house in Chinatown and my commute to school, work, groceries, etc was 7-10 minutes. I lived...

Not on topic, but I've always preferred the rather stately character of Mid-town, in contrast to some of the shabbiness that is visible downtown. Here it is during the current snow fall.

Ugh, I personally am disappointed. While I like the tower portion much better in this second iteration, I see the podium treatment as a very sad, sad, sad compromise. What was the point of saving that Frankenstein kangaroo of a building, half Victorian half po-mo hair salon extravaganza, only to...

To be fair those gates are absolutely tiny and, I imagine, largely symbolic. Only in a place as polite as here would those be seen as any sort of deterrent to trespassing.