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The park looked so much bigger due to the open parking lots. It was a sad day when the trees surrounding the parking lot (later ROCP) were chopped down - I had never realized it was private property.

While MaRS is an excellent building, I wished it had been clad in something more vibrant, more reflective of the structures highly technical interior. This building accomplishes the effect of glamorized research, even if it has somewhat ponderous bones under that glass.

Slightly dated photo, but posting just to "agree" with northto: the park is all the better with the new neighbours.

Where do construction companies dump fill? Old quarries?

Point towers are favored over slabs to permit light to street level and reduce the perception of mass (IMO a good idea): who cares if 90% of the height is a glassy anorexic, when you have a Lexington looming at ground level?

That's what you get when you mess with a Church...flood and shifty soil...lol.

Is that a good thing in your opinion?

Philistine comments mays upset the chattering classes, but look what happened - they elected a Philistine council and get the last laugh (for a while). The urge to wipe clean is never a moot point unfortunately.

What is the state of the dock wall in this area? I know around Keating the conditions are poor.

I don't think it's toast. My friends on Granby shop at Metro because "its more convenient" when coming home on the subway. Don't ever underestimate the convenience-driven decisions that come with end of day weariness - a couple hundred extra steps is too many steps (it's 350 extra steps from...

That stretch of Gerrard is littered with abandoned storefronts, so you would think the Councillor would embrace development. We are not talking a Queen West type scenario where artists and fun stores occupied low rent locations: correct me if I'm wrong, but this area barely has a heartbeat.

Interesting how small business owners can position convenience as detrimental. I for one arrive and depart work in the dark, and rarely have the luxury of wandering Kensington by day. From my perspective, I would say a full service grocery store in walking distance is a requirement when...

Maybe the scaffolding for the restoration will rest on the new (and safer) footing?

Much of the traffic in recent days has been grocery tourists. Once the novelty wears off it will probably be lively but not jammed. Sobeys didn't get any of this because it's just another Sobeys with no added shopping pleasure.

If it were not for Buddies, could the developers could have made some arrangement with the city to bury the parking underneath the adjacent parkette? Also, with the Wellesley parking lot kitty corner to this development, excavation one level down and installation of a garage and tunnel to the...

The builders of these warehouses would probably be shocked at the expense that contemporary Torontonian builders are budgeting for preservation: these are warehouses after all, and although lovely in our eyes, probably never envisioned as enduring the ages. The demolition of the warehouses in...

Like the Four Seasons, this building looks spectacular in gloomy weather.

Progress as of a week ago: soon my vantage point will be obstructed.

Drywall and drop ceilings can age badly and look dirty, whereas concrete ceilings are ageless. For a food store, I think it's a good choice.

What! You don't like 'Victorian' town homes? Lol. Given their popularity as infill, I think your fears are grounded.... Btw - what was here before?