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Yep, that's my gym. Thankfully they were able to relocate in the core, still tough to see all the retail on Yonge being obliterated. While the Aroma across the street is fine it feels like we are losing something.

This so funny. I grew up at Burnhamthorpe and Fieldgate (one light up) and first off, that side of Burnhamthorpe is the "new" part of town, kind of ;late 70s, early 80's vintage classic subdivisions. There were farmers fields and apple orchards there before. Pretty much at best they shot for the...

Be nice to Rosedale (I'm being serious). It actually represents a livable neighborhood that yes, has some crazy expensive houses, but there are no gates or long drive ways, shunning the inclusion with the city (unlike the Bridal Path for example). There are somewhat more modest homes, apartments...

I was down to Bentonville (Wal Mart HQ) a few months ago and the head office is a desperate and mean spirited as the retail outlets. Row after row of tiny cramped cubicles, conference rooms with all the joy of an interrogation room, scraped tables, mis matched chairs and the same soul destroying...

That's a shame you feel that way. Negativity is a pretty lousy way to grind your way through life. I see North America going through a period of urban renewal that will be a ton of fun to be a part of. Toronto will certainly be one of the center points. There are lessons that HK, SZ, Singapore...

A bit dated now, but a great article on Singapore. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.04/gibson.html I'll trust Mr. Gibson on his insight into the cultural costs and decisions made in city states. There is a success at all costs mentality that certainly can result in progress, maybe it's...

At this point, it makes no sense to undo what has been done. At a time there were clearer divides between the pockets of the old cities and downtown, now, I'm not so sure. The ties that bind are stronger now than the ones that keep us a part. Going west, we have Queen street, melding with...

http://www.rotate.com/content/tickets/ Interesting that there is nothing at the Guv/Kool Haus other than electronic gigs (not a bad thing) http://theguvernment.com/special-events/ The live music scene is just as vital as always just playing at different or slightly expanded set of venues as...

Your final picture is one of my favourite views of the buildings. There is a compression and density mixed with the height of the building which makes it feel like something we haven't seen before in Toronto. At the same time you don't get the sense of 70s vintage apartment blocks, corporate...

No, I was just in three of those cities over the last few weeks. San Franciscio is very different with some building but nothing like we have. Seattle has the core yet still suffers from the empty lots and mish mash. Portland is a low rise lumber town, I love it just not the same. Toronto is...

I know it's off topic, but it really shows that lost potential of the original Trump in the cluster. With 15 more floors it would have looked fine. It also shows the mechanical and weird almost facade nature of the antenna. Without the antenna I could almost live with the mechanical. Anyway...

I've gone through a recent cycling experiment here in our lovely town. Being a competitive mountain biker I've happily stayed off of the roads and enjoyed the trails and limited my worry to trees and rocks. Following a recent injury (broken ribs) I've been unable to venture back into the...

Don't dismiss the Toronto restaurant scene, while not having a Per Se or Alienea we have an amazing cross section of quality -- George, Kaji, Black Hoof, Splendido, Enoteca, Woodlot, Acadia, Franks, Gu, Burger Priest (seriously), Origin and the list goes on. What the new big hotels are trying to...

Astonishing...Tomms...all of your work.

I agree with you about the mechanical box. For some reason the staggered setbacks, the terraces and the thinning of the tower ending with the mechanical works. Unlike, for example X, which I try and try and try to love but I just can't because of the box on top. I drive past and as long as I...

Oh I'm totally with you, I just thought it was an interesting discussion of what makes an area downtown. I think of Leslieville because like Ossington and Dundas West, despite being mostly residential there is a downtown vibe to the streets, yet when I get the beaches I think nah, I'm in the...

Downtown is more of a presence than a location in my mind. I view the Leslieville strip, Ossington, Dundas west, Cabbagetown as representing downtown. The official notion/boundaries of downtown is less interesting, more I think which neighborhood, mostly connected physically (more or less). At...

You know, you also have to consider our place in the business cycle. We've gone from having almost no office projects being planned to a pretty substantial collection of buildings in flight. Perhaps Telus and Waterpark are a little restrained, though I'm not certain that it's necessarily a bad...

Gotcha, makes sense. You are probably right, the same building in the spot of the old hospital would likely be a whole lot less domineering. I guess it's the reality of the situation having to build than replace. Either way, I don't think it spells doom for the park and in fact is a long term...

The hospital itself, with curved balconies always struck me as having a forgotten Hollywood vibe about it and not in a good way. For me the jail was always okay, just the hospital as a long term facility struck me as not cheery or well kept. Having a modern long term facility in the Riverdale...