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No it would be a full pedestrian precinct. With fruit stands. And classically trained buskers!

Nice picture, thanks. There's an even more impressive example in front of the Munk Centre on Devonshire. I went look for an online photo, which I think I found on - wait a minute! - on your Flickr stream? ;) (But I don't know how to link to that)

LOL Forgotten. (Literally!) That was a good one.

Could we change your screen name to Badger? All this verbal son et lumiere still does not disguise the fact they are supposed to be delivering two a month since March. You're not worried apparently. But you can believe Byford is, that's why he spoke to the media last week. Below is a...

It's hilarious that you want to argue about such minor things. It does you not credit and it wins you no friends. I meant that the acceleration of deliveries has come to an end since 4405. And it may well now be reversing. And they are nowhere near the revised schedule of two a month beginning...

The monthly "transponder fee" covers these costs and more. Studies show that on average collection costs for transponder based expressway toll systems are generally 20% of revenues collected or less. If it was so hard to collect tolls, would every country except Canada be doing it? Those extra...

You seem like such an extreme apologist for TTC, it's mystifying to me. Deliveries have not been accelerating since 4405 came, they are slowing down. Under the revised time line they were to be delivering 2 a month beginning in March. But since March 1, 10 weeks ago, only 2 have been delivered...

^Thanks AG. I did a little digging, and RioCan reports they are spending $10 million to renovate the existing Latvian House, with the future tenant being LCBO. So could this mean the existing building envelope will stay in place, and a new building of no more than 3 stories will be built on the...

Dude, what are you talking about? We should start levying tolls on the Gardiner, 401, DVP, and 427 immediately. If the average toll was something reasonable, say $5 per trip, it would raise something like a billion dollars annually. (That figure is a wild guess, but it's roughly correct I am...

People, this is a side show. If the Gardiner were tolled, then everybody would pay, and Toronto could use the revenue to reduce residents' property taxes. So the end result would be that non-residents only pay, but it would be easy to implement and non-discriminatory in how it worked. That's how...

Not so. Read the City of Toronto Act.

Uh oh. Can anybody explain what this means? Why for example is this about a three story building, when the original render was taller? And does this definitely mean they want to demolish and facadomize Latvian House?

That must be temporary right?

Yeah well the Wynne government is obviously not going to pass a law that calls for tolls on the Gardiner "except for Toronto residents" so don't worry about it. Honestly, are all our politicians stupid, or do they just assume we are? Regardless, our politics is completely broken. (And...

Sure. But the programmer's job here was to check for ambiguity and deliver an error message of some kind, not silently assume one of multiple possible addresses. I mean sheesh.

I tried to plan a trip beginning at Robarts Library (100 St George St). It told me to walk to Mimico GO station!

You may be right about east of York. Anyway it will all be academic soon, as QQ will be great at both ends and in the middle. It's still interesting to take the Lake Shore stretches of trail (and wonder - "what were they thinking back then?")

I had no idea - this is terrific news. Good old Waterfront Toronto, still gettin things done

The sidewalk on the north side of Lake Shore at Cherry St. used to be marked as part of the Martin Goodman trail. It ended at Parliament, but you could take a dirt path from there west to Sherbourne. Then there was nothing until the offroad path on the south side of Lake Shore (Harbour St.)...

Well, even at $500 million, it would not be a worthwhile investment in terms of lives saved. The majority of train accident fatalities involve collisions with cars and trucks, so it would be better to spend that money on grade separation. But if PTC were seen as a way to increase speed and...