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It’s fascinating to see what has and hasn’t developed over the years, and it’s a bit of a miracle that the Distillery had grown with visitors despite the surroundings dragging its feet in development.

I miss that building too. Would have been awesome if they managed to repurpose it I also haaaaaaate how we’ve managed to go 20yrs and go completely backwards with this. The deal was that the city did the land swap with the people who built the data centre, and the Green P we’d been...

Found an old drive with 20yo photos. I think I’d just heard of the Distillery being remade as an arts district and made the trip to check it out for the first time. I miss that billboard

And henceforth, every June 9th at 8pm - the people in this particular unit will have direct sunlight. (until the two 96 storey towers go up on the First Parliament and Corktown Subway site in 32yrs)

I feel as though every generation notices a shift at some point, where the frame of what was accepted as “general knowledge” moves a decade or so. Kinda like: “Whaddya mean you never heard of the triangle shirtwaist factory?!” Which grew to- “The 1917 flu pandemic? You don’t remember?” Then...

I do wonder what kind of condo rules will be made regarding the use of partitions, trellises, dividers- any of the stuff used for privacy that folks may want to use.

I don’t drive, but even I’m starting to wonder if we can’t have a citizen group doing analysis on these projects. Even the mob wouldn’t drag this stuff out for this long. This, Gardiner, North Market, Union, Metrolinx. Kinda can’t wait too much longer for a politician to learn coherence and...

Here come pilings They seem to have gotten rid of the old transit turntable Now, is there some bylaw about not letting your site become a dust bowl?

That’s 11

Was trying to spot the brick today but to no avail. Is it on the north side? Looking forward to the look of the podium while the tower takes its time. I wouldn’t be mad if they ran out of money after adding five more stories. One can dream.

I still shake my head at 46s, but imagine I’ll be dead before it’s all finished building so- have at it. The spectre of St James Town looms. With any luck it’ll be the proof case for finally putting towers up on Toronto Island. It’s about time we populate every green space with large towers in...

I wonder if purposely building those near the water and away from the playground will help migrate the markers and paint pens

I want one plain, and one graffiti’d comes from my time collecting Dunny/Munny

One thing I do worry about, because I love that raccoon so much now- is the chance for vandalism. I remember stumbling across Sherbourne Commons shortly after it was built, right in the middle of nothing. But its playground was far simpler than this. With nobody populating Villiers for a...

So what I’m reading is that the two of you were in Cityplace at the same time as a lot of crime…hrm… (cleans monocle)… you don’t say

Liberty Village feels much worse than City Place, just without the height. But in answer to the question- ya. I imagine it’s gonna suck. I appreciate them mixing the residential with stuff like a school and daycare, brings traffic and life that will drive retail. How bullish anyone is with...

The contrasts are just not there.

um yeah… those panels, which always seemed whiter and brighter in spec, are getting lost amongst the pink. I imagine it’ll appear more dominant as most of the building gets clad in it, but- And again. This is in direct afternoon sunlight. It ain’t getting any brighter.

2015. Pan Am Game tourists stepped out of the Distillery and stared south on Parliament. The dark tunnel under the rail berm, the looming broken expressway. They seemed conflicted, but went north. That was during a sunny day in the summer. Many things discourage walking, like dingy underpasses-...