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...and speaking of 'stuff'... ;) http://www.storyofstuff.com/

And having less stuff is sooooo liberating! In the last year and a half I have been on a material purging campaign and it feels great! As for the barbeque, we actually have 2 in our 'shared' backyard of our condo, or we can walk down the street and pick from the literally hundreds of great...

The issue of sprawl has to do with managing land in an efficient manner to ensure that our decisions and activities (i.e. preferential lifestyles) do NOT have detrimental affects on society, whether that be economic impacts (i.e. congestion), environmental or otherwise. As for your comment...

Assumptions! Huh? What do towers have to do with anything...????? You can block urban sprawl and NOT have anybody living in towers!

Serious Mississauga over London? Are you serious? :rolleyes:

Right on! That would be a great idea...as would location-efficient lending practices (http://www.locationefficiency.com/). For those who say they prefer sprawl over dense compact pedestrian/transit oriented development must prefer congestion, pollution, social separation and ugliness...

Here's the thing...when I first moved in there was a guy in the building who was running for the Board...apparently he tries all the time...I went to the meeting...I didn't know anyone at that time...had no clue about anything relating to the building nor the board (except for the off-handed...

Yes, you're right...the property managers are the enforcers, but in this case it's the board that sets the rules, and if you knew (or personally experienced) just some of the history in this building, you'd understand my comments. When I first moved in here, my real estate agent one day made...

Thanks, Duper...you have an interesting point...how can my balcony be considered a 'common' area in any reasonable sense? And how can someone be given exlusive access to an area that is defined as 'common'...it's a contradiction! As for fighting...you see...the problem with that is that -...

No big deal Well, I don't think once every four/five years to have a few balcony's (or more) with posters of candidates for a little over a month is a big deal. But that's the thing about condos...'shared' views make up the 'shared' areas. By the way, in the process of researching this...

My own personal opinion though...I would think that to 'encourage' more democratic participation (in all it's forms...not just voting), the government would want to consider an exception to the rule during elections.

Answer (Canada Elections Act) After some research...found the answer to my question. Election signs are clearly spelled out for Canadian federal elections under Section 322 of the Canada Elections Act: "Election advertising posters 322. (1) No landlord or person acting on their behalf...

Hi, everyone! I was recently asked to remove a poster of my local counselor from my second floor balcony. Does anyone know if they are allowed to prevent this? In my building the balconies are considered 'common' areas. In the letter telling me to remove it, they termed it 'advertising'...

Yup...hopefully that's the case and those more urban design elements will be realized. I do think it's possible to incorporate a mall into the urban fabric if it's done the right way. The parking/cars issue, though...that's one where I must respectfully disagree. I think that the only reason...

So true This is so true, but the sad part is that he's right in that there are still way too many people who just dont get it! And one thing he could have added which has a similar cultural entrenchment in North America is what goes hand in hand with the might auto and that is 'suburban...

It's the driving I confess...I'm going to go back and read through the posts right after I send this, but just to answer (for me) what the problem with malls is... ...one of the biggest problem with 'malls' - as they are 'typically' designed - is that they consume vast amounts of land (for...

Imagine a similar pre-1950's comment when discussions (loosely put) about accomodating cars were being had...something like... "I'm usually pro auto, but this is dumb when there are automobile lanes on the adjacent, parallel street! I was pro-widened streets though. Sigh..." Just b/c...

I also go to that gas station, but... As someone who also frequents that gas station occasionally, I'd love to see it go and replaced by another condo!...as long as the new project meets the street well, this could add some much needed life and continuity along both streets. As for my...

My mistake My mistake then...based on the renderings I saw it seemed like the park fronted both John and Front and the base of the tower setback from both streets contained the lobby...maybe the retail is fronting the other side of the tower, namely Windsor Street or the base of the smaller...

Base of building It's probably already been discussed given the amount of pages, but I really don't like the layout of the base on this building...no retail, setback from the 2 main streets...I think this will add little to it's surroundings, except maybe for the tiny park, but even that seems...