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It's funny how you continue to demand proof after proof while offering NONE to substantiate your rhetoric :-).

I addressed this specious argument BEFORE when this discussion started. The vast majority of Toronto's parks are under 25,000 square metres. You conveniently forgot to add the map legend: Park Size: Green dot (less than 25,000 square metres), yellow dot (25,000 to 75,000 square metres), red...

Um I meant YOU could learn from YOUR mistakes. The website is just an example of how Montrealers (not just “Westmount Rhodesiansâ€) use “Maisonneuve.†For someone who “spent years in Montreal,†I am surprised that you can't navigate a website in French!

The good thing about being open-minded is that you can learn from your mistakes. http://www.la-rue-st-denis.com/metro.htm

There's nothing wrong in comparing Toronto parks to parks in other cities just as people are comparing Toronto buildings/architecture to those in other cities in other threads. Before the discussion around the lack of quality park spaces in downtown Toronto relative to downtown Vancouver...

Aside from the fact that I used quotation marks, colloquially most Montrealers refer to BOULEVARD De Maisonneuve as Maisonneuve (another indication that you are not familiar with Montreal). “Without a shadow of a doubt� You mean your ludicrous claim about how difficult it was for you to...

Well this is the point I made: “Hampton and Maisonneuve†is NOT in downtown Montreal. Someone’s SUBJECTIVE experience with PLAYGROUNDS around Hampton and Maissoneuve could not justify a sweeping and conclusive statement about the lack of PARKS in DOWNTOWN Montreal relative to downtown...

The Canadian Urban Institute explained in Appendix 1 how the downtown areas were defined in each city. Comparisons between 10 Downtowns CUI studied 10 unique downtowns that stretch from east to west across Canada. These downtowns range in population from the thousands to the millions...

I am not sure how any of these make the U of T campus more beautiful! Re: CN Tower, you are clearly not familiar with the McGill campus. How can you compare the two campuses when you know about only one of them?

When it comes to a greener downtown, Toronto can certainly learn from Vancouver. Nearly 93% of Vancouver’s land base is within a five-minute walk to a green space and Vancouver is working towards taking that percentage even higher. http://vancouver.ca/green-vancouver/access-to-nature.aspx...

I simply pointed out the absurd and narrow Toronto-centric viewpoints of the posters who tried to refute my statement about the relative lack of quality park spaces in downtown Toronto, which is supported by the findings on page 1 (reflecting consultation feedback from Torontonians) as well as...

You may disagree but the relative lack of quality park spaces in downtown Toronto is a serious issue. It affects the quality of life of the people living in downtown Toronto. It’s important to ensure adequate and appropriate infrastructure in downtown Toronto as more and more people move to...

I referred to this statement of yours: “Looking around carefully, I do NOW see a PLAYGROUND that's only 1 km away and CLOSER.” My statement about the relative lack of quality park spaces in downtown Toronto is supported by the findings on page 1 (which reflects consultation feedback from...

You are welcome to contact Canadian Urban Institute and ask them to change the numbers as they ran afoul of your narrow Toronto-centric views.

Now that you located a closer playground, it simply reinforces my point that the experience of living in a city is not the same as visiting a city. I encourage you not to form uninformed opinions about other cities, which, in turn, will ensure that you don't make ludicrous statements. As for...

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We are digressing from the thread topic so I will just provide a link to a map of the U of T downtown campus. You can look at each building by clicking on the small blue circles. People can decide on their own if all of these buildings are architecturally “great/generally outstanding.â€...

I love the look of L Tower and I wish Toronto had more buildings like it!

When taken as a whole, the McGill campus is more cohesive and appealing. As I noted in my post, I love the old campus (including St. Michael's College) but that does not represent the entire U of T campus. If anything, the old campus accentuates how average other parts of the campus are. McGill...

“Generally close to the centre of downtown� In other words, reference points that would minimize the distance from downtown so that you could claim you were “close enough� Why would you dispute the finding, “The City of Toronto has the lowest allocation of park space per person in...