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Rhonda’s Folly!

This picture is missing a 15+ storey development on top of every building I suspect.

It would save pedestrian death/injuries to move the streetcar ROW from the centre of the avenue westwards to where the southbound traffic lanes are currently. Even if we couldn’t do it for the length of Spadina, it would really help through Chinatown. It would also help with transfers to the OL...

Apparently they are trying to do geothermal here..

There are two cranes on this site now - the second one went up this morning!

You know, the TTC fundamentally exists as a transit system (the clue is in the name). If security and police discriminate between those who are using the TTC system as a transit system, and those who are behaving in a way that mean that others can't use it as a transit system, I don't think that...

Much of the discussion about problems on the TTC treat the entire system as homogeneous. From my very limited observations, that really isn't the case. I see homeless individuals asleep on the university line subway cars and other riders co-existing without there being major issues. On the...

If this supportive housing project was aiming for a Dec 2021 occupancy, it has widely missed the mark. Progress in renovations seems very slow and certainly no sign of occupancy 13 months beyond that date.

I liked indense's idea that the station served the secondary function of linking the areas north and south of the Gardiner together seamlessly. The fact that the station does not extend underneath the Gardiner means that isn't really the case. AmJ

@indense for Mayor!

Talking to some of the surveying crews, they were Spanish (or possibly Italian) for the most part and unfamiliar with the city.

The heavy presence of transport police in London was a response to the mainland IRA bombing campaigns in the 1980’s and 90’s rather than dealing with roughsleepers (homeless citizens). Their task remains primarily anti-terrorism. If they think that you might tick, they will remove you away from...

It's not an anecdotal story @smallspy - and I think that @cplchanb understands my point. Google "Cornish Riviera Express" and you will get plenty of information about the run he drove, the engines that were used etc. It was quite a famous service at the time. I will give you that "stopping...

It's so sad. My G. Grandfather drove an express steam train on a 225.5 miles (~ 360 km) run, which was scheduled for 4 hours, and they weren't allowed to be late! That's an average of 90 km/h and that included letting the passengers on and off, taking on water etc. He finished driving in 1952...

Boxes of stuff was being carried into the old Fancy Frank’s (453 Queen W) by a bunch of construction-engineer-type individuals in hi-vis. They aren’t mucking about at Queen/Spadina. The city is going to need to think about parking restrictions on the street sooner rather than later as there is...

The soil in Eastern Ukraine is very dense and forms thick heavy mud. During periods of heavy rainfall and above freezing temperatures, it is difficult to move heavy vehicles/equipment and large numbers of people through off-road spaces. This bezdorizhzhya season will end as the temperatures...

The UTS kids looove those outdoor benches for some reason, and I can see more being added.

I think that there is similar artificial grass in the unleashed dog area in St. Andrews playground park, although as my dog refuses to go anywhere near it I haven't actually walked on it.

All those GO trains just sitting there, doing nothing, for most of the day!!! What a criminal waste.

They made a big deal in the notice on the door of the Queen/Spadina branch that the new branch is only 40 m away I.e. the old ASICS store. Therefore I assume that they will want a nearby replacement for Queen/Simcoe too…. (Spitballing)