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The second floor is a near dead zone. Aside from Arcadia Earth, there’s not much going on there. Several (at least 3) retail spaces are still vacant and the huge RBC branch by the main escalators doesn’t help. When I explored the floor with some friends last weekend, the down escalator near...

Podium bricks look good, although those shifting patterns of windows are a tad overused, especially in that neighbourhood.

Jack Landau doing his bit to inform the uninitiated that this is the tallest office building under construction in Canada. In the same article, he also mentioned there are only 5 towers under construction in Canada that are taller than this, all of them residential towers in the GTA (4 in...

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When the place is still busy 3 months after its opening, I’m not sure you can call it a hype. I agree that some of the offerings are overpriced, although I don’t think the merchants price their products any higher than at their other outlets (the ones that I frequent anyway, like Gus Tacos). I...

Wellington Market seems to be a hit. Been there many times and noticed it was always busy. The opening of Waterworks nearby didn't appear to hurt the number of visitors.

Variations of art/artist(s) seem to be the norm for condo/ apartment names in the vicinity of OCAD/AGO - they don't reflect the aesthetics of the buildings. Even the old (1980s) tower at the southwest corner of Dundas & St Patrick - not sure if it's part of Village by the Grange, but its...

From yesterday Aug 22

You may not get rained on, but you may need wading boots in Union Station on some of those rainy days

Of course not. Germans should be upset that certain Toronto developers have appropriated this word for their crappy-looking buildings.

Given the aesthetics, they should've called it Quay Haus (on par with architectural merits of other "Haus" developments)

69 more to go. That's more floors than the tallest buildings have in any Canadian city outside Toronto / GTA.

If they hear you, they'll add 'timeless architecture' to their promotion materials. Oh, and it's right in the heart of Yorkville of course ;)

Today. With the right light, the pink panels assert themselves even from a distance

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