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There is no arguing that both buildings are highly attractive and I would have perfectly been ok with it if they were privately funded buildings and Ryerson was a private institution. The issue is that they are publicly funded buildings and Ryerson is a public university, and we are in the age...

Gorgeous building indeed! However, the excessive amount of money they spent to design and build such extravagant building could have been better spent on things that actually improve the quality of the education that Ryerson students receive. The same goes for the Imaging Centre which is in my...

ROTFL @ “Thanks for remembering that thread Stupid” I know his alias is Stupidandshallow, but it’s still pretty funny. I guess that's what you get for using these types of aliases.

I respect your personal opinion. But still there are lots of people including myself who enjoy sitting under the sun at Dundas Square. But I think that the bigger outrage is the city planner's blatant lie on the report that there wouldn't be any shadow effect.

Starting a new thread for those who are concerned about the impact that the five-floor expansion on each of the Atrium on Bay towers will have on Dundas Square. The floor expansions will create a shadow effect on Dundas Square by as early as 5:30pm; this is a major issue because between May and...

First of all, You may not care about being able to catch some sun at Dundas Square, but I do care; and so do the thousands of other Toronto citizens who gather there when it's warm and move their seats around depending on where the sun is and to try to catch every last ray of sun light in the...

Last summer I went to Dundas Square after work nearly every day, and the sun would always be located in the same area as the pictures above between 5pm and 8pm (if not later). When I brought this shadow issue to the city planner last October, this is what he said by email: "On Shadows, we...

For those who care about being able to sit and enjoy the sun at Dundas Square after 5pm, take a look at these pictures I took yesterday at around 6pm. The city has allowed the building over which the sun is hovering (the Atrium on Bay) to add 5 more floors to each of its two towers. And as you...

You're joking, right? If you aren't, you should be made aware that 99% of Toronto citizens are ordinary people who want to enjoy the sun.

For those who support the floor additions at the Atrium on Bay, take a look at these pictures I took this afternoon at 6pm; you can see that any floor addition would totally block out the sun at Dundas Square as early as 5pm. I think that's what the real scandal is: taking away ordinary...

Atrium would be ill-advised to proceed with the construction before the decision has been heard by the OMB. Do you really think that 633 bay st management will stay idle if Atrium starts putting up cranes before the OMB hearing? We've been down this road before. The City approved it back in...

Not so fast. There are still legal hurdles (I.e. An air-tight NIMBY agreement with 633 Bay condo Corp) no matter how much the City and others might like it. Also, at a recent community meeting, it was found out that floor expansion at Atrium on Bay would create a shadow effect on Dundas Square.

It definitely would. Our lawyers have told us so and that was one of the reasons why our condo corp appealed. For me personally, being on the 23rd floor with an unobstructed view south view, there is no doubt that the value of my property would drop at least 10%-20% if the project had gone...

I understand your frustration. However, the value of our condo would have taken a severe hitsif this project had gone thru. If you were in our shoes I'm sure you'd sympathize with us.

You're welcome :)

According to the letter we received from our building management, back in the 80s or 90s when the Atrium was being built, there was a contract between the prior owners and 633 bay Condo Corporation in which one of the clauses stipulated that any "major" variance at the Atrium on Bay would first...

Phheeww!! Thanks for the clarification. I currently have an unobstructed south view of downtown and extending the floors at the Atrium would have completely blocked my view.

Which project is being considered on May 30th? I live at the 633 bay st and we received a letter back in December that the project to extend the floors at the Atrium wasn't going to go thru after all. Did something else come up?.

Dude, you can ridicule the Star of Downtown all you want but there is no other building in Toronto I'd rather live in: 1) Accross the street from a supermarket 2) Low condo fees 3) proximity to subway; TTC at doorstep 4) proximity to DVP 5) Proximity to Parliament 6) Accross the street...

That's awesome! As someone who lives at the Star of Downtown I would love to see that gas station and coffee shop go. Especially the coffee shop which is mainly used by prostitutes and drug dealers. I will miss having a gas station just a block away; but luckily there will still be another one...