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I I have literally no position on the decision, I’m simply commenting that there is a well-reasoned logic to the judge’s reasons - they are not out of thin air or a fiction. If you read the statues appended to the reasons, it is fairly clear to me that there is a difference between the legal...

I I apologize, that sounded condescending. I read the entire judgement and basically it boils down to there being two different processes. The proper way to challenge a heritage designation is by making an appeal of the designation or the refusal of a demolition permit under the Heritage Act...

Y You are obviously not a lawyer. Sometimes form is all that matters in the law. If the OLT was not in fact empowered to consider the substance of the heritage designation, the OLT decision would set a wrong precedent that would apply to all future planning decisions. The City was basically...

I tend to agree that this was not the original intention of s. 37 funds, which were meant to fund community-wide improvements and neighbourhood beautification. Affordable housing, as a basic necessity, should be paid for by all levels of government out of general tax revenues as are things like...

This is going to be so hideous. The idea of over-cladding the building in the name of indigenous cultural expression is absurd, and I don’t think is what UNDRIP ever intended.

Tower is pretty good (except the south side, unfortunate choices in window wall with nothing to break it up) but the podium is a huge miss, especially at the north end. The installed windows and spandrel are terrible. Why do arches if you aren’t going to install arched glass? It makes no sense...

Friends of the Foundry has confirmed that "the demolition so far is on-plan, even though the timing did not conform to the 2021 HIA recommendation. City Heritage Preservation Services... have double-checked the current plan of work and it's OK." Personally, I'm not sure why we're demolishing...

What is with College Street? It's like in 2008, some terrible old witch cursed it with 100 years of horrible architecture. This is only the beginning of her nefarious plan.

Well, the rest of the quote was: Mr. Barwise [CF VP] rejects the idea. “The building is functionally obsolete; it has structural deficiencies and some environmental issues,” he said. “It just doesn’t work in terms of our current plans.” The building is architecturally unremarkable, with...

I don't have a deep knowledge of future transit plans, but assuming that the City continues running the 504A (Distillery), it could conceivably continue down Cherry street to the Portlands, so transit users could get off at the new Corktown station and transfer. There is no way there's going to...

I just wonder why exterior renovations are being done at all where the money could be spent on better interiors, security, or programming for the residents. I sent an e-mail to the listed e-mail address. Perhaps attendees at the meeting tonight could raise this objection as well.

Starting to peek out, as seen from Metro Hall yesterday.

From Metro Hall yesterday.

Walking by today I noticed that they took down all fencing around the site that’s been there for years. It’s just an open field now. Not sure if that means anything at all, just what I saw.

Even though the materials are decent quality, this one is difficult to like. I'm not sure any design could have made up for the massing, which is hulking and leaves no open space. Why they chose to clad such a huge building in dark grey instead of a lighter colour, not to differentiate the two...

Mid-rise density is good density. This site wouldn't work for a tower and a mix is appropriate.

There is speculation that the builder, Greenland Holdings, may be in similar (although not as deep) financial trouble as the other Chinese builder, Evergrande. "In the U.S., Greenland, along with Oceanwide Holdings and China Vanke, which have also fallen short of Beijing’s new rules, are all...

Blend? It's a complete contrast in terms of materials that, in my opinion, doesn't work at all. The previous proposal (even if it had been extended to 30s) was infinitely more sensitive to the industrial context. The look of the new building is garbage and could fit in anywhere (except the...

It's a nice design, but it doesn't seem like a Toronto design. The wood and siding read very West / East Coast to me and it doesn't fit in with the existing complex or anything on the street. It'll be fine, but not my preference at all.

I think you may be one of the few. It is unique, experimental architecture that has been in the same location in Corktown for decades. For many people, it is a symbol of reentering downtown Toronto from the east side. It's certainly more interesting to look at than 95% of the buildings in the...