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That looks a lot like new docking spots for water taxis... which the eastern part of the waterfront is sorely lacking. Can't wait to bike/bus/walk down to Parliament Slip and hop on a water taxi to Ward's Island. It would save a whole lot of time and result in a lot more trips to the Islands.

IIRC, in planning school, our working definition of lowrise was 1-5 storeys, midrise was 5-11, and highrise was 12+. These definitions are arbitrary, relative, and will probably change with time. That said, I do think that traditional urban blocks in large European/Latin American cities are a...

The solution is a form based code that encourages smaller commercial spaces and good urban design, and discourages soul-crushing podiums. Height isn't the enemy here. Nor are block assemblies, as long as they animate the pedestrian realm.

Two points: 1. Foreign investors are not aware of the "unique" nature of that block, and a talented agent could easily sell the units to people who will never set foot there, and 2. It there's parking, many of the future residents will simply go from their condo to their automobile and back again.

Glad this got approved. Brad Lamb has better taste and cares more about his product than 95% of developers in this town. His reputation is irrelevant IMO. Fingers crossed that this doesn't get flipped to someone else now that it's approved.

Dear god, now THAT is an improvement on the previous design. Reminds me of the old folks home at Broadview and Danforth with the brickwork and recessed angled windows. Love it!

The 1970's colour palette is back in style, haven't you heard?! Brown on beige on taupe on brown on cream on mocha, with a splash of terra cotta. I nearly gagged writing that.

Lol. If we can't even expect the people who can afford it to invest in decent architecture, then there's no hope for this city. I like when people complain about architecture. It shows they care. Toronto needs more of that.

Hot take: we have enough heritage stock in this area, and one of these buildings has been adulterated to the point of irrelevance anyway. Toronto has a housing affordability crisis right now, and keeping large swathes of our core as museumified heritage blocks of (semi) detached houses, solely...

This is great! Gentle density/missing middle housing in a neighbourhood with excellent access to transportation and services. It's going to get NIMBY'ed to hell (particularly over parking, assuming there will be none), but as a neighbour, I look forward to attending any consultations and...

King William III or King George VII?

Beware the hidden spandrel in that render....

What changed that makes you think that? It looks great to me- I wish every project on our main streets mimicked historical fine-grain retail.

Honestly, I am so tired of glass boxes that I'm relieved to see mediocre precast Stern facsimiles anywhere in this city. Shame that this one's in Yorkville where there's quite a few of them.

Nah, all his developer buddies want a slice of this real estate pie, I’d say this is among the safest projects funded by the province for that reason alone. Also it would supremely piss off the Feds, considering they also have significant skin in the game.

I hope that Sidewalk/Google see hashing out these legal bits as a necessary cost of doing business, and that this project proceeds in a form that is acceptable to most rational people, in a way that doesn’t compromise personal data that is *actually sensitive*. I really wish I could get actual...

Dear god, that is the blandest name for a project ever. “Galleria” is even the blandest name for a MALL, ever. Is it in Jersey City? Is it in Burnaby? Who knows! What you do know is you’re in store for some mediocre shopping.

What document is this from? Sorry if it’s already been posted.

What an utterly anonymous snoozefest. Fingers crossed this is just for the rezoning exercise.

My understanding is that the TIF slide was taken from a leaked internal document that was exploring potential options for financing the project and associated infrastructure improvements. It was never intended for release or serious proposal. Not only that, but none of the 3 levels of government...