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The use of setbacks makes for an interesting design, but it could use some pops of vibrant colour in the panels around the windows to both improve the design and to better tie it into the surrounding neighbourhood's colour palette. I wonder if there's an attractive Victorian facade underneath...

It's wonderful to see this proposal given its potential to bring new vitality to this underwhelming part of Dundas. I remember being stunned when Giraffe was rejected for the northwest corner of Dundas and Bloor, which had a similar proposed height. It seemed to speak to how powerful the NIMBYs...

Look at the single detached homes in the background. Each one has a different shade of brick, yet all of the colours harmonize. Why don't developers do that anymore with townhouse complexes? It's boring to repeat the same colour scheme block after block. Yet, it's now the norm. Give me a block...

Says the person with two flags in their profile photo ;-) Flag vendors are the kind of informal street retail that Toronto has too little of.

I generally like skateboarders. They help to animate public spaces and by using them in novel and interesting ways. Their stunts can be fun to watch. A little wax on concrete curbs isn't a big deal in my opinion. I'm also a huge fan of parkour in public spaces.

It sounds like a combined bus/bike lane could solve these issues.

An above-ground parking garage at the water's edge is utterly inappropriate.

My point was that some enlightened provincial bureaucrats might deem the whole thing unnecessary at some point in the future and choose to demolish it. It has happened in many cities already, though usually in places with better developed transit and/or less traffic.

They're probably not going to put a brand new elevated expressway underground (which is what's under construction now). On the other hand, as the maintenance costs increase and the regional transit system gets built out, I could see provincial bureaucrats deeming it to no longer be a necessary...

TMU should have their own campus police like U of T and perhaps even assume responsibility for maintaining the streets around their campus to deal with the issue. Also, I agree with @ceaz40 that downtown Yonge Street needs to be cleaned up, especially from Dundas to Bloor. Its fate shouldn't be...

The quality of residential high-rise architecture really falls off a cliff in Ontario once you leave Toronto.

We need more vertically-oriented industrial development and less horizontally-oriented development like this project. It wastes land and contributes to sprawl, car-dependence, and traffic issues in the region. You could use the land that would be saved with a vertically-oriented warehouse with a...

It does look more realistic to have the seams. On the other hand, why not use stone? We have a ridiculous aversion to masonry in the city and in Canada in general.

A lot of people don't realize how dense a lot of low-rise neighbourhoods are in the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto. The streets are narrower, the front yards and backyards are smaller, the setbacks between buildings are small or non-existent, there's little surface parking, etc. Many...

Toronto often has low public realm design standards that are almost laughable. Here, a utilitarian mini-highway barrier is seen as the aesthetically pleasing "final" design option. I've seen permanent concrete planters with shrubs and perennials in other cities as the separator for separated...

The colours of the towers make them look like they've been around for a few decades already and have been patched up on the cheap with mismatched cladding.

It looks like a fairly sophisticated design, but it could use more colour and design character from a civic standpoint.

So many of our residential side streets are unnecessarily wide at the expense of sidewalk width and public space amenities. Strangely, though, in some wealthy areas like Chestnut Park, the city has kept the roadways narrow. There's no reason why Logan needs a roadway wide enough to fit 4 cars...

If they're going to demolish such a handsome old house, it would be nice to see something more substantial go up than a bland looking 3-storey building. It could use an extra storey or two and a more architectural facade along the main street, Annette Street.

This building has some nice details, but it also has the proportions of a slab tower. One would hope that the units are wide, which is a potential advantage of slab tower proportions.