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With deserted streets, PATH is the very last thing they should invest in. The key component is whether these stroads will be re-designed as attractive pedestrian friendly urban high streets after both the density and PT goes in. If all they're doing is building density, it will have to be...

Shockingly, some UT forum members view the stripping away of 1950-2000 dreck (they like it?) from our heritage buildings constitutes Toronto bashing. I actually had a UT member say that to me a few years back and that Toronto haters like me weren't welcome on UT. He viewed the criticism of our...

Better than the landfill. It's obviously his recycling/planet saving strategy: re-filling them 100s of times with tap water.

Sure but it's also a slippery slope when you leave things up to people's common sense or sense of judgement. You know there's going to be a swath of people who'll argue that the car, pedestrian, or cyclist wasn't at the intersection quite yet so decided to pass right through without stopping...

Perhaps not a popular opinion as it's historic recreation but a pleasant surprise. The rendering is promising. As someone who grew up in England, the proportions and materials look right. That's critical to a successful result.

It's shocking what Toronto has done to literally 100s of formerly beautiful buildings. Thankfully, some of the ugly is being stripped away bit by bit. Gives one hope for Queen West, Bloor West, and numerous other streets. There are so many gems hidden behind decades of schlock. Very...

That would be sweet poetic justice AND a constant source of amusement.

There will always be people unable to recognize potential. You see it in those DIY shows all the time. They can only process what is already in existence and right in front of them. I'm a downtowner but find the condescending attitude towards suburbs attempting to urbanize can get a little...

Absolutely. You see 'salad bowl', but for me, it's a sprightly mashup of Canadian boreal forest and a mirrored 1959 Verner Panton stacking chair. It would have come down to execution, of course. Admittedly, I'm partial to that aesthetic. I have 2 of those chairs in my living room.

Well, that was the fastest I've gotten my bubble burst in a while.

Some Torontonians seem unaccustomed to ponds. Ponds, like fountains, are for admiring. A pond is not a splash pad, swimming pool, or bath tub. I thought this was obvious but I've lost count the number of Torontonians who think it is. I suppose it's just a matter of time before some...

Reminds me a little of the Selby. Vaughan's treatment of the centre meridian (arterial road) is noticeably nicer than what the City of Toronto typically builds . The planter walls are higher, painted white (far less drab than bare concrete), and they even textured the sides (stripes in one...

Good on Not Just Noodles for the investment., but it's a shame we can't get a complete overhaul for this end of the block like we did at the other end.

As the Yonge Street frontage isn't tied to this development (unlike 5ive Condos) and (I'm assuming) no high-rises are permitted to rise from atop them, there's little incentive to restore those heritage buildings beyond higher rents they could potentially command. I suppose they'll stay in...

It's one thing to leave just 1 exterior wall of a heritage building as a reminder of what once stood there but they didn't even bother to maintain the ceiling height on that second floor. The top third of that window is cut off. What counts as preservation in Toronto never ceases to shock me.

Take by force and then it's rightfully yours? OK, Vladimir. If we're to successfully co-exist together and move forward as a country, reconciliation needs to happen. That starts will acknowledging past misdeeds. We will never be able to put these things behind us with attitudes like yours.

We're wasting our money building beautiful green areas if we're only going to protect them for a few months. As soon as those temporary fences are removed, dog owners will be diligently getting those plants soaked in urine and sh*t. We should be bordering most of our grass/planted areas with...

Jarvis has so much potential but it can't be realized till the City starts viewing it as a great street rather than a transit corridor for people who don't live here. That 5 lane artery needs to be reduced to 2-4 lanes. 2 parks, quite a few grand houses have survived,, and there's even some...

The Sheraton Centre is one of the best buildings in the city, one of the finest examples of brutalist high rise architecture on the continent, and one of the last great examples still in existence. It's continually astonishing how many Torontonians are willing to destroy part of their...

Speaking of pedestrian volumes, Yonge will need to be re-designed as a 2 lane road with substantially wider sidewalks, sooner rather than later. It's not like it's being used as a 4 lane road anyway. The outer lanes are full of drivers who use it as a parking spot.