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I think I figured it out right as you posted, thanks in any case lol

Another streetcar network map, inspired in part by @DonValleyRainbow's recent post in the DRL discussion, particularly on serving the Portlands and rerouting some routes after the completion of the DRL. http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/ttc-relief-line-proposal-drl.6155/page-432#post-1104118...

That routeing is the bane of my existence when I miss the last Greyhound/the buses are full. The route feels long enough as is taking 7 rather than the 401 but the Georgetown part feels like you're crawling and makes an already long trip feel even longer. As for the reason behind it, just a...

That building is something OCAP leaders bring up a lot. It was a rooming house until about a decade ago when the owner decided the land was worth more than the building and it has been sitting abandoned since. Basically one of the prime examples of why uncontrolled gentrification is terrible for...

I'm sort of of a similar mind. I'm not liking what I'm seeing but maybe the final cladding will surprise me? The bulk itself isn't that bad but the low-quality design is definitely a lost opportunity. Urbandreamer took a photo of the College Condominiums a few months before this one blocked it...

This sums up exactly what I was imagining with using the refurbished cars as trippers. The fact that they're unlikely to last more than 10 years, as crs1026 and smallspy have said, makes me think this would've been a great plan if we were actually getting our Bombardier streetcars on time. More...

That's certainly what I'd like to see. I respect that mixed traffic streetcar service is less than desirable in much of the city but I also think Toronto's streetcar system is a unique aspect of our city we should encourage, rather than deride/ignore. I'd love to see more streetcar lines built...

Are you the type to think that 3-strike rules in law are a good idea? Because that's basically the logic here. An effectively harmless crime (fare dodging) shouldn't be used as an excuse to detain and deport someone. No doubt the Filipino guy should've bought a ticket but the response to his...

Damn, they're really going all-out on these rebuilds. How long are they expected to last after reconstruction? I've mentioned this before but the older streetcars would make great trippers for rush hour, just to pick up excess demand. Though the new regulations regarding accessible transit...

You're jumping from a "whingy millenials wanting bike lanes, when does the nanny state end" to "aesthetically bollards and planters are ugly" - of course people are going to suggest you're trolling. Your opinions are scattered and sound more like you're trying to be edgy about how weak and...

Goddamn does the rebuild look good!

Literally delusional. This guy has no connection to reality anymore. Maybe someone replaced the real Big Daddy with a bot that just whines about height whenever it detects the words "height" "deduction" or "council"?

I'm pretty disappointed by its desecration. I mean, I really don't know if there's any other word for what's happening here. I've really grown to appreciate modernist and brutalist architecture over the years on this site but I still get why people don't care as much to protect these buildings...

Out of curiosity, why do new developments often end up with that gap between groups of bricks? If you look at @Froggy's pictures of bricks being applied to the base, they're stacked in groups of bricks. They don't follow the floors of the buildings here so that's not the intention. Is it because...

tbh Charles west of Yonge has very little land to develop. There's the Victorian homes beside this Shoppers and the plaza across the street from them, plus a small Second Empire townhouse and the currently under construction rental tower at St. Thomas. Otherwise you have either large towers...

Oh look, more whinging about Keesmaat. As far as I'm concerned, on this forum, that means she's doing her job well!

The Sapphire Tower would've probably looked like the HNR or Velocity or whatever tower. At least in terms of quality. A design like that is almost guaranteed to look atrocious in this city. As for this tower, I actually agree that it would've looked better taller but with a caveat. I feel the...

I don't but not because I'm such ultra conservative, narrow-minded individual. I'd argue that these city rankings are actually the last thing any good city should be concerned with. The best cities automatically rank at the top and shuffle about dependent more upon the parameters of the specific...

Awesome, so we'll have 60 extra streetcars until the Bombardier order is done. So, on a more hypothetical note, what should we do with them after the order is completed? (That is, what should we be doing in 2035 :(:p) The 60 cars we keep won't be accessible so for general capacity we'd want...

I'd argue Rosie diManno, Sue-Ann Levy, Christie Blatchford and Margaret Wente are all similar in that they seem to be hired by the papers to write inflammatory, clickbait articles to drive up page views. I really can't think of any other reason why all four write such god awful pieces sometimes...