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I count 17 towers on this map and 13 of them are vapourware. Far more actual growth is happening along the waterfront than north of Queen. There are 1500 units under construction at Quayside alone. The Queen location is a wash for West Don Lands; for other waterfront neighborhoods it's farther...

The existing building is not good and that’s not the point.

No, this is not closer to where the population growth this happening. It’s about a kilometre away from the Distillery, as is the SLM, and this is much less walkable. The SLM location is in a 200-year-old cluster of public buildings and an existing neighbourhood with a good degree of density...

So, in essence, the library refused to do a colocation because they couldn’t satisfy their own completely arbitrary size and program requirements. Instead they’re spending $25-million, plus fitout costs, to put a new branch on a much inferior site. And they are camouflaging that by moving in...

The architecture got vastly worse through the cheapening. But that’s the way of the world. Why after 15 years of process this building is not properly open to the public… That is inexplicable.

The city just conducted a process to choose a new tenant for Sundays only. https://www.stlawrencemarket.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/Sunday%20Use%20REOI%20Application%202025%20dpv3.pdf

Toronto: If You Live In A House, This City Belongs To You

Someday, someone in power will wonder whether it is a good idea to encourage everyone to stay off the street and hang out in basements. Apparently this is not that day.

Yes, the central city should intensify, and yes, some buildings are going to need to be replaced. But there are many, many buildings, including thousands of houses, in and around the core that could be replaced without any significant loss to the urban form or architecture of the city. This is...

Drawings from the public meeting.

Truly one of the best buildings in the city, for now. This should be left alone.

A good project in principle, and this was never going to be a great work of architecture, but… oof.

Waterfront Toronto won a national governor general’s medal for a water treatment station half a mile away. This is, sadly, a mess, and it’s not good enough,

This is IBI. It’s also more piecemeal interior renovation of the kind that erodes the character of a building until, 40 years later, someone has to tear it all out and reimpose some coherence.

That’s not “fine.” It amounts to obstructing future rezonings - otherwise inevitable - with an obstacle that is effectively impossible to remove. It will be an anti-development policy change far more powerful and enduring than any of the pro-development stuff the city is now doing.

The big move here was the urban design - a car-free public planted zone through the middle of the block - and that remains largely intact. The actual designs for the condo towers are still TBD.

Who designed this?

This is an extremely well-made office building. In terms of architectural quality it is far better than hundreds of buildings that have been protected as heritage in the city. However, the point that I was making was about the pattern of development. It makes economic sense to demolish 150,000...

Demo at last.