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Excellent series. Great stuff!

Good to see peeps with real connections here! (;->))

One thing working against that sort of clean& cleaver integration of multiple-use in the Portlands is the cement facilities. They're not going away anytime soon - hence the cement truck traffic (which in turn feeds the constant construction of condos we see all over the GTA) - will continue to...

I must agree with Northern Light; tourists and avid film/star buffs will very likely not be welcome on any active shooting site (which doesn't involve extras, of course) - they bring security and insurance concerns and the shooting schedules are rather tight and very expensive as it is. It might...

Craven Street's terminus view forever changed. Not that I mind; I like the scale of this project and the increased vitality I expect the area will see - and, in time, embrace.

Man, that is utterly offensive. A weird fortress mentality.

I think if it did the offset thing once every four or five floors it would actually work. This way, it's needlessly busy. But I do like the cladding nonetheless.

I mildly disagree. Oben Flats' brickwork is elegantly austere - that's one of my favorite modern buildings in Leslieville. But yeah, this one remains a sweet, clean project that fits into the streetscape very nicely.

Aaaaand edible correctness rears its ugly head.

It'll be weird until it's not. I recently found this grainy old photograph taken of the railway lands by my late brother, sometime in the late 70s or very early 80s. At one point this too was a pretty unremarkable slice of Toronto. All living cities are, to a degree, in a natural state of flux...

My shots from earlier today.

Fits right in.

Yeah, I dig that too. I like such little reminders that the city has a past.

It was only a matter of time when something of this scale was doing to be announced. That area has been low-hanging fruit for quite some time now and the advent of the Ontario Line is the key impetus.

Seems to me that people have differing standards of what constitutes creature comforts - most of the guys who have lived in trailers parked on Unwin and elsewhere in the Portlands seemed to me to be pretty happy to have their little hidey-holes on wheels.

QA's shining white bulk and staggered profile will look striking from a certain distance. But the closer you get to that cladding, the clumsier it looks.

I expect these two developments will deffo drive up local foot traffic and help incite new businesses along the strip. Should be a good economic shot in the arm for the area overall.

Just drove pas the fire hall an hour ago, wanted to show my wife how profoundly the area has changed - she was wondering what's to become of the fire hall. Many of the old buildings she once worked in as a scenic painter have been razed and she was marveling at the transition. Overall, she was...

Fantastic series of photos. Drove through the Portlands for the first time a few days ago. The bridges are great. Having Cherry re-aligned and being able to boost east along Commish again... very cool. Can't wait to see the area blossom over the next few months and years.

You'd be surprised, then. I've known of carps and grips who live we;; outside of the GTA who have parked trailers/motorhomes on Basin Street so that they'd not have to commute during a production contract - cheap living, rent-free. Not for everyone, natch, and this kind of thing is going to go...