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Overall some form of organization reform is necessary- Toronto should at least be looking at other Canadian cities to understand how exactly they are able to maintain and enforce high quality street standards through their agencies.

A well-deserved slaughter, it seems. Now beyond the election- consolidation.

Agreed on both those points, the latter is an important one since it keeps guests within the park ecosystems (lodging, food, merchandise) like at Disney and Universal.

Seems like chances are tilting towards Kamala Harris being the Democratic nominee lol Fundamentally the question really is- who wants to run against Trump? Vs running in 2028 on a clean slate.

From what I've read, one of the main goals of the merger was to be able to go toe-to-toe against the likes of Universal and Disney. Maybe that might result in some better theming at Wonderland?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-ferry-purchase-approved-1.7252366 Interesting that both the Ontario & BC Provincial governments have ordered from this shipyard previously, and it does seem to have experience in electric ferries...

I doubt so, but the Hamilton LRT cancellation was exactly this ploy if I remember correctly (it was previously entirely funded by Hamilton & the province, while its resurrected form now has federal funding). Like what others have said, I think the excuse for closing down the OSC is really to...

So funny how the UK Conservatives' message to voters has devolved to basically- "Vote for us to stop Starmer's supermajority!"

EZ- at the top of the list, our institutions (listless, decaying), national unity (adrift, smeared by blood libel), and quality-of-life (housing) have gotten worse, and more importantly, instead of keeping our celebrated immigration policy intact, Trudeau has instead delivered infinity...

I noticed a lot of great energy on the Waterfront right up to the Music Gardens- hopefully this can pull some more activity past that park.

I think that there is still merit in keeping at least some of the structures- the IMAX theatre + auditorium/planetarium are definitely assets, and I think that the Main and the Mid-level buildings could be kept and repurposed (perhaps a new institution through philanthropy?). While the OSC going...

We'll see how this riding does in the federal election- I think it will swing back to the Liberals once more people are voting.

Interesting that the Labour majority prediction is running counter-cyclical to the current conservative trends in Continental Europe and North America, which I think is due to the length of the Conservative government and that the desire to punish the Conservatives is overriding apprehension...

I wonder how much of this might be attributed to different organizational structures? It always has felt like ROM is more of its own organization rather than a creature of the province like the Ontario Science Centre. Makes me wonder why beyond the early 2000s-spurt of investment that got us a...

The strange thing is that this is one of those rare cases where the wood utility pole did not precede everything around it, and it only demostrates that somehow our city has gotten less organised over time. https://www.oldto.org/#618418

I recall below was the earliest rendering of the crystal, but it soon changed to a cladding resembling the final design. IMO the ROM Crystal's visual failures (i.e. the heavy handed details + the awfully dull mismatched siding) probably came after the design was finalised during the later...

Given their track record the 'interim' pier will probably be the permanent pier. I would much rather have something permanent that at least continues the language of T1 even in a different layout rather than the assortment of bricolage they've been tacking to its eastern end over the last few...

I'm not sure modernist fans would appreciate the red and black paint job or the neo-brick warehouse aesthetic Seneca One's new owners have given it lol

The arrogance of Moise on this has been off-putting.

Yes, unfortunately Poilievre will likely not be making the difficult moves needed to right the ship, and will be just be the Conservative neoliberalist flavour of the day.