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No benches? Are people just meant to pass through this space, never pausing anywhere along the way?

32 storeys is “too much density” for the downtown core?!

Unbelievable. Does Hariri Pontarini source their cladding materials from the world of forms? Why are they so much better than others’? It’s like glass crafted by gods.

What will it take for that nightmarish structure with the Burger King, etc. to be developed? Such a waste of such prominent space.

What?! This is the only part of the area that has any life, and it exudes more character than all the buildings nearby put together. It’s gorgeous.

Yes, Bay is the most solid canyon in the city, from what I can tell. If it only had remotely-decent/consistent retail, and a bit less R.O.C.P.-like, Mississauga-esque architecture, it would be my favourite street.

What’s wrong with that? Side streets don’t have to be side streets forever. The density of areas can (and should) grow.

Yeah, this is incredible. The cladding is so refreshing, especially in this area, that it seems too good to be true.

And a beautiful historic building was demolished for this? Makes me nauseous. Is Yonge & Dundas seriously being intentionally planned to be the ugliest place on earth? Why do the standards there seem so much lower than everywhere else in the city?

I agree. Storeys is the first number I look for in project titles, so it’s always disorienting that they’re now omitted.

13 storeys is too tall near Queen & Spadina?!! Who are these people? It's mind-boggling.

I see that the anti-density blowhards are the dominant force in this city, which needs to stop.

Ugh; so ridiculous. The City should be requiring that there not be wasteful gaps between buildings, not the opposite. And if parking is an issue, simple: no parking. This is one of the most interesting proposals I’ve ever seen, and so beautifully/efficiently dense. I hope this (somehow)...

I like the Six because it reflects the fact that Toronto is an amalgamation of six former municipalities, but yeah, T-Dot is embarrassingly hip(-hop)-sounding.

Ugh. Why can’t the City make rules about retail? What would it take for a maximum width to be implemented? Soon downtown will be one giant bank.

I don’t think there should be gaps between buildings, though that should be matched by the provision of good windows at the front and back of each apartment. Also, I love seeing a building / people living their lives out the window; I don’t see why that’s so terrible. I went to Museum Dental...

Yes, and the division bothers me here. I wish I didn’t have to walk a few blocks to find street life or get groceries, etc.

No, I mean the division of retail and residential areas is incredibly boring and suburban. I love downtown Toronto because it’s divided in this way less than the non-downtown.

It’s a problem because it’s incredibly boring, which makes the city less walkable. Walking in Kensington Market is more attractive to pedestrians than walking through a nearby residential street, for instance, because the former has a compelling variety of weird retail and residences mixed...

In Toronto those buildings would cast too much of a shadow on that street and the people living above would complain about the retail below. Seriously, though, I really wish we had more streets where the built form came right up to the sidewalk like that and had consistent, narrow retail. So...