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    Toronto 41-45 Spadina Road | 55.5m | 15s | ProWinko | a—A

    You can spin the population figures for the Annex and somehow try to show them in a more positive light. At the end of the day, the lack of growth in the Annex is entirely a policy decision made by planners and elected leaders. There is no reasonable argument in the year 2024 for the City to...
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    Toronto The Goode Condos | 111.4m | 33s | Graywood | a—A

    This building looks great so far, looks like really high quality materials. I was in London last year and the variety of brick colours and textures they use there is absolutely amazing… bright blues, greens, a new tall building made entirely of metallic red brick. Why don’t we use colour brick...
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    Toronto Freed Hotel & Residences | 219m | 63s | Freed | AS + GG

    Small+ non-functional layouts are largely not a result of investor interest in the housing market, and these layouts will likely persist even if there is less investor capital going into new condo purchases. A few main reasons why so many new apartments are small and layouts are bad: - Condos...
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    Toronto 1196 Yonge | 114m | 32s | Woodcliffe | KPMB

    right, you may say that the developer / proponent will do just fine. but we need to recognize that many planning decisions reduce the number of units that are built, and/or increase costs for the developer which end up being passed on to the buyer/renter. we need to recognize that there is no...
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    Toronto 1196 Yonge | 114m | 32s | Woodcliffe | KPMB

    maybe I can make a more nuanced point then, without judging the existing building (even though, subjectively, I don't think it has significant enough architectural value to justify conservation). I think any time heritage conservation is required, even if it is just retaining facades, we need...
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    Toronto Birch House & Indigenous Hub | 50.3m | 13s | Dream | BDP Quadrangle

    Yes, the first two floors of this building are really appalling. If only they just continued the brickwork down to grade...
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    Toronto 1196 Yonge | 114m | 32s | Woodcliffe | KPMB

    Glad to hear that the developers are going to now have to spend millions of dollars to preserve these relatively ugly, uninteresting and decaying "heritage" facades
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    Toronto 72 Amroth Avenue | 21m | 6s | CreateTO | superkül

    Great project that could be replicated on so many small Green P lots! However, given that this is right behind Danforth Avenue and less than 200 m from Woodbine Station, this building should absolutely be 8 storeys if not taller. I do agree that open space at the rear looks far too large and...
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    Toronto Portland Commons | 71.7m | 15s | Carttera | Sweeny &Co

    Views from different vantage points… the warm metal looks good, but the glass portion is very grim (even more grim in person than in the photos) - the glass looks awful compared to the glass used in the Well next door. The overall effect is quite suburban office park like. I’m a big YIMBY but...
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    Toronto 12 Pauline | 15.6m | 4s | Portal | STUDIOWI Inc

    this is criminally poor land use. considering this is ~250 m from Dufferin Station, this site should really have a two-tower development on it (if not for our archaic planning policies)
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    Toronto Camden House | 61.65m | 18s | Lamb Dev Corp | a—A

    looks beautiful, just wish they brought the brought the brick cladding down to the ground level instead of the blank glass wall.
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    Toronto Junction Point | 27.6m | 8s | Gairloch | a—A

    yet another case of cladding that should have gone all the way down to the ground floor. buildings looks great from the third floor up, and mediocre on the ground and second floors. truly don't understand the inability to extend good cladding down to grade.
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    Toronto Blue Diamond Condos and Foxbar Towns at Imperial Village | 88.08m | 28s | Camrost-Felcorp | Diamond Schmitt

    are they ever going to get to the event space in the old church?
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    Toronto Bloor-Yonge Station Capacity Enhancement | ?m | ?s | TTC | AECOM

    why is this going to take more than 10 years to complete!?
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    Toronto Parkdale Hub | 54.5m | 16s | CreateTO | DTAH

    another question I have is why the building on the east side is limited to six storeys when it should be at least double that height
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    Toronto Parkdale Hub | 54.5m | 16s | CreateTO | DTAH

    Still too modest imo - should have quite a bit more density than what is being proposed.
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    Toronto Canary House | 50.3m | 13s | Dream | BDP Quadrangle

    Love the brick pattern, but the first and second floor is a big mess with the awful grey spandrel. Why couldn’t they just bring the brick down to the ground floor 😭
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    Toronto Maple House at Canary Landing | 89.61m | 26s | Dream | COBE Architects

    looks great! One thing I'm wondering is if there would have been a way to better integrate the manhole covers or not have so many of them. There are like 5 of them in that pic basically right next to each other
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    Toronto CAMH Queen Street | 60.3m | 7s | CAMH | Diamond Schmitt + KPMB + TreanorHL + HOK

    The TD Commons park created as part of this redevelopment is pretty grim.
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    Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)

    could they not resurface the bike lanes while they are at it?

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