"Well, I'm paying for [a small] part of it. You're just complaining that it's not world class enough."
...Where do you find the term 'world class' in my postings?
"If this is a wasted site, so is Osgoode Hall, so is the firefighters' memorial at College/University, so is the Manufacturers' Life lawn, so is the York Club, etc."
...I disagree. I think these sites are all quite fine. Good ideas though! I think a monument or a garden along Bloor would be lovely, and how nice for students.
"You're so sure that Mink Mile must be pushed west to preserve your precious luxurious streetscape..."
...I don't think this streetscape is 'precious' to me, but sure bulldoze the gym field. I guess I'm not as attached to school games as you.
"but why can't the institutional areas expand instead? That's what's already going on with RCM, ROM, Woodsworth...and I bet most would agree that it's the institutions that make this stretch of Bloor luxurious, not the Colonnade and Winners."
...I'm not sure exactly where I opposed this? Is the sports field an institution now, then? I didn't realize that Varsity stadium was part of Toronto's 'Cultural Renaissance'. Perhaps I've underestimated it. Anyhow, thanks for your philosophical musing on what constitutes 'taste'. I feel enlightened now.
"My homoerotic fantasies can fit into just about any development scheme - a crowded shopping mall, where bodies are pressed closely together, for instance. But above all else, I like how the tradition of this site is being maintained, and the fact that the predictable mixed use thing has been avoided. I don't know if this development represents a thoughtful avoidance of crass commercialization or simply an unthinking continuation of the status quo of land use. But the end result is just hunky-dory with me"
Although ultimately I'd rather see it go, I do think you make an interesting point here Babel.