Recent content by Oliver Tweed

This really struck me from that Hume/Mirvish conversation. Mirvish: “You can’t blame planning. What has happened is that the city doesn’t have the ability to say no and therefore they can’t say yes. And I’ll explain how that works. I want to build a very tall building. TIFF built a tall...

Say what you want about the Trump tower, that is one badass condo.

Does anyone have a ballpark timeline for next steps on this?

Does this splitting thing have anything to do with the complaint from the Pilot or other concerns with the original proposal? And have they been resolved? I've tried to keep track of this development by reading through past pages, but it's still not clear and I'm wondering if someone would mind...

This is excellent news. One of the most anticipated projects on the go right now. Great for a bunch of reasons: Standout design, impressive height, high profile Yonge street location, stunning heritage property reno (resto?), Massey Hall improvements. Can't wait for this one.

This strikes me as a gross exaggeration.

Nice usage of "shrubbery" and "trepidation" in the same post. I love this mist feature. I hope it's not accidental. I think kids would really like it, too. Reminds me of last night's Jays game.

Love this new design. What is it about 50 stories that is so magical for council? Chopping these down would be a travesty.

Well said. There's so much hand wringing and fretting about these big projects. It's like people have so little confidence in our city that they think every big proposal is going to ruin it. It's embarrassing. People: the city will be fine. Relax. Admittedly, I'm less convinced that the...

This is one of the best projects in the works right now. Those renderings actually made me want to live there. Fingers crossed that the realization is as good as the anticipation.

I don't see a lot of merit in some of the objections I've heard so far. I sounds like people are just afraid of change. Save the heritage buildings? I just don't see much here that history would judge as more important that what's being proposed. I'm generally in favour of protecting what's...

This is an interesting thread and a lot of good points have been put out there. I am an east ender (Coxwell and Gerrard) and I take the 506 along Gerrard into work. I also frequently drive along Queen east and the east end in general. That technically makes me an expert. You can't separate...

I've long thought the exact same thing about midrise along those corridors. I would go even lower with the limit - say 5 stories - the reason being that in the winter the sun doesn't come up very high and only shines on the north side of the street (and only for a short time). If you build to...

That is a gem. "How am I supposed to effectively run this tourist attraction when all these friggin' people keep coming?"

This reno was the beginning of a lot of changes for this mall. Higher end stores have moved into the upper floor at an amazing rate since it began. The new Sephora flagship store, for example, looks amazing (although I've never been inside).