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New old news... or is that "olds"? Old news (some 3 months old, to be exact), but it hasn't been reported here, or anywhere, really. Shame, as it sounds like it might be an interesting project. I'm especially tickled about the involvement of Patkau and Gareth Hoskins... From the City of...

Umm... Wyliepoon's first rendering is, indeed, what GO is proposing... In case there's any misplaced resentment...

Actually, payments on that debt do impact on a budget - in Toronto's case, some $400 million-worth. If the city can sell its assets to elimiate that debt, then yes, a one-time sale can resolve long-term fiscal problems, by freeing up that $400 million for other uses - which ideally are more...

Last year, on the coldest day of winter, a few of us went out on a tour of homelessness in Toronto - organized by the Shout! Clinic over on Jarvis and Carlton. The greenhouse at Allan Gardens is, apparently, one of the very few places in Toronto that the homeless are allowed to "loiter" in...

Adma, As I tried to make clear, I believe this issue is anything but an easy one to decide. Psychiatric inpatients - the residents of these institutions - have a long history of being sideswiped off roads paved with all sorts of good intentions. Perhaps more so than any other structure...

Alright... since no one else posted it, I will - the Sun's Rx for what ails ya, in all its glory: This is probably the most useful of the propositions, which is why it gets top billing. I'm really not sure where the $1 billion figure comes from though... Two wrongs do not a right make. I...

Precisely my thoughts! Sometimes, it is not consistency that is the source of beauty, but surprise. Well-crafted modernist structures can compliment, frame, and flesh out almost any district, but here, Pure Spirits seems to excell. One hopes it will continue to do so upon its completion, and...

Thanks for posting that! I've always been fascinated by the enduring link between psychiatry and architecture - if there is any medical profession more versed in the conversation between biology and environment, I know it not - I think JBM is bang on in that regard. In fact, I've kinda always...

From today's G&M... Cost cutting fine and dandy – until it hits your own backyard JOHN BARBER 25 September 2007 The Globe and Mail 2007 CTVglobemedia Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved. Yesterday, Councillor Mike Del Grande interrupted the audit committee's investigation of...

Another of John Barber's columns... THE PRICE OF AMALGAMATION Cost cuts, tax freezes and other fairy tales Headshot of John Barber JOHN BARBER September 20, 2007 Not since the days of folly prior to amalgamation have so many special pleaders and professional misleaders spouted such...

I was going to post a whack of articles from The Toronto Star on how our glorious Mayor is placing his already well-chewed foot into his mouth - yet again. However, I think we've been there, done that on this file. Frankly, I fervently hope His Blondeness is playing a very intricate joke on us...

If they don't "have the sources, manpower and information at hand like the Mayor does to authoritatively plan a new budget", perhaps they should stop trying to prevent the mayor from doing so? In any case, the budget documents are readily available on-line, and Denzil's $53,000 office budget...

Those opinions are hilarious: Siemens is oh-so Euro-cool, somehow it's carrying less passengers means they'll be more comfortable vs. Bombardier's crush load, and, in a truly bizarre case of Euro-misinformation, they suggest that if Siemens can handle Europe's tight turns, our will be a cintch...

Argh! My eyes! I, in a moment of insanity, proceeded to search for other examples of Graziani + Corazza architecture, in the supremely naive idea that there must be some redemption in their architectural backcatalogue. That moment will haunt me for the rest of my days. It seems that a few of...

The ghosted buildings... are they Monarch's first phase? Those are some of the most hideous buildings recently constructed (if not ever). They don't fit in at all with the context (which is piss-poor to begin with) neither the Palace Pier developments, nor the chaotic remainder of the newer...

The rationale, as originally conceived, was that the province would upload the education system (to equalize services across the province, because the fact that Toronto's locally-funded services were so much better than those found elsewhere was something of an issue those days...), and the...

Debunking the myths of Toronto's fiscal woes TheStar.com - Columnist - Debunking the myths of Toronto's fiscal woes August 22, 2007 Royson James Toronto has been in a fiscal hole for so long, many myths have sprouted to explain its budget mess. Here's a closer look – and a reality...

Toronto isn't alone... Hamilton's budget shortfall hits $40m TheStar.com - News - Hamilton's budget shortfall hits $40m August 22, 2007 Nicole Macintyre The Hamilton Spectator Start pinching your pennies -- Hamilton's tax man will be raiding your piggy bank again. The city is...

Mel would most certainly NOT have won had he run again (my my... how quickly memories of computer-kickbacks and rigged competitions fade with the passage of time). The proof, if any is really needed, is that a FAR more capable, eloquent, and competant right-wing candidate (who has since moved on...

Money talks... and we all know what the certain item which does the walking is. If it were not so, you yourself would be able to do all the things you aspire to. And what is more, the city could actually afford to hire some planners to clear up that ridiculous backlog they've got, and actually...