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    Toronto St Lawrence Centre Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | CreateTO | Hariri Pontarini

    The design has evolved. Lots of new information and renders on the site now.
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    Toronto Ontario Place | ?m | ?s | Infrastructure ON

    It's funny to be relitigating this, but the "makeover" of the West Island involves demolishing every building, removing almost all of the trees, regrading most of the island and expanding it significantly. The new Therme building will be about the same footprint as the whole island is today.
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    Toronto Regent Park: Phases 4 and 5 | 134.1m | 39s | Tridel | Karakusevic Carson Architects

    Paul Karakusevic (who is a fantastic architect) speaks Thursday night at U of T Daniels: https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/events/1711060200/architecture-and-right-housing-featuring-leilani-farha-and-paul-karakusevic-karen
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    Toronto Canada Post North York Delivery Centre | 6m | 1s | Canada Post | NORR

    My goodness, that is ugly. Does it matter? No. does it have to be this ugly? Also no.
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    Toronto 505 University | 212.89m | 64s | Cartareal Corp | BDP Quadrangle

    If they’re going all residential, this should be a conversion, not a teardown. But yes, this is an affordable housing play.
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    Zoning Reform Ideas

    This is a great idea, and in the long term it will almost inevitably happen. A street of small buildings with mixed uses is a magnet. Kensington and Yorkville are two of the most vital and economically productive places in the whole city. Geary Avenue is heading the same way despite being...
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    Toronto U of T: Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre (Phase 1) | 64.8m | 13s | U of T | Weiss/Manfredi

    With respect, I disagree with @greenleaf about the landscape. It’s a weird configuration: benches that are perpendicular to the sidewalk and crammed quite close to the plantings between them. The benches themselves are also, being made of grey concrete, quite uncomfortable. We’ll see how...
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    Toronto Bathurst Quay Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | Kearns Mancini

    I'm not sure that a lack of engagement is a problem, but this project is wonderful and I will get to it. Thanks for the suggestion.
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    New St Lawrence Library (City of Toronto, ?s, ?)

    It’s entirely possible to put a high-rise on the site, and generate enough revenue to make up for extra construction and operating costs. There are precedents in Toronto for every specific point I mention in the piece. It’s not “the library’s site.” It is the city’s site. The argument here...
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    Toronto Royal Ontario Museum | ?m | ?s | Daniel Libeskind

    The Crystal is getting a renovation. My piece on OpenROM: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/article-rom-crystal-renovation-design/
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    Toronto U of T: Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre (Phase 1) | 64.8m | 13s | U of T | Weiss/Manfredi

    The two towers will connect at the base. They’re doing the demolition, but haven’t completed design for the second phase yet.
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    Toronto The James at Scrivener Square | 81.65m | 21s | Tricon | Graziani + Corazza

    Question: did the grapefruits in the courtyard lose their fruitiness?
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    Toronto 40 Walmer | 116.65m | 35s | 2114778 Ontario Inc | Turner Fleischer

    I have indeed read the report that @Northern Light brought forward, along with all of the major planning reports on the Annex going back to the 1970s. We disagree on the implications.
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    Toronto 40 Walmer | 116.65m | 35s | 2114778 Ontario Inc | Turner Fleischer

    This is a weird digression @NorthernLight. But absolutely the city can create an HCD that covers a diverse district. They’ve done so with King-Parliament (which was altered at appeal) and King-Spadina (which is under appeal right now). The point I’m trying to make is that a) HCDs now...
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    Toronto 40 Walmer | 116.65m | 35s | 2114778 Ontario Inc | Turner Fleischer

    Everything in the Annex west of Brunswick is five storeys or less. If an HCD is put in place, it would absolutely impede a taller development on any side street because it wouldn’t “fit.” Even if the city alters its requirements for separation distances and podium-tower form (which it absolutely...

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