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^ not only very few families in big European cities live by the CBD, but also those families usually live in much smaller apartments in the "shoulder areas" rather than detached or semi detached houses that Torontonian families feel absolutely entitled to. If "families" are willing to give up...

to be honest, the size of your house and number of bathrooms don't translated into quality of life. The dream of owning a giant house with 4 vacant bedrooms collecting dust is pathetic. Plus you can have all the houses you described above for under 500K in Houston or Dallas. bridle path is as...

the past weekend I was at NPS, what I thought was, I wish there were some shadows so that I don't need to be exposed to the burning sun! It gets very uncomfortable 5 minutes after you stand there. Between May and Sept, I always walk on the side of the street where there is continuous shadow of...

last time I checked, density usually means how many people actually live there. You would use any excuse to prove 3 storey houses are best for Toronto.

I am slighted disgusted by this. So only people with kids care about the city, parks and grocery stores? Really? I am single and I go to grocery stores every week. Being close to a grocery store is the first thing I consider when moving to a place. And didn't I complain many times about the...

There definitely is, however, downtown Toronto is not remotely near it. Maybe when downtown population is doubled or tripped, we can talk about "excessive density" and how it negatively affects living standards. On the other hand, very low density in the Toronto suburbs also correlates very...

I looked at photos from last May and from today, and it is amazing how little progress there has been during the past 365 days.

The FCP and SP view is getting tiring. Both are just average buildings with a decent height. Nothing really stands out for these two buildings except being the tallest two in Canada - which doesn't mean much. Ask yourself, does anyone outside Toronto know the name of these two towers? They are...

I on the other hand consider it a sin to build anything new lower than 30 stories in the core (between Jarvis and Spadina). Let's stop trying making Toronto a quaint European kind of midrise city. It will never be. And what is human scale? People interpret it differently. What's the fuss about...

I understand your concern but your argument makes no sense. Low density: yes, but isn't it why we are building these towers, to increase density in downtown? Low density for downtown TO is bad, bad bad. 2.5 subway lines: I repeat it for the 6th time, people living downtown rely less on...

it is not just the 4-5 shelters congregated into one small pocket of land. The government also decided to put all the social housing, a few giant blocks of subsidized apartments including what is called "Moss Park Apartments" and 191 Sherbourne, 201 Sherbourne, 155 Sherbourne, into the same...

Geez, since when 6 highrise buildings at one site for the downtown of a large city becomes a problem? Have you been to a real big city at all? How exactly are these building turning into a ghetto, when they are steps away from the financial district, Union station, with retails and so close to...

walk to Union or King station and take the subway/streetcar, like the rest of downtown residents? Does anyone honestly think downtown Toronto has too many people and is too crowded? I live downtown core, and I walk to everywhere 90% of the time, and take subway/streetcar the rest time when...

so it is a good idea to put all the poor people together? We do need homeless shelters, just need to spread them around the city to avoid the ghetto effect. Rosedale, Queen's Park, Forest Hill, Yorkville, the Annex all should get a shelter each. "Bordered by Carlton St. to the north...

I don't agree. Perceptions change much faster than we realize. The main factor holding DTES back is the homeless shelters, and precisely because of this, developers in the private sector are uninterested in this area too because the risk is too high. With the right policy of relocating some of...

don't worry. it is just a matter of time whiners will come out and complain or "express concerns" about "shadow", "congestion" "too much density" "traffic" etc as if we live in suburban Regina. Since when Toronto is so scared of some shadows? We are in downtown of a 6M metroplis and we are...

My dream way to revitalize the east side is to expropriate all the land between Allan Gardens and Moss Park, and make it a great urban park. In this way, many of the shelters, sources of the problem will be relocated to somewhere else (one in Rosedale, one by Queen's Park for example)...

Ryerson is between Dundas and Gerrard, doesn't fit your from Bloor to just south fo College description.

I fail to see how Yonge/Bloor is "iconic”. Is there anything iconic at that intersection?

The university district is so wrong as UofT is only west of Bay St. It doesn't have to be a square, but what's the east and west boundaries of your so called midtown and uptown?