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Beauty - thanks.

Community Association? Just moved into this part of town, closer to Jarvis on Wellesley. Any know if there's a community or residents' association of any kind? I couldn't find anything, at least not easily, online.

Building Quality Perhaps this has already been discussed, but, from the residents, any thoughts on the quality of the interior of this building? I just moved into the neighbourhood. Walking by 500 Sherbourne the quality of the precast looks pretty low, especially with those random drainage...

I was the nervous guy moderating that debate and, I agree, Karen was impressive. In terms of the anti-Pants sentiment, a lot of people have issues with him for a whole host of reasons. I remember there being a few too many claps at the mentioned of Ford's name. Hopefully the latter was as a...

Fair enough. Still, there was something about both the Ossington bylaw and the business surrounding Sam James/Ici Bistro that struck me as being a tad vindictive, like Pantalone was striking back for some reason. His comments in the papers seem to suggest that he had some class of score to...

I'm new to Ward 19, but even as a new arrival, Joe Pantalone has me flabergasted at evey turn. First, the interim control bylaw on Ossington. Whatever its worth, he seems to have gone about it the wrong way, passing the bylaw and then seeking community feedback after the fact. More to the...

There are always things going on at the universities. UofT's Cities Centre and the Faculty of Architecture have great mailing lists that are worth being on - there's usually at least one worthwhile event a week. The list at UofT is endless: Margaret Kohn (polisci), Frank Cunningham...

Thanks for all of the info! In terms of Kensignton Place and its sister Fitzroy Terrace, I'm not sure if they're laneway houses, more like laneway streets, perhaps. However classified, they're the kind of spaces the city could use more of. I walked them today and was surprised by the...

I'm looking to explore laneway housing in Toronto. Can anyone point to some of the best examples, or, better yet, any resources on laneway housing in Toronto?

A redesign of the North Market was the major project for third year MA Arch students at UofT last year - good timing I guess. It'd be great to see a canvassing of some of their ideas.

Fair enough about Cabbagetown, but the area to the south and especially the area to the west has a whole lot of both TCHC units and lower-income housing more generally. For whatever reason, I spent a lot of time driving along Dundas these past few weeks, and from about Yonge to River the...

According to the documents on regentpark.ca, the current population is about 7500. The post-revitilization population will be 12 500. While the plan calls for the return of all of the current residents, the planning documents call for fewer social housing units, 1905 down from 2087. Still, that...

I live on Rainsford and I'm quite happy to see this development. It'll match the newish condos on the south side of Queen and hopefully extend the Beaches a little bit further to the west. It'll also be nice to see the shack at the corner of Queen and Rainsford finally bite the dust.

I stopped into the sales centre today to look at the model. Not sure if this has already been covered, but in terms of issues related to One St. Thomas, apparently a resident there brought a lawsuit related to the mechanical systems that 77 St. Charles wanted to place on the roof. 77 St. Charles...

Judging by the render on the St Thomas hoarding, the facadectomy of one of the University Apartments has been kiboshed. Anyone know if this is indeed the case?

The descriptions; they make me laugh. Dundas Square is many things, but certainly not "hip," and I'm not too sure what metropolitan is supposed to mean in that context. And, obviously, the fact that it calls torch "spectacular." But, more than anything else, the way it tries to sell the square...

That signage sure does look cheap, both the ads themselves - especially PenEquity - and the akward, grey framing. On a similar note, I found PenEquity's website blurb about what they have on offer at Yonge and Dundas Square pretty funny. Torch Toronto As the newest destination in this hip...

I'd hate to see the ROM plaza develop into a Pompidou-esque square. It's nothing but t-shirt vendors, poster shops and fast-food restaurants. Besides its surroundings, I always found it uninviting: no benches, just an uncomfortable cobble stone incline. I think its due for a change, though, with...

Streetcar does great mid-rise buildings and all of it, as far as I know, is within Toronto proper. Granted, the Beaches is a distance from downtown and their newer projects around King and River are in what could be considered a sketchy neighbourhood. Come to think of it, there's also a good...