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Pretty grandiose vision of the Roy Thompson hall. Almost has a Frank Gehry feel to the condo. I'm not too sure about the ground level stuff though. For me, a lot what you feel in a city is on street level. Context is pretty important too. As a stand alone development it's pretty nice, but...

Quick Question: Why hasn't this subway line lead to the kind of condo and development boom you have next to the Sheppard subway line? Is it because planners zoned it that way? Or is it because it is seen as less desirable to developpers?

Not too shabby. Quick Geek question: What do you use? 3ds Max? Maya? XSI? Photoshop?

I think a lot of people move out to the suburbs for lack of better available options. For someone who wants to buy an affordable home big enough to raise a family, do they have any other practical option other than to move out to the car dependent suburbs? There aren't a whole lot of...

I don't think you need to have such grand schemes as gondolas, a new University etc... to make Mississauga a better place. Setting something up on the waterfront with nice public spaces where the powerplant was is a not a bad idea. Mixed use planning and pedestrian/transit oriented...

There are some worrisome side effects to this cash influx. I wonder what would be the best solution to handle it. More subsidized housing in the city core? Requiring developers to include units affordable to middle and lower income? Anyone know of a similar example in another city and how they...

I think I didn't really get my idea across very well. I wasn't trying to write off Scarborough and Etobicoke. I simply meant that the analysis in the article didn't take into account Toronto as a whole. To me Scarborough and Etobicoke are Toronto,their urban form is very different from what was...

Interesting article. However it was pretty obvious that he didn't set foot in the Scarborough, Etobicoke parts of Toronto. The small blocks, bicycles and walkability aspects don't quite apply there. Ah poor boroughs. Not quite city, not quite suburb. The overlooked and neglected middle child...

Couple of questions: 1- Do banks give mortgages for pre-fabs? 2- Suppose a lower income earner wants to start with a small unit, but over time as a his economic situation improves and his family grows, he wants something a little bigger. Would he be able to make affordable pre-fab...

A pretty good point, salaries would definitely sky rocket. You talk about "regional co-operation". I wonder if things like planning, water, waste and sewage shouldn't just be centralized in one regional body? As a pro, I could see a more holistic approach unencumbered by the ward-centric...

This discussion seems to have strayed into a 905 vs. 416 waters. In all honesty, it's all just one big mass of city.

Border Town morphology It's fun to chart the changes parts of the city go through. I remember back in the day when that intersection had a Cullen country barns and a Canadian Tire. I don't think anyone 20 years ago could have predicted it would become the centre for the suburban chinatown. I...