Recent content by Alex L

I think the possibility of glare on nearby buildings and passersby seems possible. Wear sunglasses when it's finished! :)

I noticed that 'theaddisonresidences.com' website is not operating. ('Site is not available') Is the sales office still operating? Wonder if Adi is prepared to walk away from developing this?

Besides the muffins, I think that's a historic building too. I believe that was a priest's house close to 200 years ago. Is it heritage-protected? Needs some roofing work.

The stations are at least a mile apart. That's a long distance in subway terms. I wouldn't be opposed to running along Wilson, but I do think Woodbine mall and casino should be on a rapid transit line. My main thinking is that we need a subway to take some of the traffic off of the 401. Going...

I suggest it continue to the airport. I put this on my blog You could have Islington and Kipling instead of Rexdale, but the idea is an express subway line across Toronto to relieve the 401.

I was at the first concert. The stadium is all temporary construction. No foundation. Clearly no plans for a permanent installation. As an indication of where the money lies, the washroom area is all portable toilets, while they did build a building for merch. The concessions, etc. are all...

I was at the opening concert. I sat in a floor seat, so I was not affected by the lighting problem. The walk back to Downsview Park station was controlled by TTC staff. It was a massive crowd funneled into a 20 metre wide path to go to the GO and TTC station. The path was not lit, which was a...

I meant 400 extension.

It's not ideal, but it's not bad. Will the Humber loop actually go? That's the connection to the Queensway bus.

What I recall about Giraffe was that it was too big of a project for the small site. Squishing a similar tower to the Crossways onto 1/3 the footprint. They bought a few properties next door and the footprint is much larger and voila the City has approved the new tower. If Giraffe was not...

Appears to be a pause here. The auto garage has re-opened.

I've taken the bus through there, and I use the medical office on site and I can confirm the high level of traffic along Keele. It is overwhelmingly single-occupant vehicles. Which begs the question - if it's bad, and it is, why are people continuing to clog it up? When I drive, I try to avoid...

Is the strategy here to ask for 50 and accept being bumped down to 40, like they already wanted? Seems way too small a site to support such a large building, in footprint, space for residents, and respect for neighbourhood. Has there ever been a similar site go from 7 stories to 50 stories...

The retail storefront looks very sterile. While the current landscape can be called ugly, at least it has character and is alive. I don't see that here.

It IS bad for pedestrians. Maybe they shouldn't allow southbound Allen drivers go onto Marlee. The whole intersection is going to get a lot more busy as it gets redeveloped, so I hope there will be improvements for the increase in local residents. The city should consider a connection from...