Recent content by BejewelledCarp

I'll be disappointed if the Zeidler one is chosen. It looks neat, but it will also be a pain to walk across -- it makes the path much longer to cross the water. It falls victim to the same crappy pedestrian design that's so common here, in that designers think that people only walk/bicycle for...

Totally. Weird to think that if completed today, this would be the 14th tallest building in Canada.

This is a guess, but it could be the result of the way the regulations are drafted. Laneway houses need to be in certain proximity to a fire hydrant and have sufficient space for access between houses for emergency services. The units closest to the entry/exit to the laneway are probably more...

Everyone was saying this from the start, but it's very apparent now that if this were 70+m taller it would have been an iconic Toronto building.

I'd love to see something more aggressive -- close the South side curb lane to cars, make it a two-way cycle track, limit the north side curb lane to stopping and deliveries only. No left-turns off College. Just spitballing...

Shortlist here. Hines Canada Management II ULC: Hines Canada with Tridel Builders Inc. and lead architect Foster + Partners. KMT Quayside Developments Inc.: Kilmer, Mattamy and Tricon and lead architect MVRDV, Cobe. Quayside Impact LP: Dream Unlimited Corp. and Great Gulf with lead...

I disagree - one of the main goals of policy-making is to encourage people to make the choices that benefit society. We do this all the time, encouraging people to wear seat belts, pay taxes, drive on the right side of the road, have children, get a job, etc. Much like these other policy goals...

I'm not sure how final this is, but it blows my mind that they wouldn't just put the bike lane beside the sidewalk, protected from the street by the planting strip.

This isn't really the right thread for this discussion, but this is hardly supported. Talking specifically about the East end, the report commissioned by the city found an average increase in car commute time of 2-3 minutes. Further, only 5,200 cars/hour rely on the Gardiner (from the East) to...

That looks great. I wish they could do that to the rest of College St.

Wait they're tearing these down? These look amazing.

Yea I think those were leftovers from the TD towers.

*The only ways in/out by car. This is one of the most transit- and bike-connected neighbourhoods in the city, with direct access to the King streetcar, Exhibition GO, and shortly three pedestrian/cycle bridges out to King/Adelaide/Martin Goodman Trail, etc. In fact I would love to see Liberty's...

I think the rental building should be left in place - it's decent density and fits in well with the street. That being said, other elements of this seem desirable for the location.

So many new housing units coming online in the next year or two in that photo - I count almost 3,000 including Garrison Point, Novus, 45 Strachan, ZEN King West and Minto Westside.