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The downturn might help the design and quality of future buildings as well because people will be more choosey with what they buy and developers will improve materials in order to market the buildings

She's tall. 5:45am walking home from Rebel

The Tabletop District aka Entertainment District

I wrote a paper on this about 10 years ago! Homeowners should band together to allow a single builder to develop a row of laneway houses across their properties in order to increase the economy of scale because these things are not cheap. Glad to see an example of it! I also suggested that the...

U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no alibi 🎶

I mean this complex isn’t that different than the stuff you see being developed in Germany and the Scandinavian countries. They like their block architecture with inner courtyards while maintaining the hard edge of the street.

Those shadows doe 👌

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I really just want them to open up a gate and have a tidal wave of water come down the Don and into the new river. Much cooler....think Nazgul, Arwen, Frodo trippin', and the river Bruinen

Reminds me of a cruise ship! Atlantis Cruise, is that you?!

Typically you do not sodablast brick because even the most skilled restoration mechanics can pit the surface of the brick. Pitting removes the protection layer that clay bricks get during the firing process. It means the brick will absorb more water and are more likely to spall during...

Confirmed that it is a potassium silicate stain that absorbs into the bricks. They chose the opaque which is why it appears more like paint

Pigeon roosts?!? What pigeon roosts?!?

That's what I mean.... 8000/km2 is definitely not an accurate number and the density will increase with Broccolini's developments, the original Regent Park Revitalization increased density and the new increased density under Tridel

Sorry, but I am not sure where you got the 8000/km2 number from. The neighbourhood profile on the City of Toronto website says there are currently 10,803 residents (2016) and the density is 16,880/km2. It includes to the Don, but that is mostly car dealerships and light industrial.