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Sure, he's a grandstander, but he's really quite good at it. LOL

I get where you're coming from and agree with the gist.........but..... I think its important to say that height can be overbearing and otherwise unpleasant, when massed poorly. The height of street walls (and perimeter walls more broadly, ie. the way the building will be experienced by...

Decision Report - Approval Recommended to the next meeting of TEYCC: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-264757.pdf

Appealed to the OLT on December 15th, 2025. Case Information: https://jus-olt-prod.powerappsportals.com/en/e-status/details/?id=03aed3f6-5ce6-f011-8406-7ced8ddfa320 First CMC due next month on March 11th. Appeals Report to the next meeting of TEYCC...

Decision Report - Approval Recommended to the next meeting of TEYCC: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-264746.pdf

Decision Report - Approval Recommended to the next meeting of TEYCC: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-284299.pdf

Some detail on timing here via the Construction Staging Report to the next meeting of SCC: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/sc/bgrd/backgroundfile-264735.pdf From the above:

Interesting thoughts. Observation/Question: The height at the outer limit of the base on the King's College Road side alternates between 1 and 2s (which seems odd to me), its also below the height of the building to the south. Even if you wanted to articulate the massing a bit, (make...

To be fair, those names like Mississauga were anglicized to make them easier to pronounce (more intuitive) to typical English speakers. Misi-zaagiing (or Misswezahging), is where we get the latter from. Toronto is Tkarón:to) Ontario is: kanadario **** That put out there........the wisdom of...

The impacts on cross-lines can be partially or fully offset by using 'compensation time' for the cross street within the signal's cycle; as well as by implementing some priority measures on the cross street itself. While this will ultimately be important.....any delays fro crossing...

Reaper has a very solid understanding of the issues. No, TSP does not set the schedules, it can create conditions for better schedules (or worse) depending on how its implemented. Yes, these things are inter-related, but TSP is not setting any schedule. That's Laurence Lui's job (head of...

The elevators at Greenwood were not operating when I was there last night. They did look very, very close, but there was at least some work outstanding.

Article on this one over at Renx: https://renx.ca/ground-broken-for-60-storey-q-tower-condo-in-toronto From the above:

While I appreciate your passion, the three intersections being piloted have streetcars approaching from all directions, (4). You literally cannot prioritize them all at once. There are real world limits. A further note, when you back up car traffic on a road where cars are permitted on...

I think people have been wanting some news here for a bit..... So, who am I not to be accommodating? Renders: Some details: There's a lot more detail in this 109 page report to the U of T's Planning and Budget Ctte...