Recent content by ReThink

What exactly do you propose the city of Toronto does with Redpath? Force a private business operating with legal non-conforming status to move? I imagine you probably hope that that land gets expropriated so that Toronto can build that ever fabled 400 meter super-tall. Well gee, that Toronto...

It's pretty clear that Ford deserves considerable 'credit' for causing the current polarization in Toronto's politics. When the mayor of a city loses a vote 43-1 its pretty clear that he makes his decisions solely based on his personal ideology and not common sense.

Until your friend answers the 'hard questions' in a TV interview, I refuse to believe this hearsay.

Pick any thread on this forum and you will probably come across some post deriding Toronto for it's lack of vision and lack of quality in its built form. And yet you think it is 'snobbery and elitist' to want to have meaningful debate about getting the best possible institutions for our city...

You would probably make an excellent adviser to Rob Ford as you both seem to rely overwhelmingly on useless anecdotal evidence. It has been well documented that 2010 was the busiest year ever for Toronto's Public Libraries, not only in terms of visits but also in terms of books borrowed. But...

"With more than 18 million visits to our branches and more than 32 million items borrowed, 2010 was again our busiest year ever." Source: http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/annual-report-2010/library-2010/stats.html#panel1 If Toronto's library system having its busiest year ever isn't proof...

Yesterday.

Don't feed the troll!

A little disappointed to see the current building go as I am a big fan of the restaurants and bars along that stretch of front. That being said it is a great location for a high-rise residential and office development, and if the new development contains sufficient ground floor retail and meets...

This is one of the worst analogies I have ever seen. The main reason I was hoping for an aquarium on the Waterfront is because Toronto's Waterfront doesn't really have a big ticket, tourist drawing landmark, though perhaps the Canadian Malting Silos site could provide such a venue in the...

It is true that percentage growth statistics can be misleading. Although according to the Go Transit Ridership thread, the Barrie line saw the second largest ridership increase in terms of absolute numbers over the 2008 - 2010 period, with Milton seeing by far the largest increase. That being...

My reply was more towards why adding additional stops on other lines in general shouldn't be an issue. As you mentioned, the Richmond Hill line isn't really a candidate for useful additional stops in the downtown area. On the topic of the Yonge subway line extension, it is clearly a project...

Indeed, electrification along with greater frequency and some express trains should be enough to ease concerns.

For a line that has consistently ranked tops when it comes to annual percentage ridership increases, I should hope it is slated for all day/weekend service some time in the not so distant future. Whether such service would make it all the way up to Barrie is another matter.

Indeed. Forget personal pet projects, our Councillors and Mayor should be concerned about more pressing items like getting an NFL Team. Oh wait...