Recent content by TJ O'Pootertoot

"no Friggin diggin" narrator: actually, they were tunnelin'

I said all along, I don't think having substantive development will be an issue here. And the leverage the Province has means it will likely be even more substantive - which is to say more than 15,000 units in Langstaff Gateway and more than 12K in RH (which is to say easily upwards of 50K...

I'll take the over on all counts :) But yes, there will be lovely southern views in any highrises at these sites.

Indeed - and no details on the heights/densities etc. but given the size of these sites, it's obviously going to: a) Be a lot more than we've already seen in the RH and Markham plans. The Markham TOC is a little more than half of Langstaff Gateway and Richmond Hill's appears to be all of...

Well, I said above that they're being a bit two-faced saying they love the subway, they love Clark Station, they just want the thing out of their neighbourhood. And yes, some pols have gone along with the charade - which is easy to do (whether you're a local councillor or federal MP candidate)...

And what does York Region have to do with this, in that they are York Region residents complaining about Metrolinx? Are you saying people are annoyed that these spoiled YR residents are complaining about the subway they're getting? Cuz if so a) small neighbourhood, not "York Region" and b)...

Question - are humans allowed to go or is this another dog-based protest? Seriously - I'll just say (again) that this ridiculous and it will probably continue after Metrolinx actually does some decent communication (how deep are the tunnels? what's the ACTUAL impact of trains at those depths...

It's a tricky needle they're trying to thread. "We are so grateful that, after years of waiting, we are finally getting a subway! And we're thrilled about that Clark station! Thornhill property values, no slouch right now, will go through the roof! But, um, we're not sure about the route you've...

Scar and 'Bury?

I didn't know about this store until I visited the mall, for the first time in ages, last week. People were lined up, a couple of dozen of them, to get in. I didn't have the heart to tell them they could walk 30 seconds to Sport Chek and find most of the same stuff. 😜

Back when there was a magical plan called Transit City, the Don Mills LRT was supposed to go by here. There was a very significant redevelopment plan but it's either very dormant or totally dead - but there's space, FWIW. But, yeah, it's amazing that this guy's argument is absorb 100s of...

Fixed it: "People in Toronto are Urging the City to spend Hundreds of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to Seize Private Property and then Find Another $2B of Taxpayer Funds in Order to Build a Park, Over The Course of the Next 20 Years, Give or Take."

It had certainly crossed my mind that this is not far at all from the Cummer development. I don't want to be Super Urbanist who can't at all relate to the idea of having AFFORDABLE HOUSING going in next door being a concern; I get it. But as others have said, there's a certain hysteria some...

If I saw a massive housing development was going up in my neighbourhood, yes, there would be legit reasons to be concerned. I guess I just look at that flyer and am reading between the lines that AFFORDABLE and RENTAL are what they are hilighting. Who cares that it's RENTAL? (Funny tangent...

I completely understand looking at this and wondering what it'll actually mean in reality but I would bear a couple of things in mind, especially if we're talking about sprawl and stuff. 1) Simcoe County and Innisfil are in the Growth Plan. Simcoe's population is "required" to increase from...