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Just had a few days in Macau and it is incredible. But it is not Toronto. Toronto needs to work out what works in Toronto for Torontians. That being said, Asia is coming along quite well. Keep Toronto what it is.

Adds to the cityscape Any issues Toronto has are not related to the cityscape.

It looks like a handful of scramble crossings are now an accepted part of Toronto pedestrian life. Interesting to look at a "serious" scramble crossing - at Shibuya in Tokyo with up to 2,500 crossings per cycle. Impressive...

As a poster who used the phrase "serious aquarium" earlier, I would offer my belief that a "serious aquarium" should have purposes other than making money from public visitors - "public aquaria are often affiliated with oceanographic research institutions or conduct their own research programs...

Can't really comment on the building design - aquariums are not quite the same as standard condos or office blocks. However, for those that do a bit of travelling, the area and capacity of the aquarium are about 20 percent larger than the aquarium in the Bangkok Paragon shopping mall. What...

Wonderful picture. A question. Does having a prestige development like Aura going in a hundred feet from a Doner Kebab House, The Big Slice and a porn video shop, etc. smack of Third World? Or is this the cutting edge of mixed use development, preserving established communities? Or is it...

Interesting. I spend about three months of the year in Toronto - living near Yonge and Wellesley, and I have not seen the merchants in the area doing what they should be doing. The rest of the time is in Europe and Asia where I see the neccesary being done all the time. Maybe I am just out...

As they say - one swallow does not a springtime make.

So true. Related to this, I cannot recall ever seeing in Toronto a shop keeper sweeping the sidewalk in front of their shop. It's a common sight in European and Asian cities to see merchants cleaning the sidewalk and street in front of their business. All part of a total lack of respect...

Istanbul 2020 Madrid, Tokyo, Rome, Istanbul, US city (assuming USOC and IOC settle issues), Toronto(assuming it makes a bid), a few more still considering. Take your pick. Mine is Istanbul. Despite Harper's efforts to cosy up to China, Canada is still on the wrong side of too many...

It's taking time for the message to sink in. We are in a new world. In this new world we need to avoid letting perfect become the enemy of the good. There is no way public or philanthropic money will build an aquarium in Toronto in the lifetime of anyone on this thread. That means the...

toto - Nice juxtaposition. While perhaps not as mind-blowingly spectacular, similar 20 and 30 year comparisons would apply to many east Asian cities - Jakarta, Singapore, KL, Bangkok and others. Behind the facade they are doing things to address global urban issues - public transport...

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse. As numerous threads in this forum have pointed out Toronto expenditures on transport infrastructure compare very poorly with comparable projects elsewhere. Now a precedent is being set for a further quantum drop in cost-effectiveness...

Had a chance to pass through about a week ago and it looks quite good, albeit a bit sterile or .... like an airport lounge. This may actually be the Toronto style, if there is such a thing. Be it the Eaton Centre, subway stations, NPS or the PATH system - sterility and simplicity of style...

They did a good job of re-installing the homeless guy on the south-west corner of Bloor and Bay. At least one can now stay further away from him. I trust that part of the BIA project will be to employ permanently two or three guys/gals with brooms and scoops to sweep up the garbage and...