Recent content by urbanvillageboy

Not to mention bigoted.

There really isn't enough parkland in the Bay/Yonge/Church corridor in Downtown Toronto. There are also more children downtown and few local parks for them and their parents to go to. My guess is that these play a part in any decision to convert part or all of this space for park space...

Oh, how generous of you. I feel so much better now. I think a lot of you guys are full of yourselves. You've reached a concensus among yourselves and when you're confronted with a difference of opinion that threatens this concensus or you don't have a good answer to, you refer to the...

What architectural expertise? You guys base that on what other so-called experts say. And just because someone who wrote a book said it does not make it doctrine. I know what's been said but I have a mind of my own and I dont' always agree with what's been said before. C'mon guys this is art...

Get over yourself. It's a mall. And it's changing, despite all your " expert architectural "huffing and puffing. Cities evolve and change and the general aesthetic has moved on from the seventies. And you know some of us like the change and it doesn't make us philistines or "ignorant."

i walked along Bloor St. on Sunday. I thought the flower plantings were lovely, well thought out, and, yes, perhaps a tiny bit exuberant. The trees are doing as well as trees do during the first year that they are in the ground. A few are struggling and that's to be expected in any large scale...

I agree with Mongo. I've pulled out of the forum for months because I found that either I agreed with the pre-formed opinions of the clique that clearly dominate or I was attacked. And I don't agree that you moderators do a good job when so-called discussions start. There frequently aren't...

It might be old, but I'd hardly call it "nice.' I'm quite excited to see it finally covered up.

you know what,man, this is not a matter to be dismissed so easily. It's not easy to put forward your views as a first-timer when you're attacked by someone like adma. It's kept me away from this site on several occasions and it starts to feel like there is a small group of discussants that...

I guess I'm one of your "jerks" because I really like what they did to that building and I think it's far classier. I'd welcome something similar done to the Intercontinental. Let's glitz up that part of Bloor. And by the way, when will the moderators on this forum choose to stop your abuse...

Walli, if you'd read the previous postings. you would have read numerous speculations as to why this project is not going ahead. One rumour was that it had to do with the collapsing price of oil, assuming that that is the business that The Aga Khan is in. Also I was trying to defend you against...

i think this discussion is taking on a nasty tone which is really unnecessary. It's a shame that the Bata building was demolished and if this project is built, it will likely add a couple of well designed structures, probably worth talking about. The real question is why this is taking so long...

I agree with you totally. Here and there, there are some decent old buildings and some have actually been properly restored and taken care of. But, on the whole, the street looks run down and, to me, is an embarrassment. No decent streetscaping, a bit of interesting retail, but a lot of not...

I think you guys may be starting your floor count from the wrong spot. If the towers are in fact supposed to be as tall as Toronto Geek says then I think that you start counting condo floors from the top of the podium and not the bottom. The top of the podium is likely where the condo towers...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I'm glad that there is strong resistance to this development. I like high rises and the increasing density too but I also like contrast and the special little districts like St. Nicholas and St. Joseph Streets which are worth preserving as is...