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Coming back to throw in my two cents- agreed that this building should not have been saved- many words have been spilled over it, but in the end, it's an exceedingly mediocre instance of brutalism in this city and hardly deserving of preservation, centenary history and GHG BS or not. In terms...

Yes, and "traditional" is a term that should be broken down into several gradations which include technology and planning- or better yet, totally discarded alongside the "modern-traditional" binary as a ideological hangover from the mid-century proponents of the International style. As noted...

IMO, there's nothing wrong with keeping an element of the OG Regent Park; at this point, the whole raft of issues about the physical and programmatic space that it faced have largely been defanged, and what we have left is relatively harmless. I think there's interesting opportunities to...

Unpack this statement please. Explain the differentiation between 'modern' and 'traditional'. Explain this please. Is it really just an issue about ornamentation? What's the problem with mainstream contemporary architecture that we see around us today? Again, a 'modern' avant-garde building of...

I do agree that I sense there is an growing undercurrent of dissatisfaction that feels that much of contemporary mainstream modernism has increasingly become overextended, reliant on overplayed tropes, constantly at the mercy of assembly manufacturers*, and for its more fervent deriders- even...

Oh ho ho ! Heritage Impact Assessments are about convincing the city that the changes made to the existing buildings on site are acceptable; not necessarily about making an impartial assessment of the existing building on site. As crucial as the work of heritage consultants like ERA is, I've...

Agreed. A small contention—we do need to clarify how this necessary densification is occurring. High-rises (and even some mid-rises) are not necessarily good urban form, and large-scale development can focus resources and monetary gain upwards towards large, politically-connected developers who...

An architectural critic ultimately offers an opinion, not the final word. Let us not forget that Christopher Hume was also an architectural critic. Regardless, it's clear that this building is going back for a redesign—and I do think that people should hold off their vitriol at such an early...

I am anticipating the stupid Reddit-tier names like Roady-McRoadface. Anyways, as pointed out by some commentators in the media, this is an (expensive) dog and pony show by whites, for whites, that city council can then point to as having 'progressed equality/equity'. It will only erode public...

Let's not forget that Chief Brant of the eponymous Brantford also owned a considerable number of black and native slaves as well.

Just like the prior, thinly-veiled opinion piece.

And yet it still presents its citations and sources based on primary information.

If we are judging 'democracy' by that case, we should note that public neighbourhood meetings commandeered by the NIMBY groups should be also considered 'democractic' and the 'voice of the majority'. And I agree with your later point. This is a street that every citizen in Toronto collectively...

Not a single cited source for either, which is why I hold them in identical regard- and yet Dundas' voting record and public speeches speak for themselves. Personally, I don't care for her credentials, as it's a poor showing for a university professor to not cite sources for evidence. For the...

Perhaps one day in the future when society has realized the criminality of first-past-the-post voting, roads named after the long-dead Justin Trudeau will be renamed and his statues torn down because of his complicity in prolonging first-past-the-post voting.

It rolls off the tongue well, and I guess it was probably a British import. That being said, 'Avenue' also refers to the rows of trees lining a path, so it's not all self-referential. Perhaps it was at some point descriptive?

Yeah I saw that, and it's an article that doesn't cite its sources either. Nothing in that article points to Dundas purposefully prolonging slavery, and instead it self-indulges on semantics. The quote from the article above betrays its slant- that it had a presupposition settled beforehand...

Interesting note here that unwinds a purportedly black-and-white thread into one into one of more nuanced shades of grey, contextualized against the era: And yes, the midwits who fall for this political parlor trick end up forgetting about the more real structural issues that may cause...

Thank you, and it'll be great to see your opinions here! I definitely agree with your point that the SLCA should be exploring more options to retain some of the existing structures, as more of a gradient between full demolition and full reuse but as you have noted, this building is hardly the...

Yes, that's the portion that I believe is expendable. The upper portions appear to have been heavily altered in the 80s-90s, while the bottom portion seems to be a later extension of the original structure, and is of little architectural note. Of course, if the texture is still desired, the...