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50 million! Am I wrong in thinking that that seems like a lot for a glorified passageway though an existing parking garage?

Yeah, totally grey!

Great, so planning has succeeded in adding cost and complexity to the build, reducing GFA, and increasing the carbon footprint during construction and operation, all so we get a building that lines up with another nearby building of arbitrary height.

This is true. Maybe some of the budget could also be reallocated to separated infrastructure elsewhere where there's greater need.

Also this incredible map of the "Junction":

I remember that staff report where RSHP told the city they'd VE'd as much as they could, basically "if you want the RSHP name on your building, this is as bare bones as we'll go". To the architects' credit, the result is still excellent, but nothing like that original competition entry.

I am shocked and appalled to see brick going all the way to the top! Someone alert the planning department so they can force the architects to switch to cheap aluminum siding above the stepback. (Just kidding, this is great.)

Besides, nobody else wants it. From the (probably paywalled?) story in the Star:

Ben Spurr has a preview of Mayor Chow's appointments: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/olivia-chow-has-picked-her-team-at-city-hall-sources-say-an-inside-look-at/article_3186c8fe-c5b5-585f-bed5-1e9f4f3f7bd7.html We have: Malik as statutory deputy mayor Colle, Morley, and McKelvie as fake deputy...

I reached out to the councillor's office when Metrolinx put up the barriers at Bloor and Perth because there's really no reasonable cycling detour for southbound railpath users (Sterling one-way northbound, no left turn from westbound Bloor onto Perth, so you're either biking on a sidewalk or...

You may be right, and do I hope that the city will audit homeowners based on water and hydro records. While I imagine that audits will turn up some undeclared vacant properties, I'm skeptical that there is any substantial volume relative to the scale of the housing crisis. I've heard plenty of...

I also ran into this today. Thought I'd be smart and head up to Dupont because Wallace was closed and got funnelled into a single-lane death trap under the tracks. Bloor is no better, so I had to walk my bike on the sidewalk on Wallace on the way back. North-south is also a mess with the...

How do you square that with this? https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/just-2-100-properties-reported-empty-through-toronto-s-new-vacant-homes-tax/article_2b38ddfa-e8ee-5824-aa74-3ddf33892a7e.html

I wonder whether they'll re-grade Wallace under the overpass once the tracks are out. I thought I recalled seeing some early elevations where the roadway was dropped by ~0.5m.

Anyone know whether the brick is new, or did they just give it an extremely intense scrubbing?

From yesterday. Is that another crane base I see there? 👀

"SOK" sounds like an upscale take on "Saul Goodman".

The corrugated underside of the roof was always meant to be exposed. That seems very on-brand for RSHP and I think it could look fine if executed well. Unfortunately, it looks like we've lost the tidy grid of metal supports shown in the renderings and been given a much messier arrangement in...

Oh no, not a 3-story, 10-unit development! LOL!

Great overview, @Northern Light! Dufferin Park Ave from Gladstone to Havelock is a very popular spot for skateboarders. It would be nice to see that formalized somehow. I pass through Dufferin Grove several times a week by bike, and the bike infrastructure (or lack thereof) is frustrating...