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While tree-planting methods have changed in contrast to the old days of trees-in-boxes, they remain highly inadequate. Personally, I don't see the point to spending money on trees and labour when: 1. Trees are unprotected from vandalism and heavy winds, both of which are common downtown: 2...

I'm with you on that. Waterfrontoronto seems to be doing everything but creating/building permanent public parks and facilities on the waterfront.

Unfortunately, neither the provincial nor the federal governments seem inclined to share any of the taxes they receive with our municipal government. There is just no political incentive to do so because legislative seats are always skewed towards rural and small town/city ridings. It's...

apparition in white She's a woman, she's been in the area for over 20 years, and for some years(maybe still) she lived in the ravine at the northeast corner of Leslie and Sheppard. She was fed by the people who lived in the townhouses on the edge of the ravine. She usually does her thing on...

West 8 Thanks for the responses. How do we find out what is actually going on right now and wat the construction timelines are? Personally, I think that this is a very important project in terms of stitching the pieces together on the central waterfront and providing a destination for...

West 8 Doris aside, has anyone heard anything about the West 8 project for the central waterfront, ie., is it going to be built anytime soon, leaf or not?

waterfront: Central Waterfront I've been wondering the same. I sent an e-mail to Waterfront Toronto about three weeks ago asking that very question but got no reply. In fact, Waterfront Toronto has updated the look of their website and their name but the content of the site is the same as...

What's wrong... Wente rarely says anything of real value but I have to agree that our current municipal government has done very little for the public image of Toronto. This city has come into its own in so many respects but lacks municipal politicians that either understand that or have any...

varsity stadium While I'd be the last person to defend the design of the seating, I thought I would point out that the new running track is considered by athletes to be the best in the city. There are pitifully few decent facilities in Toronto for track athletes to train. The Metro Toronto...

muesumhouse That owl is part of what looks like a very nice Art Deco facade with a curved corner and all. I've been by there a million times and never noticed it until the photo got posted on this site. Too bad it took its future demolition to make it more apparent.

ago expansion What i like about the new sculpture gallery ramp is that it gently curves up and down at the same time that it curves in and out. I'm sssuming that the canopy will follow the same curves which will give it a gently dynamic feel- Gehry-esque you may call it but also cool, I...

Ago I don't think it's true that the entire south wing is devoted to art. I believe that one floor is set aside for social/corporate events. Does anyone have any shots of what's happening on the Dundas side of the AGO? It will be interesting to see the canopy being applied to the exterior.

renaissance rom-swarovski chandelier What we forget as we wax eloquent about building design etc. is that these institutional expansions in many cases are dual purpose- they increase exhibition space, but they are also intended as entertainment venues to raise money. That chandelier is for the...