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We all know how government acts on large scale infrastructure projects which require 100's of millions if not billions of dollars. I'm not sure exactly which segments of infrastructure she is talking about, but i assume transit, water, sewer capacity and of course public spaces. These alone...

This is a link to the TVO segment on The Agenda. The whole 30 min. show is interesting, especially for those present and prospective condo buyers. Jennifer's segment on Yonge st. is at the 26:15 min. mark. You can draw your own conclusions. I've already drawn mine...

I don't know how much influence Jennifer Keesmat has on the approval end of things, but she is adamantly opposed to such rapid density increases along the Yonge st. corridor. She appears to ready to fight tooth and nail against these newer tall proposals until the infrastructure is updated. This...

I'm a big heritage preservation guy, but this facade thing is getting out of hand. If you are going to preserve a building then do just that. Saving the front slab of a beautiful structure has worked in some cases, but doing the same thing when ever heritage preservation is required is slagging...

After watching Jennifer Keesmat on TVO a couple of weeks ago with others talking about the massive growth in the core of the city, this has no chance of this being built if Jennifer has her way. She stated there is too much density being built along the Yonge St. corridor as is, and it has to...

Nothing more than infill. Location is everything, and apparently design doesn't matter. Build and they will come, regardless of the bland mundane appearance. The design review panel has to up their game a few notches.

The Mirvish and Gehry have been dumbed down in that render so the Kikor project stands out. In reality things will be different. Fairly typical promotion.

It's been done in Dusseldorf Germany, and is also being done in Hamburg Germany with a 2 mile section of the Autobahn being buried with a park on the surface. I don't know what the cost was, but it has been done and looks great. There was a scene in the British tv series Paranoid that showed...

You have to wonder how that mess got through the DRP without someone catching on.

Always wondered what the difference was, but never followed up. I didn't think there was much, but this explanation makes it much clearer. Curtain wall appears to be the better option, but i'm sure that is never explained to buyers. Can we assume window wall is cheaper to install?

Point taken, but there is a difference between a large city and arguably the most influential country in the world. This is the last i'll say on the subject, as we'll get back on topic.. A telling video from the John Oliver show.

I was watching Bob McGowan on Sportsnet the night it was happening, and the guest was saying the same event last year in New York was the coldest All Star Game he was ever at. It was colder than the game in Toronto. Nobody complained. It is what it is. It's all indoors anyway. The American media...

The balcony's butting up tight against the derelict backside of the building on the left afford a nice view.

It would appear he had a good night, although the next step will be a doozy. Been there. I sympathize.

Another 54 story condo. Wow, impressive. It never ends. The greater minds than ours never cease to amaze.

The cost of Hydro has become a deterrent to exterior lighting and business in general in this province. You wouldn't know it by all the buildings lit up, but churches don't have the money for that. They have a hard enough time staying afloat. Some LED exterior lighting wouldn't cost as much...

Ah, the fore site of city officials. Amazing if this ends up being the case, considering all the transit funding from the Feds and Mcwynny and her transit tax plan.

Now that is a sin. There was nothing wrong with that building, and it had more chutzpa than anything that will be erected there. Let the dung fly. Higher isn't always better.

Not on my Mac.

Nice filler for Suits when they scan up the KPMG building and get Trump in the shot. Great show, a must watch.