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Yep, good news is whatever should be preserved will stay and the rest of the crap will be gone. Now I will wait for all the ugly slabs on the other side of Yonge to be replaced, from Edward to Gerrard, everything except one or two is either boring or downright hideous. I mean, I don't hate...

Is it the SE corner? The lot is quite big, only 13s?

What was there previously? I walked past it everyday for the past 5 years and never realized what those were - just knowing it was ugly.

Of course they would have done their research, but I think the point is there is no point in creating unnecessary confusion when avoiding it is so easy.

It appears you don't get the value of frequent flyer programs. Two friends of mine, who were going to visit Iceland, did just that this past weekend. Because they used their miles, it allows them to make stopovers. So instead of making a short connection at YYZ (from LAX) and flying to...

Now there is a billboard onsite that says construction starts in September 2015 (I thought it was summer 2015 previously).

indeed.

it does remain beneath my standards for sure, but that's a different matter. People can't just move wherever they want. No, I don't deny I am imposing a set of values, but everyone does that. You are imposing your value about what Leaside should be like too, aren't you? What matters is not who...

Since we are swapping labels, it is miles better than selfish nimbyism I think, if the policy does serve a general good purpose. Cities are always governed by certain level of "dictating", which means things do happen despite your wishes. I want the Gardiner removed completely, but it is not...

because by adding density, we provide more housing to those who would be able to live closer to the city center - where they jobs are, and near transit. Of course it works great for you that you live in a low density area with spacious houses yet close to the core, what about other people...

No need to be so rude and snarky. I comment on whatever posts that interest me. To be honest, I am jealous of how much those houses are worth, but definitely not jealous of physically living there. Appears very suburban and boring to me. True, not every single neighhourhood in Toronto needs to...

I thought posts should be about the topic, which is Leaside and urban planning, not where I should live or what I supposedly "contempt". Please be more mature in your conversation and stop acting like a child. I live in a highrise apartment of 650sf and a pretty spacious terrace. Not sure if...

It may be a 15 minutes walk, but do the residents walk there regularly? Not to mention the east part is a good 25-30 minutes walk. To me, it is absolutely insanity that a place like Rosedale is allowed to maintain such low density - I am not suggesting to remove existing beautiful homes, but...

Density? Really? Leaside has a density problem? Increase the current density by 5X and it still won't be too dense. What about the children? The fact that they only need suburban homes with yard and a lot of sacred "green space" and any towers, busy retail or walkable neighbourhood will...

How the hell can that happen? Downtown condos are $650/sf nowadays, and charges a condo fee of 0.65-0.8/sf. A 1200sf family sized condo will be $800k with $800-1000 of condos fees every month. With that amount of costs, I am sure most families would opt for a small house a bit further away from...

thanks. Then it is a 20 minutes walk from where I live, versus 1 minute to the subway. Subway + 192 normally takes me 60-65 minutes, now with a 20 minutes walk, 25 minutes right, and potentially 5-10 minutes waiting, it takes 50-55 minutes, a saving of 10 minutes? Is it really worth it even for...

It may have been mentioned in the threads, but does anyone know where exactly is the Union terminal? I read somewhere that it involves a walk on the skywalk, so does it mean it is not at Bay/Front or even York, but rather at Simcoe just north of the rail tracks?

May I ask why we need a Yonge/York ramp? That creates a lot of gridlock. I mean, having a ramp at Spadina and Jarvis is not convenient enough for drivers? I think the entire Yonge/York ramp should be removed completely. Why would we allow cars to downtown on Yonge st, and then what, run...

that makes tearing down the Gardiner even more attractive - people actually will be incentivized to live closer to work or wherever they need to go often, instead of live where they get the most space on their buck. The fact so many people live in Brampton or Georgetown while work in downtown...

true. However, I still think Spadina Chinatown needs a lot more variety in terms of Chinese food options. There are too many restaurants of the same old and tired mediocre style, sometimes I wonder how come they could even survive with such poor offerings. Just the presence of the large number...