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You have no idea how many times I was hanging out with someone and they suggested smoking weed on the subway. Can they not wait until they get off?

Pretty lazy but okay. I was looking for some more inspiring and even immersive 3D art, not just an abstract window covering.

To be fair, that's the fault of AGCO (Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario). They require cannabis stores to cover themselves up so that the interiors aren't visible from the public realm. It's a very conservative policy that makes cannabis stores far more intrusive in vibrant main streets...

It's interesting how the planning department that Keesmaat used to lead made her own development proposal worse in terms of urban design. No more natural trails, more segregated landscaping and the elimination of pedestrian mews, a very unnecessary roundabout, less landscaping islands, and many...

To my understanding, Appendix 8: Capital Needs Constraints shows projects that are unfunded due to a lack of resources or money. The tax-rate is set first, so we end up with projects that are left out of the budget because of a tax-rate (and other revenue sources) that are too small. Am I right...

Ah okay. Thanks for the clarification.

That's your opinion. Perhaps the architecture won't be noticed because it looks like every other building. There are many kinds of architectural styles with different principles, but modernist architecture often ignores what makes all of them successful. I agree with you there but most people...

That's right. COBE for the two westerly buildings.

I guess that means it's good architecture. It creates and reaffirms a sense of identity. I have my criticisms but it fits in very well with the Financial District's iconic towers, such as the golden Royal Bank Plaza.

Architecture, like any form of art, is subjective. The difference between visual art and architecture is that we end up living with it and having to look at it until the end of our lives. That's why we can't dismiss people's comments and refer to any praise or criticism as "subjective". At the...

Definitely a breath of fresh air 🙂

That would be amazing and would certainly beautify this space. I'm kinda pessimistic because all we hear is that retail is Osmington's responsibility but all I want to know is WHEN it'll happen and WHAT it'll look like. Same goes for the Great Hall restaurant... the renderings of which are not...

Nice pavers! I'm eager to see what it'll look like in spring!

From City Planning's Work Plan forecast for 2022, Page 25... https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-174785.pdf I have no idea what it actually means but let's hope for the best!

Do you know what development this is? It'd be interesting to ask the planner responsible for this application why the Landscape and Lighting Plans weren't followed. Thanks for sharing this. It's so frustrating that many streets have a messy collection of different lighting styles without any...

I was really looking forward to this building. Pretty interesting that the Building Transit Faster Act, giving Metrolinx control over developments within the vicinity of its projects, delayed this project.

Thank you OLT/LPAT/OMB (whatever) for an over a decade-long appeal process that stopped many of the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan design policies from being in-force, including the requirement for excellent building design. Even when great planning policies are made, including those that...

They released some aspects of it, but not the whole thing. Their Housing plan is a good read.

Thanks for the information on why we see special lights attached to utilitarian poles. Site plans absolutely should include street lighting fixtures, as they do for other landscaping features. The thing is, I've never seen this combination of poles, brackets, and luminaires. I've never seen this...

It looks very nice, although I'm disappointed by the weird utilitarian street lights. Could it be Toronto Hydro's fault or was it the landscape designers? I would appreciate some insight into this.