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I have to admit, I envy your seemingly unsinkable optimism. You've got to be the only person on these boards who sees this block-long inert lump and says "you know, I wish it was A THOUSAND FEET TALLER"

I'll take an interesting failure (and the neighbour is definitely a failure, one of the more grotesque facadectomies in recent memory) over bland, spandrel-laced mediocrity any day.

Not to defend our city's bizarre passion for facadectomy, but I distinctly remember Rashid once going on about how he dislikes seeing books in people's homes because they're messy (except his own books, one assumes). It makes sense that he'd have such distaste for any messy visual evidence of...

It stands out to me that DTAH describe it as a shelter for "cis and trans women", since the Salvation Army has repeatedly been accused of transphobia over the years. I sincerely hope this is part of an effort from the SA to be more inclusive. That aside – looks architecturally pretty decent...

I'm picturing something like the window in the Horseshoe that lets you get A&W from next door. Confess while sinning! Such a time-saver!

Like 17 years, was it? I have Ikea furniture that's lasted longer...

If memory serves, the previous plan replaced the arena with park space; the new building on the western side of the park, alongside the Armoury, took on those functions.

Looks like a normal patina starting to form on the statue to me. As for the grass, I'm sure the dog urine doesn't help, but I suspect it's more pedestrian traffic: it's a very well-used park, and if one were selfie-inclined, in front of those hands is a logical place to stand.

That's very promising; lots of storefronts, not just a wall-o-glass. The massing and materials are also well inline with the older stock further south on Spadina, from Sullivan to Adelaide.

I love that the placeholder text on the departure screens reads "Get your steps in for the day." Is that an optimistic way of saying "there's no bus, get walking"?

Maybe it's a tribute to the several auto repair shops it's taking out? I think this is a lost opportunity for some commercial on the ground floor along the laneway. Not retail necessarily, but workshop space or galleries or at least live/works or something. There's potential to build on the...

Nothing says "living in harmony with nature" like a buttload of grey spandrel

"It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

I love the design of these bridges, and it's amazing to see them in this context, in the middle of a huge construction site. It really reminds me of photos of the construction of Expo 67: just a vast area of mud and broken concrete, then suddenly a burst of gleaming modernity and promise.

Exactly. There's nothing in this that's not feasible from an engineering standpoint, but there's zero economic justification for the eye-watering amount of money it would take to build all those sky-bridges, winter gardens, rock-climbing walls and fountains. And since we live in a place and time...

It's a nice bit of science fiction.

I love that this is adding rental, and it's not just some rich bozo wanting to build a mansion with protected views. It's a great spot for some added density. That said: I'm not even remotely religious, but I'd hate to see this building go; it's architecturally very interesting!

It's actually really neat – WT mention somewhere that it's on a turntable on the barge; they'll float it into place on the barge perpendicular to the road, then raise it up, rotate the turntable 90 degrees so it lines up, and then lower the bridge onto the footings.

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It might seem redundant, but they have to build two Oreo buildings, so there's a place between them to put the delicious icing