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Yes... And this is CASA's era. I don't see the difference. The whole neighbourhood is not being steamrolled by Cresford a la 1960's St. James Town. They are adding several needed high-rises to a vibrant neighbourhood... And they are prisoners of the time they live in for designs and people's...

They were not mistakes at the time. The public loved those designs and the demand for them is what created areas like Davisville. Just because our tastes have shifted away from slabs and brick, doesn't make them mistakes. In the 1960's our tastes shifted away from Victorian Warehouses and we all...

Really? Walk through Rosedale, Forest Hill, The Annex, Queen Street West, Cabbagetown and tell me there isn't a theme going on. Sure there are different designs but the feel, theme, and even materials are all the same. They are all neighbourhoods. One wouldn't want the mind-F^@# neighbourhood no...

Furthermore, similar designs or design sensibility is what makes a neighbourhood. Imagine a street of homes where one is Southwest ranch style; one is Tudor; one is Mid-Century Modern; the next one is Colonial; then comes a Victorian with full gingerbread; followed by an Arts and Craft and so...

I dunno... I think I'd like to live in a Triple X condo...XXX ;) It seems many members on here are spoiled by the development boom of late, that affords so many companies to come to the table with different designs for each project. Toronto is rife with whole neighbourhoods of all the...

As well, there is a rather sizable crown above the highest floor which throws off the 52-78 numbers game for height reference. Thanks everyone for the kind words about my rendering and thanks also to the staff at UT for including it on their front page story. But please keep in mind, I am...

A little future fun...:cool: A rendering done from a great perspective. Original picture taken by member skyjacked found Here. (Original and Rendering for comparison)

The same could be said of your rush to judgement. You are always too eager to sound the most well-informed and knowledgeable that you sacrifice scrutiny for speed. Allow me to elucidate: The clumsiness, to which I assume you refer, is the way the northern center section seems to step back from...

^Ummm...People... The Convention Centre already occupies a huge area South of the tracks, on three massive levels.... It's all underground. It goes from the tracks almost to Lakeshore under all that grass. They will not be touching the South buildings... Only the North. (Images from MTTC...

I disagree with it too... But that doesn't make it something that WON'T happen. I am a realist and pragmatic. Just because I want or wish something to be be so, doesn't it make it real. A whole LOT of somebodies have to want and wish it to be so and even then, the best plans of mice and men...

I never said nor intimated that idea. It's amazing how the written word is useless on the Internet. No amount of precise wording will stop people from jumping to the most extreme conclusions. I only tried put the Van der Rohe podium in its proper perspective. All too often certain buildings are...

While this may be the sentiment of most of the architecture fans on this site, (In deference to the purity of Mies' original vision and his place at the pinnacle of iconic architects,) I always think the ghost of the long-gone Beaux Arts Toronto Bank Building suffers another blow when no one...

As I said on the news page: Clearly it is representational of an Arctic building on the precipice of a glacier about to topple into the abyss. Considering the obvious allusion to the name "Alaska" it is neither very creative thinking design-wise nor inspiring confidence in the project.

I lived next to a downtown hotel which had several Tour buses idling in its driveway most days. By far the worst noise is the diesel engine just idling. It goes on interminably and it gets under your skin. Closing the windows does nothing. The subsonic vibration travels through everything. You...

^Nor the resident's 'junk'... Cinch those robes people! ;)

Could I put forward a suggestion? Could all our photographers please refrain from imaging the lower level until the stores are occupied? The above images actually turn my stomach... Seriously... I feel unwell when I look at the sad 'Dentist-office' walls and storefronts.

I am all for a bank of Bank Machines (Like a multi-bank food court) on every corner downtown. But this Starbucksification of financial institutions is getting rediculous. Almost as ridiculous as a writer coining the word "Starbucksification". I lived downtown for 20 years and visited my...

^Great photograph. Could someone please justify the need for red Aircraft Warning Beacons on the shorter tower? Seriously??... If you are flying so low that a 25 floor building is a potential obstacle, then that condo is the least of your worries.

Future Aura someMidTowner's great photograph from up Yonge Street (found HERE) inspired me to do a rendering. Just a random guess at the completed version, of course. All details are up for debate. If the original size is a little overwhelming, I have included some smaller versions underneath...

I don't know of any Light Feature for Aura. If you are referring to the beams of light in the above night rendition... Then I would attribute that to artistic licence by the advertising agency who came up with it. (Generally, residents don't appreciate high-powered spot lights aimed at their...