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I say peel the skins off these and pave the streets with them. Flatten them out where necessary for street cars. For the cars, make it like speed bumps to maintain the texture. Wrap it right up the sidewalk and into buildings across the street where necessary.

I love these renders. Can I link it on Facebook? I'd like to share it.

Here is a list of 5900 casinos worldwide list. Take a look at the cities on this list and tell me how many have been destroyed by having a casino in their midst? A casino is going to be built somewhere in the GTA soon so whether it is downtown or not, the negative effects of gambling on the...

The Exhibition is my preferred site too. I'm just trying to expand the options. I have put forth a number of alternate sites but none in my opinion are as viable as the Ex site. I made this map in the past of a possible plot both North and South of Lakeshore. You could preserve all of Ontario...

There is nothing about the Gehry-Mirvish project that would make the Casino less attractive to prospective investors. In fact I would think exactly the opposite is true. There are plenty of Skyscraper geeks world wide that would travel to Toronto for the simple pleasure of experiencing a huge...

Toronto should approve it and work to get the best deal for the city in terms of profit sharing. Otherwise it goes to Markham or Mississauga, where they get the construction fees, property tax and ...oh...Jobs! The only people who will benefit from the casino going to Markham ( my 2nd...

I always thought the purpose of Spandrel Glass was to create a flowing, continuous wall of glass? This has the total opposite effect. I watched the early phases and was impressed with the progress until that glass started getting installed. From a distance the spandrel doesn't even look...

Saving the suburbs? Where are the locations/intersections where urban focused growth could be encouraged where the greatest impact could be seen? Dundas and Royal York, Bathurst and Finch, O'connor and Eglinton all seem like good candidates.

I created this map a while back when this discussion came up in the past. These lines all run in existing hydro corridors and could, for a fraction of the cost of LRT, move a lot of people quickly and intersect with existing transit lines. There is plenty of opportunity for commuter BRT service...

It would make a great paintball course. Board the ship by Zodiacs from the lake. Play a version of capture the flag with teams

Why is the expansion of Yonge from Finch to Steeles so expensive? It's a straight run on a 6 lane road very flat and no visible obstructions. It looks half as long as the extension of Sheppard from Yonge to Downsview but the cost is nearly the same? 2km for 1.3 Billion? Compare that to...

For those interested, I have a full size image as well. Full size image 2048x1536. Full size image.

Thanks for the positive comments.It was a hazy day and I jumped out of my car in the middle of the street without a tripod so it's a little out of focus. That shot is about 32KM from the lake. On the right you can see a Sobies/Canadian tire sign. That is 11700 Yonge Street. You can see clearly...

This was shot from the top of Richmond Hill at Yonge and Stouffville Rd.

The Science Centre should stay right where it is. There are great features to the building new and old. I like the new dome at the front. The way it runs down the long escalators into the valley. They could make better use of their outdoor spaces, consolidate some areas and lease out additional...

In my opinion, this is an opportunity that we would be remiss to let go. I think people need to look less at the negative social costs of gambling and focus on the economic benefits of thousands of construction jobs in the interim and thousands of permanent jobs in the future. Maybe there will...

Sell it to a movie studio. Let them push it into the lake and torpedo it, strafe it or just bomb it. Sink it and make it a recreational dive centre.

Public Meeting Scheduled for May 12th to discuss Transit in York Region.

I think there is a lot worth preserving of Ontario place. The public should demand the best parts be saved. Make them heritage buildings. The pods and the Cinesphere are part of our history, as short a time ago as it was. For those of us who grew up in the 70's Ontario place was the premier...

I think Cool's point was not that we should have this project but that if the public sector is partnered with the private sector (which is more likely to happen in a downtown project) we can get a project of this scale a quality (personal aesthetics aside). As pointed out above, any casino...