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Great shot by tomms. While Toronto in January is not an outdoor city and so this photo is not necessarily representative, there is a notable lack in the picture of a high rise using its roof top area for anything other than covering the top floor or services. While there are plenty of low...

Although attracting a lot of attention in the lead up to and during the 2008 Olympics, construction still continues at a rapid pace. It might be interesting to keep up with some of these developments when global attention has shifted elsewhere. This particular piece from the Wall Street...

Or, when you decide to buy your TV, you just load it into a cab and head back home. Probably about the same price as the drive and the park without the effort of carrying out to the car. It happens in lots of cities. If it doesn't fit into a cab, then it would not have fit into your car...

Le TTC. Well played!!!! .

Move in dates - etched in sand From the Murano thread: "I have a unit on the 40th floor of the South Tower and my new move in date is mid January 2010!" Which raises an obvious issue on Burano. Given that the move in date for it was originally set for 2010, should I re-schedule my movers...

Perhaps a little common sense is in order Of course not. How can they? Having an unenforcable policy that isn't enforced does raise the question of why have such a policy in the first place. It might look better to have a reasonable policy that can be maintained, i.e. non-commercial...

Sounds like union members think they have the same right to improve their incomes as bankers, stock brokers, senior management and others in the top ten percent of wage earners. How naive. If union members and other "workers" get more money then there is less for senior managers who...

This is looking up Third Avenue in the Upper Eastside New York. What makes it work is the sheer density of development making for a pretty lively street scene 24 and 7. Not my favorite part of NYC but it does work. Maybe Toronto places to much emphasis on the buildings and not enough on what...

A chance to make a difference - maybe It is a little hard to figure our where the balance of UT contributors would come out on the issue of photography in the AGO. My own personal view is that taking non-commercial photos in the gallery areas with a hand held camera and without a flash is...

Bay street corridor is certainly a "neighborhood" As a seasonal resident of this corridor, I would certainly call it at least a unique area if not a classic definition of "neighborhood". Convenience and centrality are unparalleled. Ten to 15 minute walk from Bloor/Yorkville, Church/Wellesley...

Must respectfully decline to join in critique The external staircase is another example of combining aesthetics and practicality. It looks good as an external feature and does not detract from or break coherence of internal exhibit space thereby maximizing usable area, while also providing...

I would classify Toronto as 20th century not "the 19th century city". That aside, there are any number of ways that cities are using trams that are creative and fun. In Melbourne there is a Colonial Tramcar Restaurant that offers a tram ride and a meal. To quote from their publicity...

We need an icon Our friend Witold is so right - creating a contemporary icon is not a slam dunk. Bilbao is relatively unique. Either your city is old (a relative term), in which case you have a Forum, or a Parthenon, or a Statue of Liberty or a David, or an Eiffel Tower, or you have to build...

But then what do we have????? To joy I would probably add style and grace as a couple of other things in which Toronto hasn't done particularly well. On the other hand parsimony is something of which there is a surplus. I haven't seen the international ranking for these. Can we make a...

Where are these two or three hour processes????

And the walls came tumbling down... Thanks. Indeed, south-west is the exposure of choice. A working day and a half following the last shot. Quite impressive what one excavator and a guy with a hose can do when they set their mind to it. 6OCT 5:30 P.M. .

Wow - tell us more "Compared to most major European cities, Toronto is extremely clean." And just which cities might these be? And please offer comparison of like with like, i.e. upscale shopping area with upscale shopping area, subway with subway, slum with slum, etc. .

Own the night Despite the rather elaborate process to select works for display, the art itself was generally rather mediocre. But.... What was totally amazing and heartening was to see the streets of central Toronto jam-packed with people and cars at 3 in the morning. With this, and with...

The bid to nowhere From the TorStar 'Toronto' dirty word to Pan Am bid pooh-bahs October 03, 2008 DAVE PERKINS There were jugglers and clowns, gymnasts and fencers and a couple of trampoline artists dazzling about 500 schmoozers yesterday at the official kickoff of the 2015 Pan Am...

I'm not entirely sure on the Lisa S thing. With the lights turned way down, a pitcher of margaritas and 2:15 in the morning in the entertainment district ....... But the proposed logo, in and of itself, should ensure that the Toronto's effort is a bid to nowhere. Guadalajara seems to...