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In an effort to calm fears, Peter Zimmerman, the housing development manager for TCHC, explained that affordable housing is not low-income housing. “This is not housing for low income people,†emphasized Zimmerman. “It is housing for rents that are about 80% of the average for the City...

Ted Rogers Way Oh no! Are they renaming Jarvis Street between Charles and Bloor - Ted Rogers Way?? I live in the Residences on Bloor building just north of where Couture will be built. Thank goodness the address was changed 5 years ago from 620 Jarvis to 235 Bloor Street East. I...

What, you like this building and City Council's underwhelming master plan for the lakefront between Jarvis and Parliament? I don't. This is prime, downtown lakefront property. A picture postcard view of the city and City Council has chosen to let it go to waste. This building could've and...

City Hall's great master plan of allowing nothing but six storey shoe boxes along the waterfront! If all you're allowed to build is 6 storey boxes, then six storey boxes is all that you'll get! Another reason is many local politicians, especially McConnell, aren't interested in architecture...

I thought those clunkers were built by Shane Baghai. (sp)

It was a newspaper article about all the problems that the Distillery District developers are having with the city. Even Pam McConnell acknowledged that. The city keeps making financial demands ( basically extortion ) on the developers and if they refuse, they hold the project up with red...

Canada has decided to follow China's lead and send a rocketship to the moon! I suggest we send Stephen Harper to be the first Canucklehead to walk on the moon!

Sometimes?? It almost always ticks me off! City Hall is arrogant, greedy and wasteful! I wish there were Two term limits on city councillors and especially the Mayor. And I think senior civil servants should be rotated as well. Power corrupts! Career politicians are never a good thing.

Don't worry about that. As the city gets further involved, along with the developer's 'Bean counters' and 'cheapening' units, this building will end up looking like a box! :( It's a shame! This was a beautiful building. I wish those clowns at City Hall would just stick to picking up the...

That's nice. I like this development. And I certainly won't miss that plaza that occupies this site at present. I do believe this plaza was the site for the original Mel Lastman's Bad Boy store in the 50's! There is a subway entrance right in the plaza, so I am sure they'll keep that...

These two towers were built on a site that was previously a Loblaw's store, most recently a No-Frills. Between the Canadian Tire Store and Loblaw's was a Red Barn Fried Chicken outlet. It was similar to KFC.

I believe that was the original Canadian Tire store that the two brothers founded. I can't recall the family name!

I am sorry to get back on track, but initially Clear Spirit Phases II and III were supposed to be 40 and 48 storeys tall. If the new phase III is 35 storeys in height, how many storeys will Phase II have?? :confused: An Inquiring mind wishes to know! :( And just for the record, I like the...

That's good news. I hope they build a 30 storey Office Tower which will roughly equal in height the Burano and the Murano. And it shouldn't overwhelm the Government Office building directly north of that site either. That lot is a 5 minute walk from either College or Wellesley Station so it...

That's never stopped the government before. Wasting the tax-payer's money is what they do best. As a matter-of-fact, if they've spent a lot of money already, that's a sure sign this building will be coming down. Either that, or they'll give it away for a song.

Each city is unique in it's own way. Each city will develop in it's own way. What's good for one city will not necessarily work in another. Each city has a unique history, a different climate, political makeup and international influence, different people, different attitudes, different...

I was there last evening at 8:00 or so. It's taking shape quite nicely. The Jack Astors had a Lineup to get seated. Once everything is opened, I am sure there'll be plenty of business to go around.

Yonge / Dundas is becoming the heart of the city. Perhaps it is a bit tacky and commercialized, but it is welcoming. You're more likely to start up a conversation with a stranger there, than you would be at King and Bay. Nathan Philips Square isn't this welcoming - I've always found it cold...

Payphones perhaps! But basically you are the only one that touches your own phone, desk and keyboard. But Hotel bedspreads aren't drycleaned very often so you can only imagine what disgusting things people do on those things. Most guys don't wash their hands after using the bathroom, so the...

Yes! I agree. That building is an eyesore. It used to house the Ontario Government publications bookstore on the first level. The building looks almost abandoned now! It's a large lot, but I am not sure if we need yet another condo tower there. The Ontario Government could build a...