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Two things freshstart. I don't think its reasonable to call someone a noob simply because they dare debate with you, especially when you failed to make a distinction between residential property tax rates (of which Toronto is amongst the lowest in the GTA) and commercial property tax rates (of...

When its a 44 storey kirkor designed tower, I'd say its addition to the skyline is of questionable benefit.

Walked by two nights ago... although the hoarding remains, the lot is empty and overgrown

So Shoppers sells crack now? Over the counter?

I think that given the somewhat isolated location of this park, being under an overpass and all, the more streets bordering it the better. Presumably, said streets will be lined with buildings, hopefully both residential and commercial uses, providing Jacobs' 'eyes on the street' throughout the...

I really have mixed feelings toward this design. While I have argued in previous posts that this building is out of context with regard to its immediate neighbours, largely due to the lack of a significant setback between podium and tower, the new renderings do show that the height of the tower...

I agree with you completely. What the TTC needs to do is build shit that never breaks. Why is this city so badly planned?

Urban Shocker, I do agree that the park created by the set back of the tower is an admirable feature of the design and that it could indeed function as a wonderful outdoor 'lobby' for theatre goers. And the different articulation of the first several stories of the facade of this tower does...

Thanks for all the positive comments re: my first post - I like to come out swinging. And in that spirit there's a couple comments I want to respond to. At the risk of tilting at strawmen, I'm not going to use the quotes thing; it seems too accusatory to pull specific lines out of a thought and...

While I generally like the design of this building, I find the height inappropriate, both in terms of precedent as Vaughan mentions, and also in terms of who it relates to neighbouring buildings. That being said, I fear that this will be approved as is by the OMB, largely due to those buildings...