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Same intersection, looking east. That great wall effect of 20-ish story building on the south side of Bloor East is going to be mercilessly dwarfed when 1BE goes up.

I'm not sure if it's quite a "nail in the coffin" of our tourism industry -- don't forget Toronto set a record for tourism numbers in 2007 -- but it is a lot of money and great international exposure gone. (http://www.torontotourism.com/Media/PressReleases/RecordYear.htm) I must say, though...

the perspective from Bay St.

photo update, taken yesterday. One from Bloor, one from Cumberland

Second tower almost done. These were taken yesterday.

I know a lot of people will say good riddance, but this is a pretty cool circuit to be on. From The Star Toronto tourism takes $50M hit with loss of race Toronto Indy cars hit the first turn in 2005 - race has been summer tradition along waterfront since 1986. Race fans sideswiped by...

Talk about your chiseled features

Has anybody ever thought about creating a separate thread for festivals, rather than lumping them into Neighbourhoods or Out & About? Seems there's always a festival going on in this city and it could be the logical place for Pride, Carabana, TIFF, Nuit Blanche, Hot Docs, Wine, Jazz, Dragon...

I was in Yorkville today and snapped some pics of ice sculptures that are part of the annual IceFest happening this weekend. Never uploaded from Flickr before, hope this works. The carving competitions and demonstrations are lots of fun if you have kids. From insidetoronto.com The trendy...

At the end of the day, it's just a game. It's not a global city game. It's not a best looking city game, or most romantic, or most powerful, or most uber urban. Mr. Monopoly chose "68 great cities" with zero scientific criteria. And in true democratic tradition, Mr. Monopoly also...

Toronto to host World Baseball Classic? Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2008 | 8:19 PM ET The Canadian Press Canada is a "strong possibility" to host one of the four groups in first-round play at the 2009 World Baseball Classic, a source with knowledge of the tournament's planning told...

I haven't been on UT for a few months and I join this thread late but I couldn't let this go by without my two cents. I'm not going to "flame" you here, we're all entitled to our opinions, but I think there is a flaw in your assumption that civic pride is lacking in Toronto because so many...

There's a great primer on the history of the Queen St. subway over at the Transit Toronto website if you're interested. http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5101.shtml

I'm wondering how this will affect priority signalling (such that we have) for transit and emergency vehicles?

Somebody be the adult and let it go or move it to personal e-mail or take off your shirts and fight like men (that's just an animated sexist expression for purposes of light comic relief, I don't mean to be making any assumptions of gender) because this has gone far beyond the thread topic and...

probably by using a locker, and a dry-cleaner in the Concourse

Public Meeting for Sherbourne Park, Oct 22 News release from Waterfront Toronto: Public Meeting for Sherbourne Park October 22, 2007 Waterfront Toronto would like to invite you to the second public meeting for Sherbourne Park. This 1.5 hectare (3.7 acre) public waterfront park and...

Actually, I do think it would be a fairer outcome. The Liberals and NDP combined garnered 58 per cent of the vote (42 + 17 respectively). What could be more fair or more accurately representative of the actual results than a Liberal minority government (they got less than 50 per cent, so that...

Oh ya. There was a maze or darkroom in every club for awhile too. I think what I liked most about the old Barn was that it attracted all kinds of people. It had its ups and downs, but once Colby's closed it became the place where almost everybody would wind up at some point. Regardless of what...

mostly, i miss that unrivalled-in-nature fragrance that comes from decades of stewing stale poppers and thick smoke and dirty leather and all those generations of man sweat and that patio upstairs...omg...that was the Lounge for the Lewd and Lascivious. ah, the good old days.....