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We don't learn from our mistakes do we?

Agreed. Love the tower, but the podium? This stretch of Harbour is finally getting an opportunity to open up and attract some pedestrian engagement with the off-ramp coming down (and hopefully a cool park in its place). The podium doesn't respond to that at all. Looks more like a bomb shelter...

Are you aware of any data to support this? Theatre is often a tricky business, but it was my understanding that the POW is doing just fine. Through the remainder of 2015 alone, we'll see Mamma Mia!, Titanic the Musical and the Phantom of the Opera hit their stage, among others. Could theatres...

No, I think you missed my point. The POW plays a huge role in the vitality of the theatre district, which, let's not forget, is the third largest in the English-speaking world behind only London and NYC. There is precedent (indeed, very strong precedent) for our city to do what it can to...

Because the art and influence of theatre is best compared to street meat... That's the Toronto we should strive for.

Point taken, though I respectfully disagree. The High Line is a whole different ball game. It weaves directly through the urban realm of a dense, and IMO one of NYC's most interesting neighbourhoods, breathing down the necks of buildings old and new. Being enclosed on all sides prevents it...

Sign me up for KPMB! Although the aA design is quite beautiful, and certainly evokes Metropol Parasol as pointed out earlier. The Stoss submission lacks connectivity. Failing to bridge the slip directly south of Harbour Square and/or the Yonge St Slip is a huge missed opportunity. An...

A big, flashy Gehry seems right for the Entertainment District, but not here. I doubt Gehry to deliver such a humane scale, such restraint, such a diversity of buildings and facades.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the third tower scrapped primarily to save the POW Theatre? Also, doesn't it seem a bit bold to call our new contemporary art gallery a 7/11 when we know next to nothing about it, and the former iteration a world-class art gallery when we knew next to...

^^ Agreed. Does the character offered by Yonge's loan sharks and rip-off electronics really trump the character of these once beautiful buildings? I understand the sentimentality for a gritty Yonge St. But these buildings won't sit in modest disrepair for perpetuity, offering cheap rent to peep...