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Agree. Queen Quay itself, especially the south side, shouldn't be dominated by highrises, not to say pure residential highrise condos. Do we really want our southern most street just by the lake, which everyone Toronto skyline photos show, to be an avenue of glass towers? It is especially bad...

Right on! Everytime I walk past these hideous things, I am angry and frustrated by their existence at the very best location in our city! Only if there is a way to make them disappear! On their east, These don't look any better either. Our waterfront is so ruined by these 1970s ugly...

As he mentioned, not having to go south of Bloor on the Yonge line itself is a big advantage. Plenty of folks take the BD line and transfer at Y/B every morning. Plus, Y/B is obviously a much desirable area than something as boring as Union Station and its sourroundings. As to people who...

As to East Bayfront/West Donlands, a CBD with no subway access? I doubt any banks and large firms would want to move there. I agree the CBD can expand east/west along King/Queen though, between Church and John for examples.

The Harbour Square Condos are probably the ugliest building on our waterfront, and they are BIG! The above photo skillfully avoids showing that however.

I decide to name this condo "Memory Chips" since the achitect was obviously inspired by the inside of a computer.

can I ask a stupid question: what's the full name of aA people are talking about here?

I didn't suggest otherwise. the Village should stay how things are, maybe some beautification work and some more mid rises, but definitely not 40s glass condos. I was more referring to south of Gerrard, the problem area.

Wow, awesome picture! In which year would will be able to see that? 2016? Honestly no condos should be allowed to be built along QQ, especially the south side. We have too many ugly ones on it already!

true. I always think in downtown, from Spadina to Jarvis should be mostly highrises, just because the short distance to the subway line. High density will enable more people to take advantage of easy access to our limited subway stations. Particularly in the case of Church st, with Spire...

Church st, from that very spot all the way to Adelaide st (where Spire is), needs a lot of nice work to bring the area back to life. Walking down the street is depressing, especially around Church/Dundas and the east side near Queen. This particular stretch has no identity whatsoever yet the...

That's good news. I also think something commercial does more good than condos after condos, especially at that area so close to Yonge St.

it would be nicer if those three giant apartments come down.

I am only giving an example. I think there have been many such cases where developer try to convert a midrise to a highrise one, when there are many empty ones everywhere in the city. Yes, whether the lot is available for sale is another matter. For example, on my way to St Lawrence Market, I...

The government will never be able to run Ontario Place well, no matter what kind of plan they eventually comes up with or how much money it throws in. Ontario should never expect to run a tourist attraction and leave it to the private sector. Last weekend I went by it, and thought, wow, such...

I am for all more density. One thing that confuses me is why developers often look to build highrises on lands where there is already a building, instead of developing the remaining empty lot in similar locations? as you can see from the map, there is a parking lot right on the other side of the...