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It would be worth forwarding some of these images to Wong-Tam's office or "Friends of the Foundry." Showing conceptual images that don't destroy the heritage component could be a big help in selling how corrupt the Ford government is. These are very valuable marketing materiels. There is high...

If they're found to have acted illegally, they should be forced to re-build the structure.

This demolition is an utterly abysmal display of paternalistic provincial interference. The site can easily accommodate intensification while simultaneously maintaining the heritage components. The older building improve the urbanism of this area so much it would be absurd to tear them down if...

I wonder how the bulk of the people from Toronto will be feeling about this... Personally, and I don't mean to be glib or hyperbolic, only honest.... It feels really insulting, when you consider the horrible state of transit, and the terrible progress with any new projects over the last 40...

They could also reasonably remove a full lane in each direction and half a lane in each direction at intersections. 3 lane roads have the same capacity as 4 lane roads due to the left turn bottleneck. Dufferin already acts as a defacto 3 lane street (south of st clair) when you consider the...

Agreed, the setback doesn't make sense to me. They should maintain the street wall where possible. The overall building seems appropriate in scale, but there should be 3 retail units on the ground floor (to replace the existing) and the glass facade at that level is less than ideal. Why not...

I did forget about that, but it's still about double the distance and the route could be confusing for out of towners. Personally, I fully support different uses for the airport, but I don't think an island stadium would work well logistically. It would be a hell of a spot to see a game though...

Not regionally though. Any new park would need to be located easy walking distance from, at least, the Lakeshore east/west GO line. The other spot that could theoretically work in a future scenario is the East harbour development. Still it's less ideal than the current location. I personally...

People like to drink at games. The best location for a stadium is exactly were it is now. GO access from every suburb, TTC access, a huge population that can walk to games, and fairly easy car access. Not that they couldn't succeed elsewhere, but comparatively, everywhere else is suboptimal...

Please god no. Whatever happens please let it be a retractable roof. No stadium is worth the cold. I said Skydome is next to tropicana as one of the worst, but now, having reflected on my travels, I'd rather see a game at Sydome than New Yankee or Fenway any day. (Depending on the seats for...

As a baseball fan, I don't disagree. Skydome, after Tropicana, is possibly the worst stadium in the league. But does that justify the colossal waste of destroying the building? The cost of maintaining and renovating, especially if you include the environmental costs, can hardly equal the cost of...

I'm a huge baseball fan. Without counting baseball or heritage concerns. It seems like an enormous waste to build this type of facility and tear it down so soon. For a structure like this to last only 31 years seems unacceptable. There must be a much more cost effective, and environmentally...

Agree with the general feeling here. Really a huge miss on the master plan. Nothing wrong with the density, and the amount of green space is a plus, but it makes me wonder what I'm missing about the economics or engineering of large towers. I'm a layman, so I have to wonder, are there reasons...

The ground level is somewhat reminiscent of the two buildings on spadina north of adelaide. It is better at ground level that most modern buildings, I'll give it that.

This building should stay. I travel along that street all the time. That building is a highlight on Davenport. It infuriates me, though I don't know what the plan is here, that generally speaking developers don't consider a building like this an asset.

I agree. At minimum the units should be accessible from the laneway and not from an internal hallway (hard to tell from the renders). If they're going to market it as "sterling automotive" they could always include garage doors on the laneway street level units. Not as garages, but in lieu of...

Despite my UT name, I actually live very close to this proposal. I feel like a NIMBY, but of all the proposed projects on Vaughan, this one rubs me the wrong way. -2 of the buildings it will replace are quality older building typologies. (they are reasonably dense, and reasonably affordable.)...

It feels mean to say, because I don't dislike the design all that much, but it really reminds me of 2323 Dundas. Could turn out quite nice, but I can't unsee the resemblance.

Hi Everyone, I am a filmmaker here in the city and I am putting together a grant application through a program at Hot Docs (By Nov 12). They are asking for projects that: capture Canadian stories of people or groups who are actively involved in advancing social and cultural fabrics Vision...