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The ridiculousness of this is that the city will get much more money for this land if there is mass transit yet King Ford will likely to stop the LRT ROW because 'the people' don't want it. That means less money for city owned land because the city can't afford to invest and cut taxes; therefore...

Neocon translation: 'common sense'='my opinion' (often based on feelings sprinkled with a couple articles they read in the opinion section.) 'the people'='me' or 'I' (or at most 'the people who voted for me and who share the same brain as I do') ...god, it's going to be a long treacherous 4 (or...

From the The Official MTO Driver's Handbook (http://www.todaysdriver.ca/files/Download/OntarioDHB2009.pdf) Seems like the law says bicycles have as much right to most roads (including Yonge St.) as cars do to me.

Interview with Moshe Safdie from Lisa Rochon: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/architect-creates-a-play-of-solid-and-void/article1978067/page1/

from http://www.builtheritagenews.ca/current.cfm (Mar11/11) I have a hard time comparing the Eiffel Tower to the Eaton Centre but, melodrama aside, they have a point. The renos look pretty good so far but it's hard to say if it's real progress or just a trendy update.

I think Exhibit will make this will look like quality infill.

If this is correct they will have to change the LRT order into something that is powered by the rails. Unless they retrofit the RT to overhead wires (including rebuilding parts of the station). But if they go with rail-powered the burrowers don't need to be oversized as the ones ordered; also...

Lorinc in the Globe: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-mayor-rob-fords-transit-plan-wins-provincial-approval/article1963854/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/comparing-transit-city-to-rob-fords-plan-for-the-ttc/article1933258/?from=1963854

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"...secretly declared 'war on cars'..." Are you kidding me, this is a legal document? In a city where our transit is ranking lower by the year? On a street where they re-designed with the hierarchy of importance seemingly being streetcar, cars, pedestrians then lastly bikes? I understand why...

(fyi: be selective when searching for "hamster tube" in google.)

As usual, thanks Ed for the update. I have plenty of issues regarding this development but the possible false advertising is annoying me right now. For instance isn't the "Epic Mews" a back alley for the Queen St. buildings including Wolfits? How do they plan on planting trees (or whatever the...

Ya, I was taking that into account. I figured that the top three floors are still the larger balconies. It looks like there are just finishing them in JasonZed's update.

According to walkscore.com 426 University is a "Walker's Paradise"--scored 100 out of 100! http://www.walkscore.com/score/426-university-toronto

One of the levels of government does. From the renderings of Pier 27 it will be a wide strip of park/boardwalk.

Thanks for all the updates J-Zed. Anyone know the fate of the champs building?

The ads for this building reminded me to do something: Please don't get build. Please don't get build. Please don't get build. John St. is too important of a corridor for a turd like this to get built. Mediocre design. Towering over 2-3 story heritage buildings, throwing afternoon shadow on an...

Wow, great find. Thanks for that.

If the render hasn't changed I'd say it's on the last floor. Just the mechanical left.

I find it sits a little easier than the supersized cup of Robert Moses crude. ;)