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Your statement is misleading because current regulations are meant to reduce the release of perc into the natural environment. The vast majority of dry-cleaning operations in Canada (including those in Ontario) continues to use perc. Hypothetically speaking, even if we had banned the use of...

It is a great photo though Godzilla is far more photogenic than Aura!

Synthetic surfaces retain heat and don’t release it out in the air unlike grass surfaces, which is why they can become extremely hot. This can happen even without black safety surfacing. Besides, there are other health, safety and environmental concerns, as noted in the links I posted before...

Or perhaps the “left-wing pinkos†are still active in City Hall :-)!

Compared to grass surfaces, synthetic surfaces are less effective in washing out and cleaning itself from feces and harmful bacteria without human maintenance.

Just because something is new or different does not mean it’s innovative by default. http://www.citylimits.org/conversations/112/a-risky-play http://awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.ca/2012/06/heat-advisory-playground-and-artificial.html We should evaluate a new product using a more...

I was commenting about the general trend in downtown Toronto that favours synthetic materials over grass for parks. Think about Barbara Hall Park or the park behind the College Park buildings. Besides, the co-existence of grass surfaces and synthetic surfaces could change in the future. Take...

Since we are speculating, here's another potential scenario (albeit not so rosy and set in a more distant future). It turns out that the synthetic surfaces contain carcinogens. The children who grew up playing in parks made of synthetic materials were particularly susceptible and their parents...

A quote from the study: “The level of greenness around their pre- and post-move homes was derived from the Generalized Land Use Database for England (GLUD)…Land use is divided into nine categories: green space; domestic gardens; water; domestic buildings; nondomestic buildings; roads...

True in that neighbourhood but I was commenting about the general trend in downtown Toronto that favours synthetic materials over grass for green spaces. I am not sure what you mean by “there are more to parks than just the Olmstead interpretation†but the benefits of having real parks in...

Another park with no grass! When I look at the park behind the College Park buildings, I can’t help wondering why we are so opposed to having a real park!

Be thankful that it’s not as ugly as the one in Ottawa :-)! I think people in that area patronize the restaurants in Baldwin Village as well as the ones on Dundas between University and Bay.

Well the "value engineered" phenomenon seems to be more prevalent here than other cities like Vancouver.

I think University Avenue is one of the nicest streets in downtown because of all the landscaping. However, the presence of the US embassy and all the hospitals along with the imminent relocation of Public Health Ontario Laboratories may not be conducive to what you are hoping/suggesting. By the...

An interesting read - I wonder whether X2 will have the same problem. http://www.thestar.com/business/real_estate/2014/09/22/condo_developer_hit_with_29_million_classaction_suit.html

Well the Sheraton complex in Vancouver is so much nicer but it would not be a fair comparison since it was built much later. But the Trump hotel/condo buildings in both cities are from around the same time. I did note that the Trump hotel/condo building in Vancouver had retained the original...

I think the Aqua vs. One Bloor debate is not a prudent one because the two buildings should not be compared solely based on looks, One Bloor has not been completed yet, beautiful buildings can coexist simultaneously in Toronto and other cities, and subjective opinions about architecture...

Well when the plan to build this complex in London fell apart, there was speculation that it would be built somewhere else in Europe so Toronto was chosen over other potential cities. I would argue that Toronto (Canada in general) has been considerably more successful in embracing...

While Vancouver does have its share of uninspiring architecture, I personally find the condos there to be more visually appealing (I think one of the reasons is that the condo boom in Vancouver preceded that in Toronto so they are ahead in terms of evolution in design). Comparing the condo...

I think there are plans to build a condo on that site (hotel parking lot on Bay).