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Just thinking about these after seeing more recent pictures. Are these historical in nature? Like the positioning of a former structure on the site (pre Great Fire of 1849)?

Naw… Sorry, couldn’t resist.

It would be nice if the city were given expanded powers of self-governance, or even full separation from the province. It’s certainly never going to come from the premier’s office, as the city is too much of a cash cow for the coffers.

Is there anything the city can do at this point to force scientology's hand in either enacting long (LONG) planned repairs and renovations, or to take the property from the organization? It's been over a decade, and the building was already suffering structural problems. Without repair, it's...

I don’t feel it was ever an outstanding example of commercial brutalism, but its brutalist legacy was sullied long, long ago. Even before the new facade, they got rid of the POPS courtyard on Bay (now I believe where Indigo lives). From the pictures I’ve seen, it was quite remarkable, and...

They likely wouldn’t be there if there wasn’t a study showing a number of cyclists already using the route. Toronto has rarely been (or even able to afford to be) an “if you build it, they will come”-city. Almost everything the city does seems to be reactionary. Besides which, drivers seem to...

It was a rainy day in pizzaville… they’re decent. Though my fav local chain is Pizzaiolo. They remind me of what Amato’s was on Saturday nights after a night at Reverb on Queen. That is until it was discovered old man Amato was stiffing his employees to line his own pockets. I still like Pizza...

Cyclists usually ring a bike bell to let others know they’re passing by and make you aware they’re near so that you don’t make any abrupt movement that might end up with both of you getting hurt. Some don’t realize it’s not because you might be in the way. That said, my guess is that e-bike...

Not in about 20 years. Are there that many still around? I thought it was decent when I was a teenager, before I developed any kind of a palate. But then 20 years ago pizza places were having major price wars, with Montreal seemingly at the epicentre. 99 cent (and even later, 49 cent) pizza was...

It's a matter of the fact that children require and burn through more energy per pound of mass than adults. Moods and concentration can shift quickly if a child is unfed and undernourished. Kids don't yet have the ability to power through hunger like adults can. If you've got a kid, you've...

Meh, of all Toronto's pizza chains, Pizza Pizza is by far the worst. At its best, it's utilitarian food product, at its worst it's flavourless white bubblegum atop tomato-smeared cardboard.

High School cafeterias were often used as basic skills training programs for students (especially those with special needs) and profits went to subsidizing those programs as well as bringing in extra money for the school. That said, if your goal is to make extra money for the school, you're...

A brief side note: My red headed, Russian-English father also gets alcohol flush. It apparently can run in some families from the Caucasus regions (likely due to Silk Road trader *ahem* interactions). I don’t get flushed, but Epicanthic folds also run in my family.

Considering Toronto has plans currently in the works for Yonge and other main streets that *do* take lanes (rather, parking 80% of the time), or even the car-free area planned for Yonge & Dundas, I don’t see the city just going along. And it’ll be yet another court case for the province to spend...

At the very least, with Apple it's not likely to sit empty for months on end waiting for someone with deep pockets to snap up the location. I mean it took how many years for 1 Bloor East next door to finally lease all their retail? I can’t imagine after all the troubles, that many are lining up...

On the plus side, it always looks dirty, so cleaning costs can be cut dramatically.

A good example of why starving the system of money until PPPs look like a good idea is never really a good idea.

Okay, so all the complaints about Queen Street? About driving on Eglinton? About the King Pilot Program? Or shall we pull the vintage Rob Ford "St. Clair Disaster" moniker out of the cupboard? Drivers are almost always the ones who complain most about transit, pedestrian and cyclist...

I'd be surprised if anyone but Apple ends up in this space. It's built to Apple specs, it's in an area of town in which they want a presence, and it's just an overall attractive property in general. On the flip side is that it's a premiere brand that makes the property look good, fits into...

They’re angry at the carbon tax because idiots like Poilievre keep feeding them BS about how it’s what’s causing all the problems with the economy. That same guy is also telling them “freedom” is owning two cars on a half-acre lot in a SFH suburb somewhere far away from a city. We’re nowhere...