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I used to work nearby and have sat here on a coffee break on a couple of occasions. The finishes are nice – the paving is quite cute, and it's a secluded little spot. You're right, "park" is a misnomer – they probably should have called it a "square". As far as "how it's used" – the answer, in...

Trying to deliver an attractive building. Look at that street-level cladding. It's the cladding equivalent of showing up to work wearing a stained bathrobe and a novelty T-shirt that reads "Who cares, I give up".

Possibly not for long; there was a story on BlogTO recently that the Geary space might get sold to some homophobic, scammy "church".

Is that... a freshly-added replica ghost sign?

G-g-g-ghosts!

Very much agree – this pocket is really great, and these sorts of spaces that are affordable and work well for artists and artisans are vanishing fast from the city. (Thinking offhand of the warehouse at Dupont and Ossington, the coffin factory on Niagara, the workshops and spaces that used to...

Sorry, but some of the construction equipment has been on-site for so long it's now heritage. That's the Sir John A Memorial Bobcat.

Fun flyover/flythrough of the new GH3 stormwater treatment facility. Maybe don't watch it full-screen on a 27" monitor like I just did. I'm gonna go lie down.

This is a unique little intersection: two streetcar lines merging, retail strips on a few sides of the property, lots of well-liked neighbourhood hangouts. There's great potential to do something really special with the pedestrian & public realm. Also, Lamb should have to keep the Master...

Not everybody's a narc. I can't get worked up about this; the handsome building itself hasn't been tagged, it's the concrete retaining wall, and I'm of the opinion that a bunch of wild-style lettering is more attractive than bare stained concrete. (I'm more annoyed by all the garbage scattered...

Go home, School of Continuing Studies, you're drunk.

I wish this development included a pedestrian connection over the Barrie line from Sterling to either Dora or Dublin. I am fully aware of the barriers to doing so; this is purely a selfish fantasy, as it would mean I could walk to Ethica or Henderson in under five minutes instead of 15-20.

Wow, that is grim.

Interesting! I love this stuff. It's a real "how long is the coast of Britain"-type question.

Neighbourhood boundaries are always fuzzy – I always think back to the urban studies course I took in uni, and how the lecturer would sometimes wax romantic about "my beloved Roncy", but would freely admit she had no idea where it began or ended. (Perceived neighbourhood boundaries also vary...

Cheap trash. Absolute garbage, top to bottom. Like the Worst Toilet in Scotland scene from Trainspotting was transformed into a building.

Other than the art, it's an uninviting, bland wall of glass at street level and it's replacing five storefronts along Bloor (plus one on Dovercourt) with one (or maybe two, if they subdivide that space, but I wouldn't hold my breath).

Waldemar? More like mal de mer, amirite folks

Dear God, they've out-chedingtoned the Chedington...

At least they didn't call it "iconic".