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Council has had a busy two days. We're heading into overtime! Originally posted by Kat_YYZ

How did discussions on the skyline even start? Personally, the design of the first six storeys of a skyscraper and its interaction with the street is more important than how it impacts the skyline. I'm amazed that anyone would look to Dallas as an inspiration for Toronto. Downtown Dallas is...

Bumping my old post from July 5

The Two Bloor West tower is 94% occupied. There is no way from a business standpoint where it would make sense to demolish and replaced with condos. City council, city planning and I suspect the majority of the public would be outraged if Oxford had made a formal application to take down the...

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2013/12/plans-evolving-oxfords-cumberland-terrace-redevelopment International Design Compeition

Peepers posted an excellent guide on how to send your comments to community council. I hope he doesn't mind, but I adapted his version for the vote at City Council. It's not too late to express your opinion on Gehry+Mirvish prior to vote. Email addresses: clerk@toronto.ca...

This is right by Regents Park. The infill is needed as the block looks like towers in a park when viwed on Google Earth. I'm surprised at the height being requested.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mirvish-king-west-plan-needs-changes-planner-says-1.2466030 To the preservation folks, take note. City planning's concerns are the scale and massing of the towers. Shorter towers in line with whats already been built in the area would win the support of...

It's best practice to allow some time for councillors and the public to read city staff reports before council votes on it. The city clerk lists the settlement report as being pending and due from the chief planner. Additional correspondence from today has been added by the clerk for the...

Still no settlement available to the public. We should get something from Adam Vaughan tomorrow though. Could the delay indicate a complex settlement agreement or possibly no settlement at all and the fight proceeds to the OMB? Suspenseful! Stay tunned

I'm thinking the same regarding the length. I dislike the south facing balconies. This is an interesting proposal, but the balconies look plain.

This may be the wrong thread, but is there any discussions to revisit the merits of Transit City after the grotesque mayor of Toronto is disposed? I also hate that man for turning the transit debate into LRT vs. Subways. There is need for both in Toronto. The TTC employs many excellent...

:rolleyes: Wrong! It's akin to having the option to forego the big backyard in exchange for being located near a city park. Not everyone wants a backyard and the costs associated with lawn care.

Lol - I cringed too when I read that sentence.

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/cc/comm/communicationfile-42460.pdf Great debates take place on this forum, and some excellent points regarding the merits of M+G have been brought up on both sides. I strongly encourage everyone that cares about the outcome of the M+G proposal to share...

I'm not suggesting for existing condo corporations to change their rules to allow for public access of private amenity space. What I am suggesting is to revisit the city planning requirement for a minimum amount of private amenity space to be included in each new condo development. I believe the...

Fail. That's going to be a brutally boring corner. I like the C Section at the top but the rest of the tower is fugly! Curves instead of corners at the lower sections would have worked wonders.

Zoning requires a minimum amount of square footage be dedicated toward private amenity space for new residential developments. The philosophy behind this is to prevent new developments from placing an undue burden on existing public amenities. I often wonder if this requirement triggers the law...

Confirmation of a change at the committee of adjustments in October. It says 67-storeys plus mechanical. The minutes might explain if this one did indeed grow to 69...

69 stories plus mechanical- Did this one grow under our radar at the committee of adjustments? It was approved at 65 and the planners were very adamant it should not be any taller. On another note, I have been transferred to NYC. Living her once again confirms my belief that planners'...