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I think it's a known fact the 416 area (if we include 905 the difference would be even bigger) has many more highrises (above 12 stories) than Chicago. As it has being mentioned, just check the SSP database. What Chicago has is in it's favour is more concentration of buildings in the urban core...

It seems unlikely. The owners of the offending properties did not want to spend the extra money to get the portion of sidewalk on their side of the property line upgraded. A real shame that the original plan didn't address this "owner disobedience" that is a detriment to the greater good. Typical.

When I look at the pictures of the interior of the building, what immediately comes to mind are images of the Tate Modern Art Gallery and the Charles De Gaulle Airport. The Tate photos are from my visit to London in 2006 when they had the metal and glass slides exhibit (much cooler looking than...

Families with children living in condominiums in central areas is common in most major cities around the world. The notion that a family with children belongs only in a suburban single detached dwelling is indeed a very american one that was popularized after WWII in the US. As the world faces...

It seems like comments like these stem from lack of awareness and exposure to what a main "boulevard" in a major world city really looks like: The Avenue des Champs-Élysées, North Michigan Avenue, Fifth Avenue, La Gran Via (Madrid), Avenida 9 de Julio (Buenos Aires), Avenida Paulista (Sao...

To put it simply, this 4-rink proposal + huge surface parking is out of context with the whole project vision. I cannot imagine cities like London, Paris, even NYC locating such a facity in their central areas. Hume is completely right on this one. If there is need for this, they should be...

I bought it 2 months ago. I think it is a must have for Toronto architecture enthusiasts, and due to it's small travel size, a great book to bring along on trips to show people the new Toronto.

The building looks so cool with the lights! I wish it was permanent (it obviously isn't with all the exposed cables at sidewalk level). It is something we in Toronto need to embrace. Our city would look so, so much better at night.

Yes, unfortunately the high condo fees are a major problem for the large size units. I was recently looking in MLS for units above 1,500 sq ft, and the fees were mostly +/- $1,000 depending on the size, building age, amenities, etc. There were a few high end units for over $ 1 million with fees...

That is such flawed logic; so a city's size is defined by what parts of town tourists might find interesting?? If that is the case then any city anywhere would be a fraction of their actual size. In addition, we all know that the top Alpha cities in the world: Tokyo, London, Paris and NYC stand...

Total non-sense in your mind maybe. All of them are cities in the year 2009. NYC gets compared to London, Paris and Tokyo all the time, and nobody mentions this BS that one is so much younger than the other.

So?

Well said. I agree.

You bring a very important point, supply and demand. Obviously 99% of developers are there to make money, and they respond to demand. However, in a capitalist democracy like ours, there is also government legislation that regulates pretty much every human activity. In the particular case of...

^ It is a fact that families do live in the urban parts of cities elsewhere outside North America in larger percentages than they do in downtown Toronto. You need to get out of Toronto and travel a little bit, you know. Your "family utopia" comment are your own words and your own flawed...

Since you brough up Hong Kong, my co-worker who is from there and sits behind me just told me that the suburbs in the city are very small, and that the vast majority of families live in highrises, either small or large depending on your wealth. That Japan has a low birth rate, is a different...

I agree with you. The NIMBYist mediocre negativity in a lot of people in this city is quite disturbing.

Reading a lot of these negative comments in regards to Vaughan's proposed 10% family size condo units requirement, I come to the sad realization that most people in Toronto (if in fact those forumers are in Toronto) really are very suburban in that particular North American mindset. Although...

I actually thought the article was pretty bad and inaccurate at times, even from the very start: "It’s small, bitterly cold in winter, and far from beautiful..." small? We are the fourth largest city in US/Canada! Bitterly cold? I know we are far from mild in the winter season, but has this...

^^ Funny how past utopian visions of cities of the future turn out to be nightmarish dystopian, and quite different from reality.