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I live at Queen and Dufferin, where there has been major condo development. The condos are tiny and the amount of large dogs is staggering. There is very little space for them and there is no land left to build a dog park. A lot of people walk their dogs along a greenspace on sudbury street, but...

Funny enough, when a development goes in an area that has no capacity in the local school a sign gets posted informing potential buyers that there is no space and their children will be bussed to another school district. Also, many parents actually choose a neighbourhood with existing schools...

Why not put a cap on dog licenses, or restrict the number of animals per building. Sort of like parking permits. There is only so much dog piss and shit that any neighbourhood can handle. If it doesnt have dog parks and enough green space then it should be more difficult to get a dog permit. It...

I would add that residential would require other amenities such as groceries stores, schools and the residents would bitch about noise and traffic. This is not a residential site. A hotel may work though.

Does it even make sense to spend section 37 on something so narrowly focused as affordable housing. Park expansions and improvements make sense because new residents need to be accomodated, but with affordable housing only a small number of individuals get the benefit, .Taking money away from...

Programming would greatly improve this, but the parks department does not do programming so it would take the local BIA or some other organization to adopt this space and bring in some re-occuring events. The parks department spends their capital dollars and then disappears.

I am losing hope in our parks departments ability to deliver inspiring parks and public spaces. They not only lack a vision, but they are spending insane amounts of money in the process.

Anyone know details about the lease for this property. I think it looks great but this seems like a huge operation for a temporary market. And generally vendors on park propoerty need to go through some sort of public process. Just seems a bit bizarre that all this is happening on public...

Studied urban planning at Ryerson in the early 2000's. Apparently the program had poor graduate rates because it was too difficult. They dumbed it down and let anybody in to boost numbers. Some of the professors spent most their lives working there and were clueless, but no worries, with lower...

The gym closed a few weeks ago and contractors having been clearing out the building.

are they planning on tearing down the concrete wall that separates the existing building and the park?. I wonder how soon the new residents will start complaining about all the kids and teenagers making noise on the basketball court.

Wasting millions studying a project that is financially impossible while just releasing a budget that has decades and billions of dollars worth of unfunded projects. Nobody bought a condo downtown with the expectation that the government would build them a 2 billion dollar park. Anyone have...

Aren't some of the downtown councillors sitting on hundred of millions of dollars in parkland fees. I say give up the Raildeck fantasy and put in our own proposal for a new park called Toronto Place (Formerly known as Ontario Place). There is a lot of doom and gloom about this place but the...

It seems that the parks department is very consistent when it comes to being delayed and over budget. Does anyone have any examples of any recent park projects actually getting built on time and on budget whether they be city run projects or developer run? Does this happen in every...

I think they look cool and provided a great opportunity to be incorporated into a design. Still not sold on the pond, especially since there is already a pond across the street at Harbourfront.

The bridge looks like it is someones pet project. It does not really solve any connection issues and it is so long that it is adding a long trip to get to the other side of the road. It really doesn't make sense that you would spend half of a donation on improving public space on a useless...

I believe that the city allocated 10 million from development fees for capital costs so that the same amount from the original donation could go to operating expenses.

When did the cost of the bridge double? I remember initial projections of 5 or 6 million. 12 million is a lot for a bridge that in my mind is not really doing anything.

Oh man, there is no way this thing could ever get built. This city can't even build small capital projects on time and on budget. And the reasoning, all these new condo owners and investor need more green space. Not only are all the condos in the area serviced by an abundance of amenities, but...

To add, there is also a man made pond across the street at harbourfront as well that has the added benefit of being an ice rink during the winter. This one would be empty at least 6-8 months of the year and a frozen garbage ice patch during the winter.