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That's why. I don't want rampant value engineering to be "our own thing". Once again though, I was pointing out how good 19 Duncan looks, because it wasn't value-engineered like its neighbours.

My comment has nothing to do with the number of skyscrapers in either city. It is about the quality. Melbourne's skyscrapers are head and shoulders above ours in this regard, and so are those of many other cities, Chicago and NYC included.

Nothing in North America comes to mind. Maybe Hiroshima would be a good fit?

Ah I see you've never been on a high-floor balcony before! 😁 I kid, but above a fairly low height they are useless, and they go almost unused. You can't even safely store a potted plant on one, and most condo bylaws prohibit them anyway. They're windy as hell, shoddy-looking and let's not forget...

Great work! It's clear what each service is for. Also crazy that riders can only access one line / won't be able to change trains at Front or Liberty Village (not that it's your map's fault).

Australia 108 is definitely superior to Aura. And most of Melbourne's towers are better quality than Toronto's counterparts. I wanted to highlight a rare win for our city nevertheless.

Love checking this one on my daily walk! To me, the use of curved glass all the way to the top is a big deal here in TO because of the rampant value-engineering we have come to accept. Cheaping out on it can compromise an otherwise impressive architecture. The new supertall, Australia 108 in...

Absolutely. Good execution changes my mind about a project. I think 19 Duncan looked like a mess in the renders, but it's shaping up quite nicely. Pinnacle is still just too forgettable for my tastes. The 200m+ height balconies are ridiculous and show a lack of maturity (yes I know...

Thanks for your review. Always happy to hear when a transit improvement saves people time. It makes day-to-day life smoother.

Sorry, yes you're right. The current design appears to date back to Nov 12, 2021. The-approved version that is still posted on the developers website, with faux bracing: https://oneyongecondo.ca/ To me, the only thing better about the latest design is the improved podium. The rest is a...

Looks like $#!%

Unlike with The One's height increase, what's being proposed at Pinnacle is a pretty substantial redesign. Unfortunately it's also a blatant cheapening, after having already going through two previous downgrades. I'm supportive of the height increase but the approved design should need to be...

I sure hope not. Nothing in this country can be national anymore, it seems. It's apparently fair game when our 2-bit provinces regularly muscle in on federal jurisdiction, but the reverse sends the premiers into a rage. A pan-Canadian (and North American) view of rail is why we have a standard...

This is how it works on Sydney Trains as well, although you don't need to call in advance. You do need to find a train guard, who are usually located on every platform, and ask them to bring out a ramp, which they quickly set up and take down when your train arrives. This will probably never be...

Yes, I agree it's a pretty silly argument. Commuter rail is unusual in Canada in that the stations are usually removed from the town centre. In most of the world, the train station is the town centre. On the other hand I can't fault GO for wanting to increase development around its existing...

Good progress. While some of the stations are a bit too close to the GO train parking lot in a field by a highway model for my liking, imho Édouard-Montpetit is a Canadian transit triumph.

I was thinking the same. There's no other reason this process should be taking this long, other than to schedule it as an election process.

I don't think a year-long period is warranted for this particular RFQ. Unless someone knows if this is a federal standard that needs to be followed.

Ain't nobody gonna call this thing the "Hazel McCallion LRT" except maybe the Ford family, who are inexplicably obsessed with her and who will also never ride it. Hazel will call it the "me LRT", I guess.

Refugees trapped on an island with a "beg button" sounds bleak. Maybe we could have refuge islands instead? ;)