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Even without a bunch of new entrances, real old-fashioned shop windows along the Yonge-St. facade would bring fine-grained detail and interest to the block.

The TTC extended the University Line one stop from Wilson to Downsview back in the 90s.

I meet two friends at Union Station for dinner once a month.

That was my experience on Monday. Long line ups for baggage check--in, but otherwise everything went smoothly. My checked baggage arrived at London Gatwick and we sailed through customs and baggage pick-up there.

Pushy much? How much service do you expect from a stranger doing you a favour for free?

If I'm reading this correctly there are 2.1 m from the curb to the roofline, which overhangs significantly.

I like the EU licence plates. Classes the place up!

To your point, in 2019 Chicago's combined statistical area had an area of 28, 120 km2 and a population of 9,458,539 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area). By comparison, in 2016 the Greater Golden Horseshoe had an area of 31,562 km2 and a population of 9,245,538...

That's him. I worked with him. He died a few years back. He could make me laugh!

Sure it wasn't Patrick Vincent? Did he work at a cigarette factory?

At least the addition will be outside of the postcard-view of Vari Hall. Still, NOT great.

Well, if the site is for sale as indicated in post 154, they won't be breaking ground for a while. We don't yet know who "they" will be.

... as a wealthy, bucolic town? You can argue that highway 413 is necessary to relieve the 401 and the GTA highway network in general, but I haven't heard ANYBODY argue that this road is meant to SAVE Caledon! The only people in Caledon potentially being left in the dust are hopeful land...

That's HUGE for a detached house in Aurora!

I was thinking in terms of allowing landowners to subdivide their lots for a profit rather than the state taking my home and relegating my family to one room in it!

By simply allowing 50' lots to be cut in two, the GTHA could increase its population density quite meaningfully without dramatically disrupting neighbourhood ecosystems. I admit that I, too, would be annoyed if a 20-storey condo sprouted right next door to my detached Scarborough house. However...

I'm glad you saw this 4.27 million number for Toronto, too, because it looks like it's been revised down to 3.73 million. I was starting to think I'd imagined the higher number. Nevertheless, with regards to earlier comparisons with Greater London, at 3.73 million people in Toronto with an area...

Initially I scoffed at your idea of breaking up the blocks. But then it occurred to me that this plan sounds kind of like what Haussmann did in Paris in the mid 19th century. That said, he was clearing through slums with low property values. Mind you, as long as the value of the property is...

What you say is quite true; nevertheless, placing all the blame for pedestrian mishaps on drivers is just as silly as placing it all on pedestrians. As a culture (at least in the English-Speaking world) we seem given to throwing ourselves into orthodoxies. Before, the car was king; now...

Albert-St. glass arcade all the way through to Yonge St: YES!