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Agree 100%, that document contains a lot of words that can mean whatever you want them to mean. It's difficult to get excited or upset about anything in there until those ideals are executed. (But I do agree with the feedback that the word "precinct" is weird, what is this, a US cable TV police...

They'll no doubt look better after people shove garbage into them, which they will. And this sort of metal cladding always look so terrible. It's just like Time & Space condos. There are always weird gaps and joins that don't align, it drives me insane (not that I could do better, but then...

I thought they might do this. They put trees there previously but without bollards, I was afraid the trees would just get run down. People parking and stopping in that bike lane (and even the sidewalk) has been rampant since the building was occupied, and I can't see that it's going to stop...

According to a building permit, there's a new Cosentino Toronto Showroom going in to one of the vacant retails units at 158 Front St East. Cosentino is a Spanish company that sells high-end "surfaces" such as stone for countertops, flooring, walls, etc. They have locations in Vaughan and North...

Nice to see three new food businesses now officially open in the SLM area: - Mofer Coffee at Church and Front. Their coffee is a slightly darker roast than most third wave shops in Toronto, but not burnt like Starbucks. They did a fantastic job on the interior, with lots of wood: warm but...

The Toronto Sculpture Garden has been temporarily closed "for maintenance including remediation and pest control" until September. I think this is good. It's been looking a bit rough, especially since the adjoining restaurant closed. The fountain has not run this year and has been spraypainted...

58 Berkeley is the Transmission Studios event space. I'm sure this is just a popup for a day or two to promote something, maybe their upcoming fall/winter clothing line or one of many artist collaborations they do. It's far too small and off the beaten track to be a proper Uniqlo store; they're...

I'm really excited to see this, too. There's a desert of decent coffee shops in the immediate area of the market. I hope this is the beginning of the end for most of those dreary cannabis shops that blanketed the hood during the pandemic. I've been to the Mofer down on Queens Quay and Jarvis. I...

This project is always one step forward, two steps back. They installed surprisingly decent-looking interlocking stone pavers in the south courtyard last summer, then spent months parking big trucks on them repeatedly until the stones were all cracked and chipped. They spent months installing...

Is this typically how glass windows fail? It looks like something was thrown through it or it was smashed, rather than separated at the edges etc. But maybe that's how they break under tension, I have no idea. I walked past and saw the sidewalk taped off near Neo coffee. Looks like access to one...

I might have tried it but the reviews weren't raving, and we have so many other pizza options within about 10 minutes walking distance: Pi Co and Gusto 501 are my favourites, but there's also Bellisimos, Spaccio, Ardo, Cafe Oro, Uncle Tony's, Amano, District Pizza in the Distillery, that Italian...

I saw the Pizza Forno machine near King and Sherbourne was being removed today. A sign in the window says they'll be moving it to a new location nearby "soon". Hopefully something can make better use of that space: with its little patio area it could be quite nice for the right business.

I noticed the same, they looked good Saturday, wilted on Sunday. I haven't been by since to see how bad it is now.

For what it's worth, RE/MAX has included Old Town Toronto in its new list of best places to live in Canada. https://blog.remax.ca/best-places-to-live-in-canada/ Old Town is said to be the first named neighbourhood in Toronto, gaining its name and neighbourhood status around 1815. Even in the...

We ate lunch at Landwer a few weeks ago, the food was good and prices are reasonable for 2024. The staff was very professional and efficient. We liked the space indoors. I think the patio will look a bit nicer as the summer progresses and the plantings in the boxes grow taller. The patio might...

After a long stint in the penitentiary, it can be difficult to reintegrate into society. Sitting on a hard wooden bench in this cinderblock and concrete coffee shop will help to ease the transition.

I think we all suspected things were not going particularly well with this project. Last week an additional $9.3M was requested to pay vendors to try to get the building finished and ready for occupancy. The total cost now up to $128M (I remember when it was estimated at a mere $90M, ah, the...

Another collision with a car up on the sidewalk at Jarvis and Front, just around the corner from where the King streetcar was derailed by a car a few weeks ago: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/06/25/vehicle-reportedly-hits-tree-pedestrian-and-storefront-in-downtown-toronto/ I feel very unsafe...

I also vaguely remember this discussion a few years back. If I recall, the lot was owned (or maybe just operated) by the office building adjoining it, and it's easier to lease office space that comes with parking, so they are loathe to give that up. Anyway, there was some explanation like that...

Haha, valid question! I took this photo at high noon in June, but walking by daily for a year or so I've noticed that many other times it's quite shady.