Um, wait, are you saying you think it'd be faster for a stroke patient to go to Jarvis Collegiate to wait for an air taxi to get to St Mike's than it would be for an EMS ambulance with lights and sirens to take someone the whole way? And that that would be cost effective?
I think I have an idea why it may feel like no one asks for your advice on such matters...
My bad. Once again, we are reminded how sarcasm and irony do not translate well on the internet, especially during this hyper-sensitive era in which we live. There were several take always from my humble post, but
Um, wait, are you saying you think it'd be faster for a stroke patient to go to Jarvis Collegiate to wait for an air taxi to get to St Mike's than it would be for an EMS ambulance with lights and sirens to take someone the whole way? And that that would be cost effective?
I think I have an idea why it may feel like no one asks for your advice on such matters...
Um, wait, are you saying you think it'd be faster for a stroke patient to go to Jarvis Collegiate to wait for an air taxi to get to St Mike's than it would be for an EMS ambulance with lights and sirens to take someone the whole way? And that that would be cost effective?
I think I have an idea why it may feel like no one asks for your advice on such matters...
Whatever, thank you for reminding us that sarcasm and irony do not translate well onto the internet, especially during this hyper-sensitive era we live in. As a senior poster, you issue a warm welcome to a newbie - or perhaps a veteran of the blog wars, which I believe has the prime directive of: Never attack or insult the writer, just the message.
Perhaps you are unaware that there used to be a helipad above the reinforced teacher’s parking garage? Or that traffic between ground zero (let’s say, 200 Wellesley St E) and St. Mike’s Emergency (the closest) would never be the critical 4-6 minutes to save a life. Maybe at 4 a.m. Twenty years ago, a victim could crawl into Wellesley hospital and be admitted. Of course, a helicopter ride is expensive. I think the cost of a typical ambulance, with supporting equipment has hit $1M.
No worries. When my spouse needed medical attention, I drove to St.Mike’s myself. The EMS vehicle has to show up, first. In the same world class traffic.
We are so far off welcoming 159 SW to the neighborhood - and this being the 5th summer that horribly delayed project has ruined with its 5:30 a.m deliveries and jackhammering or sheet metal sheering at any time of day, six days per week, since July 2017. The two towers which filled the the hole where StudioII, PM Toronto/Zippers nightclub used to be (there was a brief straight club there when Studio II closed, but the manager was killed which turned out to be bad for business and it closed), began to excavate just after the 159SW project - they both Occupied more than a year ago.
Verve and 500 Sherbourne - two properties I’ve known well - do fit in well with the surroundings, that being 545/555/565 Sherbourne of similar height. The Alterra project is a monstrosity on a postage stamp lot and overwhelms 155 Wellesley St., beside it. It is twice the height as it’s 54 year old neighbor, but don’t blame the. City. I’m sure Starlight investments was paid handsomely for the inconvenience of ridiculously invasive 4.5 years of noise and dust, complete loss of any privacy to more than a dozen tenants who have lived from 10-25 years in their North or east facing units; who now hide behind drawn blinds where no window covering was necessary before. Tie-back Agreements are quite lucrative for tenacious landlords. As are crane over reach tariffs, although I suspect the landlords along the south dive got a windfall for that.
This was once a highly desirable neighborhood.
