When it comes to "making Toronto look ridiculous", I wasn't referring to "cowardness" vs "timidity". I was referring to "cowardness" vs "cowardice".
Well, because it's been basically prepped for potential redevelopment, any feeling of "neglect" comes naturally. But what I notice is how you're "emphasizing the negative" (as per my bolded emphases)--almost by way of deliberately building an "anti-case". And I've noticed the same w/the more general tabula rasa arguments over time in this thread on behalf of the original Mirvish/Gehry proposal; like, dismissively playing up the Tim Horton's aspect of Eclipse Whitewear.
And I bring this up because there seems to be a certain UT P&C element these days that's akin to discussion being hijacked by real estate/development industry lobby groups--and indeed, it's that kind of sneaking suspicion that in part explains why you don't see an Urban Shocker around these parts anymore...