Toronto Riverside Square | 64.6m | 20s | Streetcar | RAW Design

[Skeezix]

Yes, Rosie seems only dimly aware of what she's writing. And Margaret Wente has a proven formula - smugly attack conventional wisdom on any random issue - and doesn't seem to care whether she is correct or not or whether she has all the facts. Christie Blatchford is a bit more interesting - some of the stuff she writes is appalling, but I have a grudging respect for some aspects of what she does. There is a really good an excellent interview of her by Jesse Brown in one of the Canadaland podcasts from late last year - Brown is quite hard on her, and on some of the sh*t she's written in the last year, and he's quite frank in the podcast prologue that some people may find the interview not entirely satisfying - but despite how infuriating she can be, there is a certain logic and viewpoint to what she's saying. It might often be appalling, but it's an entirely different class of issue compared to the tripe that people like Levy, McParland and diManno write. And Blatchford is often willing to face her critics - someone like Levy just hides behind smartass tweets and childish insults.

 

[Lenser]

To be fair to all columnists, part of the gig is to draw attention with bold statements, hyperbole, contrary opinions. It's what they're paid to do - refrain from being boring. Political ideology is irrelevant; they're supposed to be grabbing eyeballs. Some are just more nuanced and skilled at it.

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

At this point, I really could care less.

J T CUNNINGHAM
30

 

[Skeezix]

At this point, I really could care less.

Sorry to have bored you.

 

[Lenser]

You mean you couldn't care less!

 

[J T CUNNINGHAM]

"You mean you couldn't care less!"
Lenser.

It's really very simple: Today I care less than yesterday, whereas if I "couldn't care less" yesterday, I couldn't careless today.
My original post was not as careless as you supposed, as it gave and
continues to allow, the option of caring less within
the future.

J T

 

[Lenser]

I think we all ought to be grateful for that bit of clarification, JT. But it still sounds like you are, in the main, vastly disinterested.

 

[AndreaPalladio]

I thought Peggy Wente's proven formula was to find something provocative that someone else wrote, and then plagiarize it?

 

[drum118]

March 27
This site will house at least 5 towers, not one.

Remember years ago, I got shots of the rear while shooting 100 Broadview site. Part of the rear was a storage area for the car dealership that currently seeing shoring.

More up on site

 

[Lenser]

This is going to be some transition to watch over the years.

 

[skycandy]

Snapped today...this should be down fairly soon at this rate.

 

[PWM]

Who is doing the shoring?

 

[Lenser]

Some shots from Saturday.

 

[Riverdale Rink Rat]

While the construction phase is going to be long and painful, the people who bought condos in the buildings along Broadview should be commended for their long-term thinking (or luck). Between Riverside Square, the cleaning of the hotel, the new park and YMCA across the river, and soon the employment hub, those hard lofts are going to be million-dollar sellers in the midst of a new city, someday.

I saw SAL's article in my Twitter feed, and originally thought they had changed the plan for Queen and the T-R site. Once it finally became clear to me that the car dealerships will be against the DVP, it was like: "What's the fuss again?"

This is where the gondola guys should put their their third project (after Evergreen and Cherry Beach to the Islands). From the transport hub across the Don to the Distillery District, maybe with an interim stop at the park. Views of downtown from on high, then views of the DD structures as you come down. Get on it, lads!

 

[Edward Skira]

While the construction phase is going to be long and painful, the people who bought condos in the buildings along Broadview should be commended for their long-term thinking (or luck). Between Riverside Square, the cleaning of the hotel, the new park and YMCA across the river, and soon the employment hub, those hard lofts are going to be million-dollar sellers in the midst of a new city, someday.

Let's not forget the possible subway stop if they can wait that long.