“This parking lot is the hub, it’s the heart of the community.”
On the parking lot, @jm_mcgrath has the best take of the weekend:
While we’re here: the actual community centre across the street is fantastic, and may be demolished within a few years @ACO_Toronto

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2 Mar
NIMBYism is bad, but it's amazingly dishonest to claim that conservatives don't do it too, nationalpost.com/opinion/ginny-…
Just in the Toronto context, the province is wasting $1.8-billion (!) to needlessly bury an LRT line, to appease @fordnation's base
A group home for young adults with autism “ruined the community." Doesn't get more ableist or exclusionary than that. thestar.com/news/gta/2014/…
Read 4 tweets
11 Feb
I write often about the need to add big new buildings in central Toronto. Why? Because privileged neighbourhoods like @HarbordVillage fight new growth relentlessly and shamelessly. 1/ #Topoli Image
This development would take an existing building, add on top, and create seven homes. Missing Middle.
Neighbours are fighting it like hell. 2/ Image
This is part of a district ("University") that has 3,000 fewer people now than it did in 1971. Houses now sell there for $2-million. It will become a thinly populated gated community for rich people. 3/
Read 17 tweets
10 Feb
.@globeandmail, I argue that Toronto’s COVID recovery should include the teardown of the east Gardiner Expressway. It’s not too late.
theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto… #TOpoli 1/
Yes: rebuilding this short section would be very expensive. But there’s also half a neighbourhood at stake. 5.4 extra acres of land, and $500-million in city revenue. 2/ Image
A design by Smart Density shows that with the “Boulevard” option, you could build more than 8,000 homes here, *and* a community centre and parkland. 3/ Image
Read 8 tweets
10 Feb
Fantastic analysis from data scientist Erik Drysdale: Much of Toronto is actually losing people. 56/140 neighbourhoods are smaller 2016 than in 1971. erikdrysdale.com/DA_kramer/?fbc… 1/
The #Topoli idea that Toronto is being overwhelmed by growth is, very simply, false. We have packed 100,000s of people into a handful of places while most of the city, geographically, has been flat or declining. 2/
We often hear that Yonge-Eglinton, a privileged neighbourhood, is overcrowded. In fact it has one tiny island of growth in sea of flat or declining population. 3/
Read 7 tweets
9 Feb
I talk to Frank Gehry about his Toronto towers: “I think [they] have a level of humanity other buildings around them don’t” theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto… 1/ #architecture #toronto #topoli
These will include roughly 2000 apartments and, after years of delay, the developers plan to begin sales in 2022 2/ Image
The design has evolved. The geometry of the buildings is more regular. The cladding now includes a linen finish stainless steel (similar to the Luna Arles tower) with a textured pattern 3/ ImageImageImage
Read 6 tweets
3 Feb
My exclusive on this huge Vancouver project by @SquamishNation: Now 12 towers including office, breaking ground in 2021 theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
@SquamishNation Retail and 6,000 bike parking spots below grade. Ground level largely green, entirely publicly accessible. 2/
@SquamishNation A new formal gateway will flank the Burrard bridge. @Khelsilem:“There’s a strong desire to express Squamish identity though the public realm and through the rest of the development.” 3/
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