Recent content by artvandelay

If there's enough room and soil conditions are suitable you can save money by excavating down at a 45 degree and not shoring. Either that or they haven't done the other side yet.

As mentioned - it's a publicity stunt that allows council to appear to be doing something about the crisis while avoiding difficult actions that would make a material difference to planning and development. Like simplifying the zoning bylaw and moving towards form-based codes as opposed to...

This whole rezoning scheme is more of a publicity stunt for the City to look like they are doing something to address housing while avoiding more challenging issues. The only areas where this will have a major impact is the few remaining 1950s suburbs with grid layouts and 50' lots that are...

Based on the age and skin colour of these individuals - they don't deserve to have an opinion!!!

The same constraints that work against large site TOD development everywhere in the city. High front end civil construction costs (road realignment, utilities, grading) that usually can't be phased. These destroy a pro-forma. In greenfield development, the city front ends major civil works. If...

Mormons are also huge into basketball but less interested in hockey in my experience.

Feds shouldn't be meddling in areas of provincial responsibility. It's as simple as that.

I disagree with respect to YVR. Canada Line is very well used by travelers as well as employees - that's the model we should follow, using a Green Line spur rather than this people mover idea.

Actually a masonry wall (either structural or veneer) is one of the most durable and long lasting wall assemblies that exists. Certainly more durable than the cheap metal siding they've covered it with.

That's dumb. Maybe the city should lead by example and start planting / maintaining / actually watering street trees in the downtown and Beltline.

Carz r bad! Demolish the flyover!

Those site plan changes have me cautiously optimistic!

Yeah the precast panels were much classier than the tacky random stripes everywhere!

Which is crazy because a decade or so ago Pearson was a really pleasant airport to fly through but now it's on par with some of the worst airports in the US IMO. Unfortunately I have to be in Toronto regularly so I've witnessed the decline firsthand.

Last Westjet flight I took was full of connecting passengers from Winnipeg, Edmonton, Sask, and interior BC. It's much nicer to connect in YYC vs. Pearson for example so not really surprising.