Daniel Reynolds
@akareynolds.bsky.social
Concerned citizen. Torontonian. akareynolds.com
Elbows up (to keep them dry after the polar ice caps melt)
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Elbows up (to keep them dry after the polar ice caps melt)
It just seems to me that one way to protect tenant's rights is to not create an Official Plan and Zoning system that focuses all development in areas with the most existing tenants. Just one man's opinion.
Isabella St. A perfectly good apt bldn empty, people displaced & being demolished all because so much of Toronto is off limits & forced here. Aka house neighbourhoods. Such a shame. Such waste. And the shame of every elected official here. Shame of Ford for not pushing reforms. All the same.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It just seems to me that one way to protect tenant's rights is to not create an Official Plan and Zoning system that focuses all development in areas with the most existing tenants. Just one man's opinion.
Toronto is a place where you can say "Dang, I missed the latest rep screening of The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man".
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Toronto is a place where you can say "Dang, I missed the latest rep screening of The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man".
Doesn't Greg Brady live in Ajax?
Not the 2 councillors that I might have predicted at the IntegrityTO launch but also not completely surprising. www.thestar.com/news/gta/int...
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Doesn't Greg Brady live in Ajax?
We're re-litigating Star Wars movies because of a US State Governor?
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We're re-litigating Star Wars movies because of a US State Governor?
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Eternity runs for too long (an eternity? har har), but I did enjoy gliding along with it and thinking about my own life. My review: brieftake.com/eternity-rev...
Eternity Review - Brief Take
In director David Freyne's film, life after death begins with a never-ending tradeshow. That could be damning, but the film's touch is light enough to work.
brieftake.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Eternity runs for too long (an eternity? har har), but I did enjoy gliding along with it and thinking about my own life. My review: brieftake.com/eternity-rev...
Eternity runs for too long (an eternity? har har), but I did enjoy gliding along with it and thinking about my own life. My review: brieftake.com/eternity-rev...
Eternity Review - Brief Take
In director David Freyne's film, life after death begins with a never-ending tradeshow. That could be damning, but the film's touch is light enough to work.
brieftake.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Eternity runs for too long (an eternity? har har), but I did enjoy gliding along with it and thinking about my own life. My review: brieftake.com/eternity-rev...
The one actual TIFF Midnight Madness screening I've ever been to (Brawl in Cell Block 99) started at 10:45pm, timed so as to have Udo Kier arrive on screen at the stroke of midnight.
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The one actual TIFF Midnight Madness screening I've ever been to (Brawl in Cell Block 99) started at 10:45pm, timed so as to have Udo Kier arrive on screen at the stroke of midnight.
There's a half-good documentary of Kensington Market that makes a point of discussing its history. But it's fascinating to watch as it tilts into "and now the Market is under threat" vibes, when it's clear what it needs is an influx of new people. Don't markets need customers?
It is extremely disappointing to see members of the Kensington Market Community Land Trust opposing a new student residence on College. Apparently on affordability and heritage grounds (how much affordability and heritage did the former parking lot/garage provide?)
thegreenline.to/stories/kens...
thegreenline.to/stories/kens...
How to chime in on a proposed student rental tower in Kensington Market - The Green Line
On Oct. 16, the City held an online community consultation over a proposed 19-storey student rental tower in Kensington Market.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There's a half-good documentary of Kensington Market that makes a point of discussing its history. But it's fascinating to watch as it tilts into "and now the Market is under threat" vibes, when it's clear what it needs is an influx of new people. Don't markets need customers?
This pic here is of a great new condo with a beautiful community centre built in that just opened. Aspirational indeed!
For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Navneet Alang: Condos get a bad rap. Here’s why they should be part of the Canadian dream
My parents bought their first home for 11,000 pounds (approximately $20,000) in 1974. It was an ordinary small row house on a dour street in East London. Now, more than
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This pic here is of a great new condo with a beautiful community centre built in that just opened. Aspirational indeed!
And now those market apartments provide a large stock of existing "affordable" units (however one wants to define the term). We only get here if they're built 30-50 years earlier. Stands to reason we should maybe consider that for the next 30-50 years, no?
Toronto deliberately killed apartment construction in the early 1970s, after a generation-long building boom.
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
And now those market apartments provide a large stock of existing "affordable" units (however one wants to define the term). We only get here if they're built 30-50 years earlier. Stands to reason we should maybe consider that for the next 30-50 years, no?
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I'm worried that these homes currently for sale around Lawrence Plaza aren't affordable for the current residents, including the large senior population. Better get Mike Colle in here to ask that these developments be changed.
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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These evenings challenge? Get shots up at the pick-up run within the two-hour transfer window.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
These evenings challenge? Get shots up at the pick-up run within the two-hour transfer window.
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Rental Family really thinks it's saying something. My review: brieftake.com/rental-famil...
Rental Family Review - Brief Take
Hikari's film wants to be an emotional crowd-pleaser, and while it has a soft touch, it also severely underexamines its own premise.
brieftake.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Rental Family really thinks it's saying something. My review: brieftake.com/rental-famil...
Rental Family really thinks it's saying something. My review: brieftake.com/rental-famil...
Rental Family Review - Brief Take
Hikari's film wants to be an emotional crowd-pleaser, and while it has a soft touch, it also severely underexamines its own premise.
brieftake.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Rental Family really thinks it's saying something. My review: brieftake.com/rental-famil...
Everyone prefers to live in the suburbs because the cost of living in a city just keeps going up. I will not be considering these two ideas together.
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Everyone prefers to live in the suburbs because the cost of living in a city just keeps going up. I will not be considering these two ideas together.
How I look reading your posts
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
How I look reading your posts
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This person might be unaware that the “choice” of suburban car-dependent living has been heavily subsidized for the 75 (not 100) years of suburban dominance in much of the United States, while being gaslit & shielded from the negative externalities that we ALL pay.
What if it was an honest choice?
What if it was an honest choice?
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This person might be unaware that the “choice” of suburban car-dependent living has been heavily subsidized for the 75 (not 100) years of suburban dominance in much of the United States, while being gaslit & shielded from the negative externalities that we ALL pay.
What if it was an honest choice?
What if it was an honest choice?
Fittingly, the four best shows of all time: Seinfeld, Freaks and Geeks, Mad Men, The Wire.
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Fittingly, the four best shows of all time: Seinfeld, Freaks and Geeks, Mad Men, The Wire.
I totally missed the Grey Cup -- did Our Lady Peace play "In Repair" at the game?
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I totally missed the Grey Cup -- did Our Lady Peace play "In Repair" at the game?
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Anne Hidalgo is one of the most courageous mayors in history. They sued her. Said she was attacking Parisian heritage. Said she would make traffic worse.
And yet she persisted. She seized an opportunity and delivered.
And yet she persisted. She seized an opportunity and delivered.
Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic.
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Anne Hidalgo is one of the most courageous mayors in history. They sued her. Said she was attacking Parisian heritage. Said she would make traffic worse.
And yet she persisted. She seized an opportunity and delivered.
And yet she persisted. She seized an opportunity and delivered.
Really important to keep this point at top of mind.
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Really important to keep this point at top of mind.
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Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
A thought about the Imperial Pub: much like Honest Ed's, sometimes the family that owns and operates a business, no longer wants to own and operate the business. It's tough to imbue a business with everlasting institutional value, because, well, it actually isn't an institution.
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A thought about the Imperial Pub: much like Honest Ed's, sometimes the family that owns and operates a business, no longer wants to own and operate the business. It's tough to imbue a business with everlasting institutional value, because, well, it actually isn't an institution.
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There are flaws to Jay Kelly (the man and movie), but I can't say I didn't enjoy watching it -- in part because of how good Adam Sandler is in it. My review: brieftake.com/jay-kelly-re...
Jay Kelly Review - Brief Take
The study of a fake celebrity in Jay Kelly, from director Noah Baumbach, is inherently inessential. Yet the film embraces the challenge of finding meaning.
brieftake.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There are flaws to Jay Kelly (the man and movie), but I can't say I didn't enjoy watching it -- in part because of how good Adam Sandler is in it. My review: brieftake.com/jay-kelly-re...