Alex Bozikovic
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, University of Toronto Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids.
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pushing out United Bakers would be bad. It would also be incredibly dumb, and if this development happens, the owners will certainly try hard to keep them.
Finally: if you are 77, you should want to ensure that your favourite restaurant has a future. That means more people.
Finally: if you are 77, you should want to ensure that your favourite restaurant has a future. That means more people.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
pushing out United Bakers would be bad. It would also be incredibly dumb, and if this development happens, the owners will certainly try hard to keep them.
Finally: if you are 77, you should want to ensure that your favourite restaurant has a future. That means more people.
Finally: if you are 77, you should want to ensure that your favourite restaurant has a future. That means more people.
Ontario planning policy, which prevails, calls for intensification in existing cities. Toronto planning has been slow walking this for 20 years now, but among a few places that they allow density is… commercial sites on major streets.
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ontario planning policy, which prevails, calls for intensification in existing cities. Toronto planning has been slow walking this for 20 years now, but among a few places that they allow density is… commercial sites on major streets.
These new apartments would be great for local seniors to downsize into. This development would destroy zero housing.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
These new apartments would be great for local seniors to downsize into. This development would destroy zero housing.
Last night at U of T, Alfredo Caraballo explaining Allies & Morrison’s position on tall buildings. Varied components don’t just break down the scale up close, but also provide different views from different directions, so that the tower has a different presence across the broader landscape.
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Last night at U of T, Alfredo Caraballo explaining Allies & Morrison’s position on tall buildings. Varied components don’t just break down the scale up close, but also provide different views from different directions, so that the tower has a different presence across the broader landscape.
This is Lille, population 240,000. If downtown Cleveland looked like this, preferences would look different.
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is Lille, population 240,000. If downtown Cleveland looked like this, preferences would look different.
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
Phyllis Lambert, still posting.
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Phyllis Lambert, still posting.
Almost certainly contextual, probably nothing in the other categories.
The contextual criterion basically means: this is an old neighbourhood and we should leave it the way it is. I disagree that this should override all social and economic considerations.
The contextual criterion basically means: this is an old neighbourhood and we should leave it the way it is. I disagree that this should override all social and economic considerations.
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Almost certainly contextual, probably nothing in the other categories.
The contextual criterion basically means: this is an old neighbourhood and we should leave it the way it is. I disagree that this should override all social and economic considerations.
The contextual criterion basically means: this is an old neighbourhood and we should leave it the way it is. I disagree that this should override all social and economic considerations.
Nice house, little of heritage significance, sold for $3.85-million. 100m from Bathurst subway station
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nice house, little of heritage significance, sold for $3.85-million. 100m from Bathurst subway station
Jane Jacobs’s house, now with Audi SUV
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Jane Jacobs’s house, now with Audi SUV
Some random group of NIMBYs, claiming to speak for all of Toronto, is deeply concerned about neighbourhood stores.
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Some random group of NIMBYs, claiming to speak for all of Toronto, is deeply concerned about neighbourhood stores.
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
Principles for this project, funded by the Weston family
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Principles for this project, funded by the Weston family
The paved plaza, minus statue, with kiosk building at left
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The paved plaza, minus statue, with kiosk building at left
“White oak savanna restoration area”
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“White oak savanna restoration area”
Fresh drawings of the plans for Queen’s Park North by JRALA. Scaled back.
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Fresh drawings of the plans for Queen’s Park North by JRALA. Scaled back.
Toronto desperately needs a positive vision for its future. Mayor Chow has not given us this.
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Toronto desperately needs a positive vision for its future. Mayor Chow has not given us this.
The councillor is not even pretending that this is about anything but houses.
“Community acclaim”
“Community acclaim”
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The councillor is not even pretending that this is about anything but houses.
“Community acclaim”
“Community acclaim”
If a new heritage district is created, it should acknowledge the tradeoffs and explicitly define how the area will change.
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
If a new heritage district is created, it should acknowledge the tradeoffs and explicitly define how the area will change.
Not shown in this drawing: the indoor waterpark, which is the size of a stadium
October 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Not shown in this drawing: the indoor waterpark, which is the size of a stadium