Colleen
@cbailey6.bsky.social
Scientist, cyclist, knitter. But only 2 out of 3 at any one time. 🔰
📌 Toronto
📌 Toronto
It was the City who recently put a cap on the maximum on the number of bedrooms in multiplexes. As far as I know, most developers opposed this move. Cities also limit floor plate sizes and building styles that produced larger units in the past.
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It was the City who recently put a cap on the maximum on the number of bedrooms in multiplexes. As far as I know, most developers opposed this move. Cities also limit floor plate sizes and building styles that produced larger units in the past.
Toronto's City Manager clarified for everyone how the City views "housing is a human right." I mean, the choices that they make sometimes are also a good indication, but this is pretty clear.
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Toronto's City Manager clarified for everyone how the City views "housing is a human right." I mean, the choices that they make sometimes are also a good indication, but this is pretty clear.
There's so much that they don't even get into the dodgy history of the farm. There were multiple creditors waiting to seize the ostriches if they lived because of prior, non-bird flu-related lawsuits totalling $250,000. Apparently, the farm had no other accessible assets. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
There's so much that they don't even get into the dodgy history of the farm. There were multiple creditors waiting to seize the ostriches if they lived because of prior, non-bird flu-related lawsuits totalling $250,000. Apparently, the farm had no other accessible assets. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Whoa. The eventual permanent Mildenhall sidewalk is supposed to have raised crosswalks?! Let's go!
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Whoa. The eventual permanent Mildenhall sidewalk is supposed to have raised crosswalks?! Let's go!
A lot of the wealthy areas. Hogg's Hollow (2nd pic) is the classic for me. But, on Mildenhall, people realized during the pandemic that they wanted to walk around their neighbourhood and they've installed this "temporary" sidewalk with the barriers that are normally used for bike lanes.
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A lot of the wealthy areas. Hogg's Hollow (2nd pic) is the classic for me. But, on Mildenhall, people realized during the pandemic that they wanted to walk around their neighbourhood and they've installed this "temporary" sidewalk with the barriers that are normally used for bike lanes.
Maybe they meant harmonized in the sense of playing six completely different sets of notes together but leaving it up to one group to really carry the melody.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Maybe they meant harmonized in the sense of playing six completely different sets of notes together but leaving it up to one group to really carry the melody.
I somehow never knew anything about this. Amazing story. Don't miss the coda where the reason that we have a Milton GO line is because of a settlement from the 1979 rail disaster?
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I somehow never knew anything about this. Amazing story. Don't miss the coda where the reason that we have a Milton GO line is because of a settlement from the 1979 rail disaster?
Cool. This morning needed a few more challenges on the sidewalk.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Cool. This morning needed a few more challenges on the sidewalk.
Some City staff have an obsession with defending the "historic lot fabric," which I take to mean that they think suburban areas should remain suburban in the coming decades because they were that way in the past. We need suburban councillors who have a different vision of Toronto as a whole city.
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Some City staff have an obsession with defending the "historic lot fabric," which I take to mean that they think suburban areas should remain suburban in the coming decades because they were that way in the past. We need suburban councillors who have a different vision of Toronto as a whole city.
A few pages later, he criticizes her talk for not being as big a production as he thought it should be. Then jokes (?) that she should do something with her hair.
Remember: women are too emotional for science. And that means women who do science get the emotion sucked out of them and are bad women.
Remember: women are too emotional for science. And that means women who do science get the emotion sucked out of them and are bad women.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A few pages later, he criticizes her talk for not being as big a production as he thought it should be. Then jokes (?) that she should do something with her hair.
Remember: women are too emotional for science. And that means women who do science get the emotion sucked out of them and are bad women.
Remember: women are too emotional for science. And that means women who do science get the emotion sucked out of them and are bad women.
I was gifted a copy of Watson's book "The Double Helix." There are many strange sections, including one where he suggests Franklin manipulated Wilkins. Written in 1968, post-Nobel, I'm not sure if he was attempting to discredit her, but her request seems reasonable when Watson did take her work!
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I was gifted a copy of Watson's book "The Double Helix." There are many strange sections, including one where he suggests Franklin manipulated Wilkins. Written in 1968, post-Nobel, I'm not sure if he was attempting to discredit her, but her request seems reasonable when Watson did take her work!
It's Halloween. Everyone post your scariest neighbourhood photos. A coffee shop across from a house. 😱
October 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's Halloween. Everyone post your scariest neighbourhood photos. A coffee shop across from a house. 😱
This is the most anti-Jane Jacobs amendment (if the City Solicitor says they can do it). Allow retail but only in the most expensive possible location: new builds on Major Streets. This misses the entire point of being able to start somewhere old and small and cheap.
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is the most anti-Jane Jacobs amendment (if the City Solicitor says they can do it). Allow retail but only in the most expensive possible location: new builds on Major Streets. This misses the entire point of being able to start somewhere old and small and cheap.
When people agree with the RA position, they are obviously correct and Toronto should do as they say (do nothing).
When people taking the survey don't agree with the RA position, people must have been too stupid to understand the questions. So we must have more consultation (and do nothing).
When people taking the survey don't agree with the RA position, people must have been too stupid to understand the questions. So we must have more consultation (and do nothing).
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When people agree with the RA position, they are obviously correct and Toronto should do as they say (do nothing).
When people taking the survey don't agree with the RA position, people must have been too stupid to understand the questions. So we must have more consultation (and do nothing).
When people taking the survey don't agree with the RA position, people must have been too stupid to understand the questions. So we must have more consultation (and do nothing).
Imagine a Premier who wants to destroy a pro-housing coalition that includes a lot of renters. What would they do differently than what Ford has done?
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Imagine a Premier who wants to destroy a pro-housing coalition that includes a lot of renters. What would they do differently than what Ford has done?
It would be bad enough on its own, but doing this at a time when housing starts are collapsing, when anyone can see the shortage that's coming in a few years, people will be forced out of Ontario.
October 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It would be bad enough on its own, but doing this at a time when housing starts are collapsing, when anyone can see the shortage that's coming in a few years, people will be forced out of Ontario.
It seems like that was built into the design by the province. I can't find specifics but heard on a podcast that there were rules against caucusing together. And the Minister had to clarify that parties can exist after the election, but members are intended to rep constituents more than party.
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It seems like that was built into the design by the province. I can't find specifics but heard on a podcast that there were rules against caucusing together. And the Minister had to clarify that parties can exist after the election, but members are intended to rep constituents more than party.
Reminder: staff claim to spend 190 hours on logistics for each community consultation meeting.
Anyway, it seems like we did a citywide upzoning, a very small amount of housing got built, mostly in Davenport. And now we're backsliding as incumbents start posturing for the election.
Anyway, it seems like we did a citywide upzoning, a very small amount of housing got built, mostly in Davenport. And now we're backsliding as incumbents start posturing for the election.
October 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reminder: staff claim to spend 190 hours on logistics for each community consultation meeting.
Anyway, it seems like we did a citywide upzoning, a very small amount of housing got built, mostly in Davenport. And now we're backsliding as incumbents start posturing for the election.
Anyway, it seems like we did a citywide upzoning, a very small amount of housing got built, mostly in Davenport. And now we're backsliding as incumbents start posturing for the election.
As next year's election approaches, several councillors are attempting bespoke carveouts from what were supposed to be city-wide zoning changes. And meetings are in-person, which presumably limits comments about Toronto's overall housing goals. Thursday's Guildwood Village Meeting:
October 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
As next year's election approaches, several councillors are attempting bespoke carveouts from what were supposed to be city-wide zoning changes. And meetings are in-person, which presumably limits comments about Toronto's overall housing goals. Thursday's Guildwood Village Meeting:
Councillors will put in black and white that they are requesting a heritage study in response to intensification and new housing. And then heritage staff will tell you to your face that heritage doesn't prevent development.
October 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Councillors will put in black and white that they are requesting a heritage study in response to intensification and new housing. And then heritage staff will tell you to your face that heritage doesn't prevent development.
There are many things trade unions could say about the Skills Development Fund and their relationship with the PCs, but claiming that they endorsed Ford because he supports building and brings them work is the least believable. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
There are many things trade unions could say about the Skills Development Fund and their relationship with the PCs, but claiming that they endorsed Ford because he supports building and brings them work is the least believable. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
The rental housing supply program was already part of Toronto's HAF commitments and the City has talked about this one program as a "replacement" for not doing sixplexes and to justify a 40% increase in DCs elsewhere.
October 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The rental housing supply program was already part of Toronto's HAF commitments and the City has talked about this one program as a "replacement" for not doing sixplexes and to justify a 40% increase in DCs elsewhere.
Now, I know one of you Toronto people still has a T-shirt that we can send him. Not sure what the tariffs will be like to ship it down there though.
October 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Now, I know one of you Toronto people still has a T-shirt that we can send him. Not sure what the tariffs will be like to ship it down there though.
I had no idea that there was counter near Yonge and Davisville. Good to confirm my anecdotal experience that there are more cyclists around the last couple of years.
October 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I had no idea that there was counter near Yonge and Davisville. Good to confirm my anecdotal experience that there are more cyclists around the last couple of years.