Grant Mason 🍁🏳🌈🚴
@g-mason.bsky.social
Urban planner in Toronto
Leave the world better than you found it.
Opinions are my own.
Leave the world better than you found it.
Opinions are my own.
@ttcalerts.bsky.social I think your map at Shaw and Dundas is wrong. Why is Shaw west of Ossington? Very confusing when it's relevant to the route change.
August 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
@ttcalerts.bsky.social I think your map at Shaw and Dundas is wrong. Why is Shaw west of Ossington? Very confusing when it's relevant to the route change.
Toronto urban designers when another row of fine grain retail gets replaced with a ground floor wall of glass and plastic window wrapping:
July 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Toronto urban designers when another row of fine grain retail gets replaced with a ground floor wall of glass and plastic window wrapping:
The city is THRIVING
June 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The city is THRIVING
There's so much more public space to be had if we just have the courage to open it!
May 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
There's so much more public space to be had if we just have the courage to open it!
Front Street should be open to pedestrians every weekend! The central median planters make great picnic spots.
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Front Street should be open to pedestrians every weekend! The central median planters make great picnic spots.
Oh and another one only three blocks away. King Street West. New build. Great stuff City of Toronto. Official Plan working as intended. @alexbozikovic.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Oh and another one only three blocks away. King Street West. New build. Great stuff City of Toronto. Official Plan working as intended. @alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Another vibrant public realm brought to you by the Toronto Official Plan. @jasonthorne.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Another vibrant public realm brought to you by the Toronto Official Plan. @jasonthorne.bsky.social
This seems like the most relevant data set for Toronto. Apartments >5 storeys are increasing and single/semi are decreasing.
April 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This seems like the most relevant data set for Toronto. Apartments >5 storeys are increasing and single/semi are decreasing.
We make developers spend $$$ to retain heritage buildings because we understand the value they being to the city, especially at the ground level. But new construction? Flat, sterile glass is fine apparently. I hate it.
April 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We make developers spend $$$ to retain heritage buildings because we understand the value they being to the city, especially at the ground level. But new construction? Flat, sterile glass is fine apparently. I hate it.
This is literally all I'm asking for. A few brick columns really go a long way in softening and characterizing a place. But instead the OP requires 60% minimum clear windows with no maximum and so we get sterilelized Avenues. This should have been fixed years ago.
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is literally all I'm asking for. A few brick columns really go a long way in softening and characterizing a place. But instead the OP requires 60% minimum clear windows with no maximum and so we get sterilelized Avenues. This should have been fixed years ago.
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Inside the Ledbury is much nicer, but this should be facing Queen Street, not hidden from view.
April 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Inside the Ledbury is much nicer, but this should be facing Queen Street, not hidden from view.
The City spends so much time fighting over height, shadows and setbacks, and then competently ignores the ground floor appearance, which I argue matters far more for the quality of place in the city. How is this acceptable? Especially in this part of the city. @jasonthorne.bsky.social please help.
April 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The City spends so much time fighting over height, shadows and setbacks, and then competently ignores the ground floor appearance, which I argue matters far more for the quality of place in the city. How is this acceptable? Especially in this part of the city. @jasonthorne.bsky.social please help.
The powder gods smiled upon us ❤️❄️
February 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The powder gods smiled upon us ❤️❄️
4:30 pm on Saturday in the winter. Yonge street sidewalks packed to the gills with pedestrians, 4 car lanes vacant. City of Toronto - hurry up with the expanded pedestrian space already!! It is always like this.
January 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
4:30 pm on Saturday in the winter. Yonge street sidewalks packed to the gills with pedestrians, 4 car lanes vacant. City of Toronto - hurry up with the expanded pedestrian space already!! It is always like this.