Building The Matrix

Density

Downtown Toronto has been in a residential construction boom for quite a number of years.  As a long time Toronto resident, I've been a witness to the continuously increasing density.  The Toronto skyline has changed a great deal over the last decade and despite suggestions that a construction down turn is coming, there are yet to be any signs of it.

If only our city council was stronger in its urban planning efforts to ensure that the density growth was managed in a efficient and thoughtful way, we could take this opportunity to create new communities and enhance existing ones.

Diversity

One of the things I love about Toronto is just how diverse the city is, even its downtown core.  We have a mix of buildings zoned for residential, retail, as well as commercial use.  I think that variety makes the city quite lively and allows Toronto to not suffer the urban desert that occurs in so many other large cities after 5pm.

Convey

Not a lot to say about this.  Fairly standard conveyor belt shot from an abandoned factory in Toronto.

Ready to Launch

I've always thought that Roy Thomson Hall could double as an urban missile silo.  While normally the notion of Canadians bearing arms would be quite outrageous,  maybe after this weekend's shooting at the Eaton Centre Mall... not so much?

Fly By

If you look upwards at night, would you happen to see the rooftoppers in flight amongst the skyscrapers?

Crossroads

... in downtown Toronto at night.