Jason Paris (he/him) 🇨🇦
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Architecture, design, infrastructure, kitties, media, music, podcasts, politics, Toronto, transit, travel, and 2SLGBTQ+. *Opinions are only mine, tragically*
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Trucks as a "social signifier" really hits this on the head. That's all they really are. -🛻 Big Dumb Trucks, by
@TheWarOnCars
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"Ford's plan for Ontario Place — to hand over the redevelopment of public land to a private, for-profit firm — is exactly the kind of urban land-use policy you’d expect from a wealthy suburbanite with access to a Muskoka cottage."
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Interesting how "subsidize" transit is always used in articles, but when talking about roads, it is always "investment." This distinction leads to a lot of misunderstanding
@globeandmail
-ON to subsidize public transit so GTA riders can avoid double fares
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Tonight is even worse than yesterday on the 504 King
@TTChelps
@MayorOliviaChow
and I’d never seen anything like that. Our operator is literally telling people to walk. Got on at John 33 minutes ago. I’m currently at Roy Thomson Hall which is maybe 30 m east of where I started.
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I always find headlines like this odd. Especially when "nearly half of Canada's" population is in Ontario.
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I didn’t see this one coming! -Eataly to Open in Former Nordstrom Space at CF Toronto Eaton Centre
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I will say it again… Sankofa Square sounds nice. And better than clumsy cross-streets. When the square was created the name was never considered to be permanent. Something interim until a better fit. Even without having to mention the “Dundas” baggage, I don’t see the issue.
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Pushing 35 minutes and still no eastbound 504 King at River
@TTChelps
. It’s great that we have North America’s largest street railway but sucks that it is managed so badly. You can literally watch people on their phones switch to Uber.
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This is an improvement
@TimHortons
? So, you renovate your space in a beloved art deco Toronto landmark by blocking potential customers from seeing into your resto by placing giant cheap ads in the windows? Then prevent your patrons from also seeing out to our main street? Insane.
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The top exposed floor of urban multi-storey parking garages should always be licensed patio space for six months of the year. Nobody parks this far up. The views are incredible. There’s generally elevator access. And other cities have proven its potentia…
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Day after day the
#504King
waits for multiple light cycles to cross Bay St as drivers continually block the box. There’s never any enforcement. None. It’s just something else we now have to deal with as TTC riders on a supposed “transit way?”
@TTChelps
@TorontoPolice
@oliviachow
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I took advantage of this balmy February weekend and walked down to the Portlands to see our city’s three newest crossings. This includes some great skyline views, the rising of the “new” Don, and our new human-made island named Villiers. (1/3)
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After shaming on Twitter, and via other means, drivers continually using the River Street bike lanes as their free
@TimHortons
parking for TWO YEARS... the city has finally listened. Thank you
@kristynwongtam
Kristyn Wong-Tam!
#BikeTO
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What the heck
@TTChelps
?!?? 16 minutes at rush hour and then five cars together on a traffic-controlled transitway.
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Sometimes I don't think we celebrate this enough in Toronto. It's one of those things we actually do well.
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@Evcorder
I’m sitting on a nude beach in Toronto watching
@MayorOliviaChow
unveil a plaque to the queer community as I read this.
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Met what I thought was a decent guy at Toronto’s Black Eagle tonight tell me after two beers, that he’s he’s voting
@PierrePoilievre
“for the sole satisfaction of seeing Freeland’s face when she’s no longer deputy PM.” That is his reasoning… as a gay man. I walked out.
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And here's
@blogTO
at it again assuming all their readers drive to everything downtown. Our city being a city is "torture" in this week's adjective.
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The Ontario Line isn't "proposed." It is well into its second year of construction
@BeachMetroNews
.
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@FalseSlazac
Canadians overwhelmingly don’t want this and don’t ask for this and or even ever think about this TBH.
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Key line: "At $33 per Canadian, CBC/Radio-Canada is one of the worst-funded public broadcasters in the world, with 4x less funding than the U.K. and France and 8x times less than Germany."
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One of my favourite new projects in the city and it’s still going to receive a second, even larger, tower to the east.
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It feels like a good time to re-post this... -End of the line: Why Ontario will regret ripping up this rail corridor
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Maybe unpopular to say, but it may not be worth the cost with this timeline. And who would I blame for his? That's right, John Tory. via
@torontostar
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The one at King/River (North/east corner) hasn’t worked in over a year. And yes, I reported it to both 311 and the TTC last spring. Still nothing.
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And your
@blogTO
adjective of the week for a global city being a city is "total chaos." Like, they could have shown a million people eating Greek food, but instead its the minority using cars to enter the city complaining from their steering wheels.
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@1979HAB
@mikesbloggity
If you think he spit in the face of your hateful self, well, then go Trudeau.
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@LauraMinquini
@AprilEngelberg
A bridge over the eastern gap is going to be "hideous." People engaging in their parks, "ruins them." That's some serious anti-urban sentiment right there.
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I have little doubt now that The Well won’t be an instant landmark and one of the city’s busiest, and most Instagrammed, locales. A real attention to detail here with an obvious desire to let the actual city flow in and out of it.
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@parodycab
@CanadianPolling
Canadians overwhelmingly trust and support CBC/Radio-Canada. You may not like it and be part of the loud minority, but it doesn't whatsoever "invalidate" it either.
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Liberty Village suffers from 'cart before the horse.' The horse is catching up though with GO RER (including a 2nd station), the Ontario Line, and a hopeful extension of the King Transitway. It absolutely can accommodate this new tower. via
@torontostar
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@PierrePoilievre
@C_Mulroney
Your are citing the BNA? Wow, you aren’t only a misguided sheep, but one that doesn’t know which fundamental document the country currently runs under.
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Another example of Toronto NIMBYism knowing no bounds.
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I worry we are going to get another Canary District. Pleasant enough to look at, but largely dead streets, punctuated by the odd art piece, and no critical mass of anything. /via
@globeandmail
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I attended my high school's 50th anno on Saturday night (
#Ching50
)! A public school, but I dared not be out either, nor anyone else in early 90s Brampton. Yet, the building was decked in Pride regalia, including for an upcoming
#2SLGBTQ
+ movie night and dance. I finally belonged.
Pride was born as a protest, it’s always been a protest, and is still a protest. With attacks coming from multiple directions, this is a year not to forget that and to turn up the volume. My
@TorontoStar
column this wknd.
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@Trump_Detester
By any objective measure, Canadians are freer, healthier, and have a more resilient democracy. Not by any means are we perfect, far from it, but the case for a Canadian invasion of America actually makes more sense, at least on these weird terms.
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@DMFSBLF
@Penalosa_G
@fordnation
Transit doesn’t pay for itself anywhere. Nor do roads or other infrastructure. This is well known. I don’t see what your point is here. Building infrastructure is never to directly make money, it’s to build a society that can.
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@jen_keesmaat
Always amazing how one of the world’s great shopping streets didn’t really accommodate the shoppers… until now.
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Lots of Toronto's most prominent buildings have, and some still do, remain in darkness at night, including the provincial legislature. Some may appreciate this ongoing reservedness, but it's not in-keeping with a global city, so I welcome the changes.
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I hope Leary doesn't make it out of this. A leadership change is so obviously needed.
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The River Street bike lane at King is constantly used as free
@TimHortons
parking. I’ve complained before and nothing is ever done
@kristynwongtam
. So everyday that I remember I’m going to now take a picture of it under the
#RiverStreetCoffeeLane
hashtag.
#BikeTO
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It’s time to redesign Toronto’s deadly streets. A pilot project shows the way /via
@globeandmail
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@nytimes
No, it won't. You are referring to a law that was abolished. Or not talking to the right constitutional experts. Do better, please.
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@FutureModelTO
@HousingNowTO
Connect and integrate the stations. This is the one and only opportunity.
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@reedsammy7
@caulibroc
Because they get them in another local/state jurisdiction. That can’t be done easily with international borders. Compare Ontario to New York State then.
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These BIA festivals had all become carbon copies of each other. While I'm not advocating for their demise, a major rethink is needed - less, but better festivals that don't all do the same thing. Enough of the souvlaki and bouncy castles! via
@torontostar
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Check the OR (original rendering), you like it so far?
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@CanadianPolling
I hate these questions, as few want pure socialism, and aren't likely answering with that in mind. While some of the 27% think that *is* exactly what this means. Basically, Canadians want a safety net and hold a realization that there are indeed a few things done better publicly.
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In today's news,
@johntory
steals
@jen_keesmaat
's plan as his own -Tory announces plan to speed up subway relief line construction by 2 years
#TTC
TOpoli
#Metrolinx
#ReliefLine
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@MichaelAvenatti
Yesterday's UK election should also be a wake-up call. While I like dreaming big too, the Dems have to singularly focus on winnability in those six states or Trump wins again. That may indeed mean Biden.
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Hey there
@blogTO
. Care to explain why I've been completely banned from your site as of yesterday for making factual comments? Yes, sometimes about how you aren't being factual, but if you can't take the heat, don't have comments. Or better yet, be factual and improve your ethics
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This needs to be added to our signage bylaws as ILLEGAL. This isn't a pot shop, it's a brand-new resto/bar in the Entertainment District. Yet, they've totally frosted their windows for ads so you can't see in or out. An affront to the city and the last place I'd take my business.
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@RE_MarketWatch
People also complain about bike lanes and order their food every night from these workers. The disconnect is real.
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28 minutes waiting in the rain on North America’s busiest surface route that also has transit priority through the central section. Few give this system the bearth I do in my comments, but how this is the least bit acceptable time and again is baffling and not being addressed.
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@creation247
Toronto still looks like this. Nothing has changed. Both buildings are well-loved and well taken care of.
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43 minutes later it arrived on our biggest surface transit corridor. I had better service in 1990s Brampton than I did today.
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The random things you learn on
@cbcradioq
... Keanu Reeves' (
@KeanuReevesoff1
) mother was Anne Murray's (
@annemurray1
) dress designer. To quote
@tompowercbc
, "that's the most Canadian sentence I've ever said."
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Is there ever a decent application that doesn't rile some well-housed Torontonians? via
@torontostar
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@Travisdhanraj
@samoosterhoff
Since when does media use the "pro-life" term? They are anti-choice or anti-abortionists.
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@DiabloFifi
@AndrewPoston57
@StofferRussell
@spawneedave
@SLFarmMI
@aimeekadams
@Public_Citizen
Canada suffers from this as well. That is the US’ weak gun selling policies making it easy to buy then illegally import here.
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Love this... "Every city in North America needs as many bike lanes as they can possibly build, as fast as they can possibly build them. No exceptions!"
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@mec
Well its pretty beige for a green building. It's also pretty suburban for an urban one. And its pretty bleak, especially along Soho, for a community building that is supposed to embody energy and enthusiasm for the outdoors. It's as if it was ordered from a catalgoue to be frank.
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@ColinDMello
Even if she ultimately wins, I’m glad it isn’t a coronation. She’s not the dream candidate many think and will need to work hard and adjust some of her views.
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Five days since the snows, yet still no safe means to access the 503/504 from the sidewalk
@TTChelps
at King E & Lower River.
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@FaisalAHassan
@MountDennisCA
@fordnation
@MichaelFordTO
@STOPthetrains1
@AllianceBlack
It’s sad to see the state of the NDP on transit. Literally the worst of the three parties. Quite the fall and one they are blind to all the same.
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@normsworld
I had dinner at
@z_teca
just two nights ago. In fact, I'm there about once every two weeks and have been since they opened. Very convenient to my work. However, with this literal "FU" to the 70K+ transit riders on King, never again.
#TOpoli
#Zteca
#KingPilot
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And not a single mention of any potential transit.
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Not a great look at St. George (lower)
@TTChelps
. While I doubt there’s a related safety issue, it doesn’t exactly instil confidence either.
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This is a pretty dumb petition. What the neighbourhood should do is be proactive and welcome the transit-oriented development, BUT constructively push for a future connection between the
@GOtransit
and TTC (
@TTChelps
) stations.
#BeBloor
#BloorLansdowne
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@PorchettaAndCo
@JohnTory
Calling for buses on North America’s busiest surface transit route just shows you don’t understand what you are talking about. And then citing “international talk” just makes it laughable.
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@DeanTester
The media is over-focused on NIMBYs in transit expansion too. E.G... Forget that the Ontario Line will move 388,000 people daily and through North America's 4th largest city. Yet, give most bandwidth to a collection of homeowners along parts of the line who don't want the change.
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@JoshMatlow
Disappointing and performative take. Laughable too given the enormous environmental benefits of this project. Must all politicians be seen as siding with NIMBYs? There are way more others out there and largely from generations younger than you and I. You should listen to them.
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@CityNewsTO
This isn't leadership. Like, yes, it could help him win. But wedging your way through on the backs of the vulnerable won't ever be looked upon well historically.
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@GraphicMatt
It mimics similar maps for NYC quite a bit. It's not really a tale of density at all, but more about poverty, socialization, and health services.
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Whoever would have thought that we’d end up with something better than Nordstrom’s at TEC? But this Eataly/Simons combo definitely bests it.
La Maison Simons To Open Stores At CF Toronto Eaton Centre And Yorkdale In Former Nordstrom Spaces
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I just wish we could coordinate such legitimately great services across the region. So, "you can text this on GO, but do this instead on the TTC, and don't forget it's this way on YRT and that way on HSR..." as you are having your safety concern onboard.
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My guess is Mon. Sept. 9 for both Line 5 and Line 6. This will keep the cartographers happy too. via
@torontostar
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@edwardrow
Ontario Line staging. A line that will have almost 400K daily boardings. Also, what was there will largely be brought back. This is in no way an environmental loss.
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Yup, exceeding all my expectations. -Olivia Chow is playing hardball with the feds — and she’s doing it really well
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This is a horrendous service adjustment
@TTChelps
, for so many reasons. Especially since the service is already terrible, yet the route is densifying like few others. Guaranteeing new residents will not become your customers.
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This has been a great series
@NWestoll
. Nice to see some focus on the positive of what is coming, and there's a lot, more than over-focussing on NIMBYs and the negative.
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@SarahFischer__
Do you know what is a much closer definition of a dystopian nightmare? A government-in-waiting with the audacity to lie to its population about the truth of a generally innocuous piece of legislation.
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