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Grant Mason πŸπŸ³β€πŸŒˆπŸš΄

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Urban planner in Toronto Leave the world better than you found it. Opinions are my own.

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I’m glad to hear you’ve asked them to explore interim solutions. All it should take is some blocks and jersey barriers between Queen and College. As it stands now, the sidewalks are verging on dangerously crowded. Additionally, why can we not do Dundas to college before 2030?

08.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They've studied, consulted and voted on it like three times. I don't understand what they’re waiting for and frankly I don’t buy whatever excuse they’re giving

08.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's extremely frustrating how they've voted to expand the sidewalks on Yonge but still nothing has been done. Interim extensions would do wonders! @chrismoise.ca

08.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The city is so close to being an amazing pedestrian place... Which I've been saying for the two decades I've lived here. Progress has been... delayed.

08.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Front street should be pedestrianized from Bay to Jarvis and make it one of the best shopping/public streets in the city.

08.03.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Foresight? Yeah we have exactly four sites where you can legally build an apartment

06.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Why do some people believe they can live in a city but their neighbourhood will never change? Because their councillor tells them that
www.thestar.com/news/gta/six...

28.02.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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This is what ground floors should look like.

28.02.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The all-glass ground floor design tend needs to send. It's killing the pedestrian reason.

28.02.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In my book, it's morally bankrupt to make families with less money live on 30,000 cars per day roads.

09.02.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

After seeing kid rock in that fedora, the evidence has officially piled up to a degree that can no longer be ignored

MAGA played the branding game and lost. They are full cringe. The scent of bitch-ass loser has clung to them and won’t wash out.

Woke is back, baby, and it’s giving wedgies

10.02.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 574 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 5

Cruelty is the point.

22.01.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good. Decisions need to have consequences.

16.01.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People in Northern Ontario (and possibly Manitoba?) refer to a fully serviced building on a lake as a camp. Cottage is a southern term. Both are correct. Lake house, however, is wrong.

16.01.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Cabin" and "Camp" remain acceptable terms according to Canadian context. This is targeted at our so-called friends to the south.

16.01.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Importantly, Canada's soft power is strengthened by asserting the term "cottage" as the dominant term for a house by the water in the woods. "Lake house" users, you may concede gracefully.

16.01.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New subway map just dropped

03.01.2026 04:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

As you can see, there is simply no more room for housing.

25.12.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finch West Line 6 Opens Sunday: It Could Use Some Improvements | UrbanToronto With Line 6 opening on Sunday, December 7th, Toronto will have its first new electric rail line in nearly a quarter century. Now that we have it, we should start thinking about expansion because other...

Another piece on the Finch West LRT, this time on how we could make it better with extensions. Read it now:

urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/12...

05.12.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public

06.12.2025 04:37 πŸ‘ 9303 πŸ” 1731 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 62
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Answering your questions about the Ostrich story your uncle won't stop posting about You have probably seen your right wing family and friends post a lot about ostriches lately. And, since you don’t follow Rebel News and a lot of twitter accounts with fucktrudeau and fringeminorty in ...

Q - Why, given all the terrible things happening in the world, do people care about this?

A - Micro-analysis: They see it as an example of government overreach and bureaucratic cruelty towards an independent farm. Macro-analysis: The world is getting dumber every day.

14.11.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 289 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6

I am not a crazy ideologue. I just think that the richest society in human history has a moral responsibility to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, treat the sick, and house the homeless. If doing that requires forcing comfortably-housed people to accept neighborhood change, I'm ok with that.

10.11.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 277 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s honestly wild how few townhomes exist that aren’t right near a highway. We force every bit of density right next to noise and pollution, and keep the quiet areas reserved for the rich who can afford detached houses.

I can’t emphasize enough how ridiculously inequitable & regressive this is

31.10.2025 20:27 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

It's kind of sad when she used to be such a hard line environmentalist, but doesn't seem to make the obvious connections between housing, transit and sustainability.

23.10.2025 03:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Drivers barely even slow down when they hook turn on red these days. Half the time they don't even try to stop before entering the crosswalk. It's an epidemic of bad behaviour on behalf of drivers.

18.10.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so amazing. Whereas Toronto is about to build another traffic street along the shoreline because our planning is still stuck in the 1980s. 😭

03.10.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's hard work but it's (dis)honest work.

29.08.2025 00:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities

11.08.2025 16:16 πŸ‘ 1647 πŸ” 254 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 25
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@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.

05.08.2025 01:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Once again, the only thing that units all Canadians is that we're not Americans πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ

02.08.2025 04:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0