Reposted by Gil MeslinAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Thinking about the fact that Toronto has two 70MM IMAX projectors - at Ontario Science Centre and at Ontario Place, the world's first IMAX theatre - that have been closed by Doug Ford for nonsensical reasons. 10304102
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Attention single-stair/missing middle people: as part of OBC review, the Province has opened a consultation on the Building Code, seeking to “identify ways to reduce unnecessary costs, delays, complexity, and administrative burden”. Runs to August 14. ero.ontario.ca/notice/026-0744ero.ontario.caConsultation on Reducing Regulatory Burden in Ontario's Building Code | Environmental Registry of Ontario 24525
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I visited Biidaasige Park for the first time last weekend, and it’s an absolute home run. Best new Toronto park opened in my lifetime. Great river interface. Wetland greenery. Amazing playground. Trails. Bridges. Picnic areas. Quality materials. And a thousand skyline views. 1254
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This guy almost certainly saw the streetcar signalling a turn into Bathurst Station and tried to beat it on the inside instead of waiting. 1141
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Aside from both being TPA, the Toronto Port Authority reminds me of the Toronto Parking Authority in that they are both self-funded arms-length agencies that completely lose sight of public interest and their host community in their single-minded pursuit of a business mandate. 071
Reposted by Gil MeslinJoshua Hind @joshuahind.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Federal public consultations on Billy Bishop Airport have begun. You can fill out their survey (the questions in which seem to take a reverse onus approach, as though the expansion is a fait accompli, and you need to talk the Feds out of it) at the link below. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...tc.canada.caPublic consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City AirportConsultation collecting feedback on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport 0118
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Here is the link to participate in the federal public consultation on the future of Billy Bishop airport. There is an online survey, and an e-mail address for long-form comments. Consultation period runs to July 24th. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...tc.canada.caPublic consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City AirportConsultation collecting feedback on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport 078
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I have so much appreciation for the generation of older appliances that one can open up and easily repair. In this case, an old dryer with a broken belt. Motor, belt, pulley, switch, timer. If there were a store that just sold ‘dumb’ appliances, I would 💯 shop there. 061
Reposted by Gil MeslinShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 29/05/2026My question was already answered by Christopher Holcroft a few weeks ago in the Hill Times. Nieuport (staff + consultants) met with the PMO 8 (updated since pub) times since last summer. MP Chi Nguyen (airport MP) had 7 meetings with Nieuport inc four in March. www.hilltimes.com/2026/05/14/t...hilltimes.com 73819
Reposted by Gil MeslinGlyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026So JP Morgan is behind the Billy Bishop expansion push, but the people it hired to lobby all levels of government didn’t disclose it in the lobbyist registries. From @rwarnica.bsky.social: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...thestar.comRichard Warnica: Who’s behind the massive lobbying campaign to expand the island airport? What I discovered should worry us allOne key player? A large American bank. 711384
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I see the same dynamic on the Islands as at Science Centre and Ontario Place: public destinations, products of a brief window of 1960s largesse, allowed to wither slowly rather than stewarded properly, creating the opportunity for a bad faith Premier to say ‘it’s broken’, and plunge the knife. 24512
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 14/11/2025June 19, 1930. Toronto Daily Star reader, ticketed for doing 35 in a 20, complains that county of York speed trap is a cash grab. 150
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 25/10/2025The last time the Blue Jays were in the World Series, there was no CityPlace, no South Core, no Maple Leaf Square, no HTO Park, no WaveDecks, no Roundhouse Park, no aquarium, no Scotiabank Arena, no Well, and King West and the Entertainment District were still largely pre-condo. 1269
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025L: Dodger Stadium and surrounding contiguous parking. R: Outline of above traced over Rogers Centre (SkyDome) and surrounding area. 0103
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025If you’re in Etobicoke and looking for that final detail for your World Series viewing party, Sanremo has Blue Jays cakes. 0226
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I love the neighbourhood representations in these four ‘Where’s a Public Library?’ maps from the 1970s. 2238
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 06/10/2025If you pass through Queen’s Park Station, take note of the fabrication dates on the exposed tunnel liners before they are tiled over. A cool detail that will soon be hidden once again. Below: 20•10•60 24•1•61 8•2•61 17610
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025As noticed by @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social, the first photo is not 2007. Based on the state of the Ritz-Carlton, it would appear to be 2009. 030
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Two shots of Toronto’s central skyline, 18 years apart. Taken near the Centre Island ferry docks, 2007/2025. 2657
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Toronto Island bathroom/concession pavilions (I really love these). 031
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Centreville intermodal transit hub (rail and swan boat). 380
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025The giant @BikeShareTO rack by the Centre Island ferry dock is a great addition. 2203
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Same as it ever was. I had the strangest dream that a Ferry Terminal design competition took place over a decade ago. 170
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Order of Canada for the designer of the Ontario Provincial Parks’ fire pits. 2599
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I like the places where a street breaks the grid, and you have building frontages parallel with the angled street while property lines and building interiors run with the grid and nearby side streets. 070
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I was at an airport yesterday and some cruel, brilliant individual had put receptacle stickers on the walls and columns by the seats at the gates. 5866
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Interesting how ornamental metalwork hanging from the ceiling around the perimeter of the Bianca lobby is used to create texture through shadowplay. 060
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 06/04/2025A detail I enjoyed at the Waterworks Food Hall is the columns with brick corbels carrying the girders for a large gantry crane, that still rests overhead at the west end of the space. 1243
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 30/03/2025I’d rather see a sunshine list of the board appointments, advisory roles, and lobbyist positions that people like Mike Harris move on to after leaving politics. 151
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Three of the four indoor gardens, designed by landscape architect George Tanaka, that were part of the original Sherway Gardens design. - desert garden - tropical garden - hanging garden (missing: the Japanese garden) 0394
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 22/03/2025It’s kind of perfect that Figure 1 in the City’s updated Mid-Rise Building Design Guidelines is a perfectly lovely fabric building that the guidelines would not allow you to build today. 0355
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Yorkdale: original (1964) plan and present-day (showing the original layout roughly shaded). 031
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Convinced that the great societal fumble of my lifetime was the failure of Western democracies to appreciate the corrosive threat of social media, and to act accordingly: make algorithms transparent, curtail inauthentic activity, and control foreign influence operations. 2258
Gil Meslin @gmeslin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025To once again highlight the distortions of First Past the Post: Last night the Liberals won 0.9 seats for every 100,000 votes. The Ontario PCs won 3.7 seats for every 100,000 of theirs. 036
Reposted by Gil MeslinToon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Beautiful. Bring back slab buildings! On a floor plate ratio they’re more efficient; we did some math and found that home & increases by 10-15% due to arbitrary limits of 750m² floor plates for high rises; meanwhile, slab & spoke style towers can be 1900m², very efficient and more cost-effective 4273
Reposted by Gil MeslinJake Tobin @jaketobin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Today’s the day, Ontario. Get out and vote! 🗳️ 03415
Reposted by Gil MeslinToronto Star @thestar.com · 26/02/2025Doug Ford has fallen short. Vote for change. As comforting as continuity may seem, what Ontario needs is change. Liberals, NDP, Greens: take your pick. A vote for any is a vote for a better Ontario. #StarEditorialthestar.comStar Editorial Board: Doug Ford has fallen short. Vote for changeThe Progressive Conservative leader had seven years to tackle the challenges facing this province, and he couldn't get it done. It's time for change. 14259106
