#urbanism #architecture #topoli #toronto Hey, @theglobeandmail.com storyteller Alex Bozikovic, telling @ethankent.bsky.social he's "wrong" isn't an argument. How about actually contending with his POV? Why is someone this immature and shallow lecturing to grad students @utoronto.ca?

#urbanism #architecture #topoli #toronto @theglobeandmail.com storyteller Alex Bozikovic is at it again, instigating class warfare. First the Annex, now Rosedale. Dozens of DT 'hoods out there, ripe for mid-rise redev near a subway, but the heritage here must be sacrificed first? Resentful, Alex...

#climatecrisis #urbanism #cop30 #netzero Oh..... 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

#climatechange #urbanism #cop30 #netzero Well done, West! By decimating domestic manufacturing (& related livelihoods) in favour of globalization, you've destroyed your economies while encouraging global emissions to rise. Now, have you figured out how to segregate your atmosphere from China's? 👇

#abpoli #bcpoli #onpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli And Alberta's laughing at both provinces, which continue to lose young families in droves, seeking employment opportunities and affordable housing.

#canpoli #cdnpoli #canadastrong #algoma1000 Presumably our country has the luxury to pick and choose its export contracts since our manufacturing sector is so BIG and STRONG. Repeat after me: ALGOMA 1000!!!! ALGOMA 1000!!!! @mark-carney.bsky.social

#topoli #onpoli Look, I get it... you're an advocacy group delivering on your mission. But, if this court decision is upheld, it will handcuff gov'ts from all sorts of positive initiatives in the future, so long as some interest group can come along & claim harm -- the ultimate NIMBY on steroids.

#canpoli #cdnpoli #canadastrong WTF @mark-carney.bsky.social ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? You knew this bombshell was gonna drop on THOUSANDS of people's lives before Christmas AND YOU WERE OK WITH THAT?!?!?!? 👇 www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/com...

#canpoli #cdnpoli OK TDS-inflicted Canucks: which is more important under your ethics? 1. Well-paying jobs for your fellow Canadians? 2. Not cooperating with a gov't that you detest for so many reasons, including its current deportation program? Let's watch you undo this moral Gordian Knot.

#topoli #onpoli #toronto #ttc #urbanism @mayoroliviachow.ca I'm happy to take the TTC more often, so long as you keep the crackheads from pissing in the subway cars and screaming in the passengers' faces. Deal?

#canpoli #cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli For Canadians who say our fed & prov gov'ts have a "revenue problem" & need to raise taxes, consider this: Australia has: -⬇️ avg income taxes -⬇️ GST (10%) -⬇️ council rates on homes (< half of property taxes in 🇨🇦) - & Medicare Sorry, but 🇨🇦 has a SPENDING PROBLEM!

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#biketo #tobike #topoli #urbanism OMG, bike cultists are ANNOYING! Stop proselytizing about e-bikes, @1canoe2paddles.bsky.social or @iamphoccer.bsky.social. It's not the "Good News"... do u ever stop & think how awkward you make people feel that can't ride for physical or money reasons? Lay off!!!!

#biketo #tobike #topoli #urbanism Get a load of @utoronto.ca bike zealot Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher 👇 gloating over her ability to pick up her Xmas tree by cargo bike rather than the man with the SUV behind her. The guy's got a freaking WALKING CANE!!! What an unbelievably sanctimonious ableist!

#urbanism #topoli No, Alex Bozikovic, Shawn Micallef is wrong, even if you two agree with each another. Your perception - that the roads are more dangerous because of the increasing size & popularity of trucks - is not supported by the data 👇. As usual, your narrative doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

#canpoli #cdnpoli #thirdworld Apparently some major newspapers haven't gotten the memo.... 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_am...

#canpoli #cdnpoli #thirdworld That's quite an accusation... are you sure? 👇 www.theguardian.com/money/2006/j... www.brookings.edu/articles/eur... www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/i... www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british...

#canpoli #cdnpoli #thirdworld Wrong - usage changed. Originally meant "non-aligned" with either US or USSR. Post latter's demise, meant economically disadvantaged or underdeveloped countries. Is Saunders pretending not to know just to ridicule Trump, or has he stopped reading in the last 34 yrs?

#canpoli #cdnpoli Oh, poor Emmett Macfarlane can't handle any criticism of his apparently-unimpeachable views. He must've had his "wittle feewings huwt".

#cdnpoli #canpoli When your luxury beliefs run into reality head-first 👇...

#canpoli #cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli The ignorance of the avg Bluesky acct I encounter never ceases to amaze me - direct evidence of the societal cost of not offering basic financial & economic literacy in our education system. Folks persuaded by politicians to argue against their self-interest. Sad.

#topoli #urbanism #urbandesign #planning #toronto Well, what do we have here? Still no new posts from Jacob Lapointe. Did his bosses at Weston Consulting finally call him out for all the paid time he's wasted on the job? Or can't he afford to humiliate himself again with erroneous online claims👇?

#topoli #onpoli #urbanism #planning #urbandesign #toronto Instead of admitting his mistake & thanking me, Jacob Lapointe denies & runs away. A senior planner at Weston Consulting makes an error that understates cost by nearly 40% & no accountability. I pity any client that relies on his consulting.

#topoli #onpoli #urbanism #planning #urbandesign #toronto Geez, for the sake of planning in this province I sure hope that Jacob Lapointe is more thoughtful & accurate at his job than this 👇. cc Peter Weston and Ryan Guetter

#topoli #onpoli Define "adjusted for inflation". A comparison of the cost estimate of building the garage warrants use of an inflation index related to non-residential construction costs in Toronto over time. On this basis, the "cost to build the tower" is at least $640 million, not $400 million.

#topoli #onpoli Define "adjusted for inflation". A comparison of the cost estimate of building the garage warrants use of an inflation index related to non-residential construction costs in Toronto over time. On this basis, the "cost to build the tower" is at least $640 million, not $400 million.

#climatecrisis #climatechange #cop30 #canpoli #cdnpoli #urbanism #actionstartshere So, who's gonna break the news 👇 to Brent Toderian?

#biketo #tobike #topoli #urbanism Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, Postdoctoral Fellow @utoronto.ca and cycling activist, wants pain inflicted on her fellow Torontonians that drive cars 👇. Malevolent? Sadistic? Psychopathic? Or all of the above? Yeah, I'd trust her research... NOT!

#urbanism #architecture #topoli #paris Are you gullible, Alex Bozikovic, or just a propagandist? Absolutely no way you can get that degree of mature tree growth / canopy along narrow, shady streets with limited sunlight & poor soil conditions for root growth. This is not Paris... it's Unicornia.

#urbanism #architecture #topoli #onpoli #toronto @theglobeandmail.com storyteller Alex Bozikovic mansplaining TO development history to renowned architectural historian Marta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social 👇. Compare his credentials to hers. He wasn't even born when the reform council governed. 🤦

#urbanism #architecture #topoli #onpoli #toronto @theglobeandmail.com storyteller Alex Bozikovic went from co-authoring a book celebrating TO architectural heritage, to demanding these places be unprotected in the name of "progress" 👇. What's going on, Alex? Conflict of interest? Resentment? WTH?!?!

#urbanism #architecture #topoli #onpoli #toronto Here's storyteller Alex Bozikovic of @theglobeandmail.com -- who has no degree in architecture, urban design, planning, or urban geography -- admitting his ignorance on the topics he writes about. UofT Daniels students beware...

#urbanism #architecture #topoli #onpoli #toronto University of Toronto Daniels grad students: Alex Bozikovic of @theglobeandmail.com, a lecturer in your Master of Urban Design program, doesn't know the history of planning in TO. And he doesn't understand the basics of our property tax system 👇 ...

#urbanism #architecture #topoli #onpoli #toronto Attention: students of University of Toronto / Daniels... You are being played... beware the spin of propagandists/storytellers like Alex Bozikovic 👇. You're definitely not getting YOUR money's worth... unless someone else is paying your education.

#urbanism #architecture #topoli And I studied under Larry Bourne. Where did you get your architecture degree, @theglobeandmail.com columnist Alex Bozikovic? Or was it in planning? Urban geography? Oh, wait... you don't have any of those degrees. Your background is in "storytelling". It shows.

#urbanism #architecture #topoli #onpoli Can someone please explain the "appeal to authority" fallacy to @theglobeandmail.com columnist Alex Bozikovic and save him from his own ignorance? This 👇 is both painful and funny to watch...

#urbanism #topoli #architecture OMG @theglobeandmail.com columnist and "architecture critic" Alex Bozikovic wishes more heritage had been destroyed in the name of "progress". Just another modern-day Stalin wanting to break some eggs. Please keep him away from these 👇 neighbourhoods...

#topoli #onpoli #urbanism Alex Bozikovic wants to normalize encampments full of drug addicts... as if they're as safe as kids pitching a tent in their backyard for a home camping adventure. Would vulnerable young women & seniors, or families with small kids wanting safe playgrounds agree? 🤦🤦🤦

#urbanism More incoming from urban cultist Brent Toderian. No accounting for the complexity costs, or social costs, associated with increased downtown densities. Just unicorns!!!!

#topoli #onpoli #urbanism @theglobeandmail.com Alex Bozikovic's posts & column are full of contradictions. Are there valid criticisms of TO's current zoning? Sure, but would he rather go back to the pre-70s Wild West? Or does he want rules that only suit his self-interest? Another #NIMBY hypocrite?

#topoli #onpoli #urbanism How irresponsible of Alex Bozikovic to lay the blame primarily on the City. The reasons for the drop are multifactorial, but timing aligns more closely with the intro of provincial rent control in '76, not the reform council's 45ft height restriction in 1973. (1/2)

#urbanism #cycling #topoli #biketo Kitchener, ON (L) Plano, TX (R) Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, "Intellectual Colossus" Ph.D. 👇

#topoli #urbanism #lawrenceplaza #NIMBY Then make better arguments! I'm so tired of urbanist cult-ideologues like Alex Bozikovic 👇 with his smugness & arrogance, dictating what is better for the community. Prove it, or else take your cold, inhuman, Stalinist plans & build them next to your own home.

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 #canpoli #cdnpoli #abpoli C'mon Canada... now it's your turn... or else this 👇 will be you some day soon...

#topoli #urbanism Toronto Architecture: A City Guide, highlights gems in this city. Yet, Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social , co-author of its latest edition, now has a real hate on for the heritage of West Annex. With friends like this... Patricia McHugh must be rolling in her grave!

#urbanism #vancouver Elitist Vancouver ex-Chief Planner Brent Toderian thinks a floating sauna will make Vancouver a better place. How about doing something about Eastside's addiction crisis?!?!? Can you be any more tone-deaf, Brent?

#topoli #onpoli #urbanism Hey, Alex Bozikovic, big urban "expert", how come you blocked me 👇 instead of answering my legit question? Here's an article on a recent application that is perfectly on-point. Grow a pair and answer your readers' questions, coward. www.torontotoday.ca/local/real-e...

#canpoli #canadastrong #climatecrisis #climatechange This 👇 financialpost.com/opinion/bjor...

#architecture #urbanism Alex Bozikovic can't seem to figure out whether or not the old East Wing mattered. Is it "not a great work of architecture" or "the most beloved and symbolic building in the country"? That's some "architecture critic"... very discerning... 🤣🤣🤣

#urbanism #architecture Lille was a struggling industrial town until Eurostar arrived in 1994. Being 80 minutes away from St. Pancras makes it a popular getaway for Brits, creating a tourism & 2nd home construction boom in the area. But Alex Bozikovic thinks it's just good local planning. Naïve.