The Globe and Mail

Of the residential skyscraper schemes recently given the green light by Toronto's planning officials, none faces a more bruising political struggle than the Four Seasons hotel and condominium complex in Yorkville. "We are appalled by the height and density, and the rather mediocre design," area resident Mary-Helen Spence said on behalf of one important residents' association girding itself for battle. A $2-million offer made by the builders (Menkes Development and Toronto-based Four Seasons Hotel Inc.) to improve a nearby schoolyard that would be touched by the towers' shadow has been declared unacceptable. "It's simply buying the sunshine from generations of children," Ms. Spence said.