Toronto Star

Dundas and Bay may not be everyone's idea of a residential neighbourhood, but get used to it. Like the rest of downtown Toronto, the area now finds itself being transformed into a haven of New Age domesticity. And why not? Brilliantly located, close to everything, including Chinatown, city hall, and the Eaton Centre, this is what urban life is supposed to be all about. Streetcars (the 505 route), buses (the Bay line), hotels, restaurants and cultural facilities – this is a district that has a lot going for it. In the 21st century, when the environment is the No. 1 issue, when the need to intensify our use of the city is greater than ever, it only makes sense that so many condos would have appeared downtown. Though these residential towers wouldn't have made sense even a decade or two ago, that's all changed now.