So there will be no Google Street View today. Instead, I've confined myself to imagining what these buildings and street-scapes look like now, if indeed, they exist at all.

But things have gotten a little worse for wear of late, with tiles crumbling, and countless light fixtures either missing covers or having bulbs blown out or both.

Many Torontonians view the sprawl of vertical living space stretching toward the lake as a blight on the landscape. As a hobby photographer, I tend to take a slightly different stance, viewing the construction of these buildings as massive metal and glass monopods. For me, these buildings don't obfuscate my view so much as they allow for more intriguing perspectives from which to gaze at my city...

Newmindspace are known for their jovial, creative and free events they hold in Toronto. Things like the giant, urban Capture the Flag, Bubble Battles, Light Saber Battles and Pillow Fights. The blanket fort slumber party was a fundraiser ($15 entry fee) that will support the creation of their free events planned for this summer that reflect the Toronto urban playground movement.

I ventured out to a remote warehouse space near Bloor and Lansdowne to take a peek at the playful shenanigans that ensued...

Last year, blogTO took us inside the then half-completed building and gave us an idea of how the building will positively impact the arts community in Toronto.

But as the building approaches its completion, there are other questions that the building itself is raising. For instance, from an urban standpoint, does the Bell Lightbox and Festival Tower fit into its neighbourhood?

Whitfield has recently been at U of T postering for the Stronger Together student advocacy group, one of the two student groups running in the U of T Students' Union (UTSU) elections, the other being Change U of T.

Well, just in case you thought the condominiumization of Toronto had rendered such questions moot, NOW magazine has poured a little petrol on the fire. This week's edition of the publication will feature two different covers, one for readers in the East and one for readers in the West.

"I'm announcing today that the City of Toronto is taking the first step toward a two year budget plan," announced Miller, in what amounted to a rather over-hyped, anticlimactic press conference.

Hyperlocal news reporting most certainly continues to make inroads on the web, and it may be true that the evening television news is not where people are seeking to get the scoop on recent happenings in their community. But we already know that the web and mobile phones are where it's at; there's no need to try to sell us on the idea that future is now.

I don't like bashing start-ups, especially those that are well-intended. But sometimes ideas and execution just don't jive, and problems with Toronto News 24 effort are many.