Those who are pro-Yorkville say that the area cannot rely on tourism too much longer, and needs to implement more high-density dwellings to develop a stronger sense of community and drive commerce within the area. They say that without developments such as this, Yorkville will lack any progressive moment and fall from the minds of tourists and locals alike.

At the same time, Annex lovers (and there’s a lot of them) feel that the tall towers will cast shadows over the section of their neighbourhood that is almost exclusively residential. They claim that the towers will cast long shadows into houses and schoolyards, depriving children and families of sunlight during the morning and day, especially during winter. Furthermore, they fear that the tall towers will also encroach on the historic buildings of Queen’s Park, once again casting shadows and stealing priceless sight lines. Lastly, they say that this will create a precedent that could eventually lead to walls of tall towers that would result in a constant, preternatural solar eclipse.

Conversely, proponents of the development retort that Toronto is a big city, and with big cities come tall buildings, so get over it. While both sides dole out good arguments, there’s the indisputable fact that money talks, and the Four Seasons has lots of it. Annex residents may be affluent, but all the cake slices they can muster from Futures Bakery probably won’t be able to stop the big developers from erecting four colossal towers in one of the prime shopping and eating locales in the city.