Photo of the Day: Autumn Waterfront Scene
Today's Photo of the Day presents a scene of change on Toronto's waterfront. Captured from a Toronto Island Ferry and submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by BruceK, this shot faces north towards...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 10, 2016
Scarborough Rouge-River voters will head to polls for byelection; SmartTrack’s Next Steps; Brampton council shocked by cost of York Region project; and more news:Scarborough Rouge-River voters will...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: The Esplanade from Bay Street
This week's Throwback Thursday offers a look back in time over 14 years, showing some major changes in the blocks south and east of Toronto's Financial District. Back in July 2002, construction was...
View ArticlePublic Realm Taking Shape at Plaza's Musée Condos
Construction continues at the site of Plaza's Musée Condos, a 17-storey Quadrangle Architects-designed condominium development on Adelaide Street in Toronto's King West neighbourhood. We last visited...
View ArticleCrane Raised, Foundations Underway at 1 Yorkville Condos
It has been a busy few months at the site of Bazis and Plaza's 1 Yorkville, a 58-storey, Roy Varacalli-designed condominium development under construction in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood. When we...
View ArticleA First Look at the Interiors of CentreCourt's Axis Condos
Located across the street from Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, a 38-storey condominium by CentreCourt Developments is set to replace the surface parking lot at the southeast corner of Church and Wood...
View Article44-Storey Infill Development Proposed in Flemingdon Park
North York's Flemingdon Park neighbourhood is recognized for its "Towers in the Park" typology, a style of land use planning applied in high-density neighbourhoods across Toronto throughout the 1960s...
View ArticleEaton Centre: New Pusateri's Comes to Saks Fifth Avenue
By 9:20 AM, it was hard to move though the crowd. Such was the interest in the grand opening that 10-minute coffee lines stretched long past the rush hour peak: this morning, Pusateri's arrived at...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: View From the Baldwin Steps
Constructed in 1913, the Baldwin Steps provide pedestrian access between two stretches of Spadina Road with differing elevations. The public staircase also offers views of the Toronto skyline, such as...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 11, 2016
Toronto ward changes will give more weight to downtown issues: experts; Check Out How Toronto’s Heritage Plaques Get Made; Toronto needs more 'gentle density,' planner says; and more news:Toronto ward...
View ArticleTesla Giveaway Ties Into Sustainable Features at The Vanguard
Thornhill, like many communities across the Greater Toronto Area, is changing. People everywhere are concerned about their environmental impact, and while walking and cycling are becoming more common...
View ArticleSite Plan Reveals Details of Lalu's evo Condos + Towns
Located at the northeast corner of Lawrence and Birchmount in Scarborough, the five future buildings that make up Lalu Canada's evo Condos + Towns represent the major international company's first...
View ArticleIntelligent Cities Summit: Welcome to the Smart City
A city is really just a collection of things: streets, buildings, people, services, wires, pipes, and laws. Those things are, to varying degrees, in communication with one another. The streets do not...
View ArticleLive, Work, Learn, Play at Daniels Waterfront - City of the Arts
Construction is well underway on phase one at Daniels Waterfront - City of the Arts, a 280,000 ft² office component front onto Queen's Quay, and the stage is now set for the residential elements of the...
View ArticlePublic Realm Redesign in the Works for U of T's Willcocks Street
Big changes are in store for a pedestrianized Willcocks Common, as the University of Toronto is looking to upgrade the street with a new public realm plan that would reimagine the thoroughfare as a...
View ArticleMOD's Massey Tower Beginning To Rise Over Yonge Street
It has been about two years since shoring began in the heart of Downtown Toronto for the construction of the Hariri Pontarini-designed Massey Tower Condos. At our last update in June, workers were...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: 730 St. Clarens
Today's Photo of the Day shows a detail view of the revitalized exterior of Akelius Canada's 730 St. Clarens Ave., a 1976-built, 17-storey rental tower near Toronto's Lansdowne and Dupont intersection....
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 14, 2016
Toronto councillors want a seat at the Metrolinx table; Plan for neighbouring highrise pits parents against school board; Troubles at the Hotel X; and more news:Toronto councillors want a seat at the...
View ArticleRevamped Proposal for 75 on The Esplanade Comes Online
Following last year's submission to build a 34-storey tower at the southwest corner of Church and Esplanade in Downtown Toronto, the team of Harhay Developments and Carttera Private Equities have...
View ArticleMore Archeology for Cleared St. Lawrence Market North Site
Less than three months after the late-summer start of demolition at the site of Toronto's St. Lawrence Market North building, crews have finished teardown work, priming the site for the next phase of...
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