Photo of the Day: The City in The Clouds
offToronto's South Core area continues to add new businesses and residents to the once barren land south of the Financial District. In today's Photo of the Day, which was submitted to the UrbanToronto...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for July 30, 2015
offTTC chair: ‘I just want our damn streetcars’; Markham seniors told they can stay put while new residence built; TCHC keeps records on façade collapse secret; and more news...Markham seniors told...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: 18 Yonge
offToronto's downtown core has undoubtedly changed over the past decade, with new office towers, hotels and condominiums joining the urban fabric of the city. This transformation is especially visible...
View ArticleThe Selby Bringing Luxury Rentals to Bloor and Sherbourne
offThroughout most of the 20th century, a once fashionable stretch of Sherbourne south of Bloor gradually receded from prominence, as rooming houses and hourly hotels came to inhabit (if not outright...
View ArticleExhibit Residences Stacking Higher On Bloor Street West
offLocated across from the ROM in trendy Yorkville, Metropia, Bazis, and Plaza's Exhibit Residences continues its ascent into the sky as construction progresses in the summer heat. The much-anticipated...
View ArticlePedestrian Tunnel to Billy Bishop Airport Opens to Public
offFor the first time since a violent storm disconnected the peninsula from the mainland in 1858, pedestrians can now walk to the Toronto Islands - or at least the airport located there. A new fixed...
View ArticleCumberland at Yorkville Plaza Bringing New Residents to Iconic Neighbourhood
offWith shoring and excavation complete, Camrost-Felcorp's Cumberland at Yorkville Plaza is set to begin rising above the site where the podium of the Four Seasons Hotel once stood. With the former...
View ArticlePhoto of the Month: Blue Fog
offIt's time again for our Photo of the Month, where we present the highest rated Photo of the Day selection of the previous 4 weeks, along with the runner up, based on combined Facebook shares and...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for July 31, 2015
offPedestrian tunnel links Toronto island airport to mainland; Meet the guy who shuttles Bike Share bicycles back and forth across Toronto; Toronto hires its first sustainable transportation director;...
View ArticleSponsored Post: Million-Dollar Condos in Toronto
offWith the Toronto real estate market recording an impressive 18.4% year-over-year increase in the number of home sales in June, the average home price is also on the rise. It is now at $639,184, a...
View ArticlePartially Repaved Yorkville Avenue Looking Better by the Day
offEarlier this month we took a stroll through Toronto's Yorkville area for a look at the repaving work that is bringing even more charm and beauty to what is already among the country's most...
View ArticleGlobe and Mail Centre Continues to Rise on King Street East
offThere has been a flurry of progress at First Gulf's Globe and Mail Centre since our last update in April. Over the last 4 months, the 17-storey Diamond Schmitt-designed project currently rising at...
View ArticleBikes vs. Cars Opens Today at the Bloor HotDocs Cinema
offIf you're concerned at all about the future of transportation, whether merely locally or in cities all around the world, then Bikes vs. Cars, a new documentary by Fredrik Gertten will be of interest...
View ArticlePeel Memorial Health Centre in Tops Off Brampton
offOn July 30th, dignitaries and members of the public gathered to celebrate the topping-off of the new Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness in Brampton, designed by Diamond Schmitt...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Queens Park
offThere are just too many landmarks to list in today's Photo of the Day, which was submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Michael Muraz. This south-facing shot, captured at dusk, shows the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for August 4, 2015
offMoney to fix splash pad dries up; Toronto councillor Jim Karygiannis follows, confronts UberX driver; Apartment dwellers losing sleep over loose utility cover; and more news...Money to fix splash...
View ArticleTopping Off July 2015: What's Hot on UrbanToronto
offJuly was yet another busy month on UrbanToronto, as the long-awaited arrival of the Pan Am Games put a spotlight on the new buildings and infrastructure that were built in advance of the...
View ArticleSales Centre Moves as Enigma on the Park Readied for Construction
offAragon Properties' Enigma on the Park is one step closer to realization, as the project's on-site presentation centre has been relocated to 1346 Bloor Street West, at the top of St Helens Avenue, to...
View ArticleUnion Station Bay Concourse Closing for Two Years on August 16th
offAs the ambitious revitalization of Union Station continues, GO Transit and Metrolinx have now announced that the station's existing Bay Concourse will close on August 16th, facilitating the next...
View ArticlePace Condos Now Topped-Off at Jarvis and Dundas
offSince we last checked in with this development from Great Gulf Homes, Pace Condos at Jarvis and Dundas has been topped-off. Now that almost all concrete formwork has been removed, we can see the...
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