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Throwback Thursday: North View from Mutual Street

This week's Throwback Thursday takes us to Mutual Street, between Queen and Shuter, for a north-facing view overlooking some major changes. Back on August 25th, 2002, this angle provided a great view...

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Inviting Amenities Offered at Plaza and Berkeley's The Met

With the new northwest terminus of the TTC's Line 1 set to open in Vaughan late next year, a collection of developments are in the works in the area near the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station site....

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Enhanced Public Realm Planned at home: Power and Adelaide

At the March meeting of the City of Toronto's Design Review Panel, a bulky 23-storey proposal stretching from Adelaide to Richmond west of Power Street was assessed by the panelists. While the scale of...

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J. Davis House Almost Sold Out, Construction Begins Early 2017

A new mid-rise development in Toronto's Yonge and Davisville area is primed to start construction in early 2017. Mattamy and Biddington's J. Davis House will soon rise from the east side of Yonge...

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Waterworks Building Redevelopment Looks to History for Cues

In October, MOD Developments and Woodcliffe Properties' launch event saw the long vacant Waterworks Building become part of Toronto's King West scene for an evening. The evening offered a preview of...

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Photo of the Day: The Eglinton Grand Theatre

The Eglinton Theatre opened its doors on April 15, 1936, featuring an Art Deco design by noted local architects Harold Solomon Kaplan and Abraham Sprachman. In the decades that followed, Kaplan &...

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Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 18, 2016

Renting in Toronto's downtown core an increasingly competitive process; Quarter of TTC surface routes regularly exceed crowding standards; TTC set to increase fares for sixth straight year; and more...

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Infill Coming to Tower-in-the-Park Site at 555 The West Mall

Furthering a growing trend of intensifying underutilized space in Toronto's outmoded Tower-in-the-Park communities, a new proposal is seeking to add a 24-storey purpose built rental tower where a...

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Tridel's Alter Rises Above Grade on Church Street

Construction is picking up speed at the site of Tridel's Alter, an architectsAlliance-designed condominium tower that will soon stand 33 storeys over Church Street, just north of Gerrard Street, in...

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Trio of High-Rises Changing Face of Jarvis and Dundas

For decades, the corner of Dundas and Jarvis remained one of Downtown Toronto's less prominent major intersections. Seemingly at the edge of the city while simultaneously at its heart, the corner...

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Garbage Privatization: Inside Toronto's Two-Tier System

Following the Ford administration's privatization of residential garbage pick-up east of Yonge in 2011, the City of Toronto's waste management has remained in a somewhat awkward state of...

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Tracking the Continued Progress of Union Station's Revitalization

Over the better part of the last decade, the revitalization of Union Station has served to improve the efficiency, aesthetics, and overall experience of Toronto's central rail hub. While the lengthy...

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#CityResolve—Along the Lake, Up the Humber—ULI Bikes with Jennifer Keesmaat

It's been a beautiful Fall in Toronto. This season, which like Spring often feels like an all-too-brief transition between the real seasons of cold and heat, has actually given us a serious dose of...

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Photo of the Day: New Additions

Today's Photo of the Day shows a handful of new condominium towers rising into the Toronto skyline. Submitted to the Ten York Street Forum thread by contributor skycandy, this view from a Regent Park...

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Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 21, 2016

Bike lanes eyed as loading zones for those aiding the disabled; Torontonians support Rail Deck Park; Construction ends, streetcars resume on St. Clair; and more news:Bike lanes eyed as loading zones...

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Below Grade Structures Taking Shape at King Blue Condos

Construction activity at the Entertainment District site of Greenland Group's King Blue reached a major milestone back in April, when the first cuts were made into the Canadian Westinghouse Building...

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Tridel's Ten York Street Condos Rising into South Core Skyline

Four months since our last look at Tridel's Ten York Street Condos, the 65-storey, Wallman Architects-designed condominium development has begun to impact skyline views as it rises into Toronto's South...

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Stafford's Boutique Avenue & Park Launches on Avenue Road

Just north of Lawrence, Stafford Homes'Avenue & Park launched last week with a Friends & Family event celebrating the upcoming condominium. Contributing 36 units to the upmarket stretch, the...

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Finishing Details Coming Together for Berczy Park

Since closing for a rebuild late last year, Toronto's Berczy Park has been transformed through a major design overhaul led by acclaimed landscape architects Claude Cormier + Associés. Though completion...

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Madison's Real Towns Coming to Vaughan's Lebovic Campus Drive

At the southwest corner of Lebovic Campus Drive and Ilan Ramon Boulevard, a new residential community is quickly taking shape in Vaughan. Rows of detached homes already fill out the landscape to the...

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