Quirky Exterior Details Appear as Casey House Nears Completion
The 1875-built William R. Johnston House—formerly known as the Grey Lady of Jarvis Street—is now awash with colour, as exterior details appear at the Jarvis and Isabella construction site. The home is...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Concourse Building Details
Today's Photo of the Day comes to us from Toronto's Financial District, where the historic details of the reconstructed Concourse Building now grace the entrance of the new EY Tower. Submitted to our...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for January 10, 2017
TTC blames service cuts on streetcar delays; John Tory Wants to Change Rules so He Can Meet With His Executive in Secret; Kids ‘ecstatic’ boat-shaped treehouse in Toronto allowed to stay aloft after...
View ArticleGreat Gulf and Hullmark's "home: Power and Adelaide" Remakes an Intersection
Last month we got our first glimpse of the interiors at home: Power and Adelaide, a 21-storey Core Architects-designed mixed-use condominium and retail development by Great Gulf and Hullmark, to the...
View ArticleTridel's Via Bloor Condos, Retail Coming to North St. James Town
It was late November when we last took a look at preparatory work going on in area of Toronto's long-awaited North St. James Town redevelopment. The plan includes a number of properties—but not the...
View ArticleRegent Park: New Plans Reveal Mix of Uses at Dundas & Sumach
East of Parliament, the reinvention of Regent Park has seen the area become a temporary palimpsest of Toronto history. On Dundas East, modern buildings like Daniels Spectrum and One Park Place now join...
View ArticleDesjardins Bridge: One Piece of Hamilton GO Rail Expansion
Down in the "H" part of the "GTHA", a series of rail infrastructure improvements are being made that will enable more frequent GO Train service to Hamilton, and eventually to Niagara Region. One of the...
View ArticleNew Phase Proposed at Lash's ME Living Condos in Scarborough
With construction now underway on the first elements of Lash Group Of Companies'ME Living Condos—named for its position at the intersection of (M)arkham and (E)llesmere—a new phase has been proposed...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: EY Tower and INDX Condos
The two newest towers in Toronto's Financial District are the 40-storey EY Tower and the 54-storey INDX Condos. In today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the EY Tower Forum thread by contributor...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for January 11, 2017
Eight art installations to make a splash at Toronto waterfront; Scarborough subway report delayed . . . again; Utopia? Time to get real Mr. Byford; and more news:Eight art installations to make a...
View ArticleExplainer: Rooftopping
This week, our 'Explainer' considers the controversial and daring phenomenon dubbed 'Rooftopping'. With the increase of urban development and access to social media, the photography community has shown...
View ArticleOCAD Announces Designers for 'Creative City Campus' Expansion
As part of the school's 'Creative City Campus' vision, OCAD University has announced new details of a plan to make the McCaul Street campus into a more vital centre of creative learning, and a more...
View ArticleOccupancy Well Underway as The Code Gears Up for Registration
With construction now practically complete at the St. Clair West site of BLVD Developments and Lifetime Developments' The Code Condos, residents continue to replace Skygrid Construction workers in the...
View ArticleTridel's Evolving Mid-Rise Proposal for 420 Dupont Street
Redevelopment plans have emerged for a prominent vacant warehouse on a stretch of Dupont Street in Midtown Toronto which is transitioning away from its industrial past. Plans to replace the vacant 1...
View ArticleSite Plan Filed for Tribute's 'Max Condos' on Mutual Street
Following a successful OMB rezoning appeal in October of 2016, Tribute Communities and Greybrook Realty Partners' proposal for 'Max Condos' at 81 Mutual Street is back before the City of Toronto's...
View ArticleVision Zero: City Launches Pedestrian Safety Initiative
Increasingly at the centre of recent debates regarding Toronto's public transit, congestion and bike lanes, have been concerns by City officials and Toronto activists regarding the safety of the city’s...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Yonge and Dundas
Today's Photo of the Day takes us high above the Yonge and Dundas intersection. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by Oscar Flores, this drone-captured sunset view looks northwest over Yonge and Dundas,...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for January 12, 2017
LRT construction leaves Eglinton businesses worried about future; Troubled Trump Toronto hotel put on the block; Transit advocates lodge complaint over controversial Scarborough subway debate; and more...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Karma Condos on Grenville Street
Construction is now wrapping up at the Grenville Street site of Lifetime Developments and CentreCourt Developments' Karma Condos, a 50-storey architectsAlliance-designed condo tower near Toronto's...
View ArticleBus Terminal at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Gets Underway
"Gosh, it's cold out, isn't it?" exclaimed York Region Chair Wayne Emmerson as he struggled to turn the pages of his speaking notes with frozen fingers and a steady gust of winter wind blowing his...
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