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Photo of the Day: Toronto Light Fest
Today's Photo of the Day brings us to Toronto's Distillery District for a view from 2017's Toronto Light Fest. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by Kevin Cabral, this shot highlights one of the light art...
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Executive committee signs off on 2017 budget paving way for council’s approval; What will happen to Honest Ed’s sign?; Toronto’s New Budget is Bad for Affordable Housing; and more news:Executive...
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Explainer: Diagrid Structural Framework
Ever run into the word 'diagrid' and wonder what it means? This week's 'Explainer' delves into this specialized structural framework, in use since the late 19th century. Although the design was not...
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Site Plan Advances Front Street's St. Lawrence Condos
South of George Brown College's St. James campus, the former Greyhound bus depot site on Front Street East is one step closer to being redeveloped as a two-tower condominium. A revised site plan for...
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Wide Range of Suites on Offer at 'Heartwood the Beach'
We are learning more about Heartwood the Beach as marketing material continues to roll out for Fieldgate Homes and Hullmark condominium development in popular Beach neighbourhood of Toronto. At the...
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Revised Plan for Garrison Point Towers Now in Motion
Big changes are happening at the 1.6 acre site of Garrison Point in Toronto's Ordnance Triangle. The original five-tower plan from Cityzen Development Group, Diamond Corp, Fernbrook Homes, and...
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The 2016 Census: Mapping Toronto's Population Growth
Data geeks across Canada were eagerly awaiting this day—February 8, 2017—the first release of the 2016 Canadian Census of the Population. Today’s release only covers population and dwelling counts,...
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UT's Growth to Watch For Takes Stock of Toronto's West End
Released today, the first details of Canada's 2016 Census map out the City of Toronto's changing population. Unsurprisingly, development continues to intensify much of the city, with Greenbelt...
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Photo of the Day: St. Lawrence Hall
Today's Photo of the Day features a Toronto landmark on King Street East. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by Bruce Reeve, this view highlights the copper-clad cupola of the 1850-built St. Lawrence Hall,...
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Gardiner ramp replacement will bring more green space to waterfront, city says; Population falling in areas near planned Scarborough subway stop; Preservation of Honest Ed’s sign part of new movement,...
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Throwback Thursday: Rosedale Valley Bridge
This week's Throwback Thursday covers an important piece of transit infrastructure serving Line 2 of the TTC subway. Designed by architect John B. Parkin and built in 1966, (the slots in the roof used...
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The Missing Link: Shaping the Future of the GTHA Rail Network
While major transit expansion projects like the Relief Line, Scarborough Subway Extension, and Crosstown LRT get most of the attention in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area (GTHA), there's one...
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Construction at 561 Sherbourne Includes New Grocery Store
Since topping out at a height of 43 storeys late last year in Toronto's St. James Town community, Medallion Corp's 561 Sherbourne is continuing to develop a unique presence amongst the area's 1970s-era...
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Work Begins on York U's Schulich Business School Expansion
As construction on the new York University Subway Station approaches completion near Toronto's northern boundary, York's post-secondary campus is growing in anticipation of its strengthened connection...
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Podium Levels in Place for Tridel's Alter on Church Street
We last checked in on construction progress at Tridel's Alter back in November when the project began to sprout from the east side of Church Street, just north of Gerrard. In the time since, forming...
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Photo of the Day: Construction in Concord CityPlace
Today's Photo of the Day takes us to the western edge of Toronto's Concord CityPlace, where three new buildings will soon be adding even more density to the mater-planned community. Facing southeast...
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Why The Financial District is Toronto’s Best Public Art Gallery; John Tory’s opponents bring out the melodrama in fight to ‘save’ swimming pools; How local parks can transform Toronto neighbourhoods;...
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Site Plan Submitted for Seaton House Redevelopment
Following its approval in principle back in 2013, plans will soon be put in motion for the redevelopment of Seaton House, Toronto's largest men's emergency shelter. An aging and overburdened facility...
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Excavation Readies Heritage Loblaws Site for Mixed-Use Density
In the full year since we checked in on the disassembly and cataloguing of historic details at the former 1928-built Loblaw Warehouse at Bathurst and Lake Shore, much work has been done for the West...
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Honest Ed's Sign Joining Revamped Yonge-Dundas Square
The corner of Bathurst and Bloor will never be the same, but a piece of the Honest Ed's sign—and of Toronto history—could live on around the corner from Yonge-Dundas Square, if it receives approvals...
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