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Growth to Watch for 2017: North Scarborough
This instalment of our Growth to Watch For series follow our North York Centre and Willowdale instalment and continues our eastward push into Scarborough, exploring the northern half of the borough...
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Photo of the Day: Queen's Park
Today's Photo of the Day takes us high above an historic Toronto landmark. Submitted to the Forum by contributor Jasonzed, this drone-captured view looks over Queen's Park and the 1893-built Ontario...
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Winter Stations bring whimsical designs to the Beach; Exhibition Loop Reopens For Streetcars; Cars Take Up Too Much Space on King Street; and more news:Councillor James Pasternak’s misguided point...
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Kingston&Co Condos Making an Impact in Toronto's East End
In the seven months since we last covered the construction of TAS and Main and Main Developments'Kingston&Co. Condominiums, the Teeple Architects-designed mid-rise development has grown...
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Cladding Installation Underway at Ryerson's Jarvis St Residence
A school with a constantly growing student population, Ryerson University has undertaken many initiatives to tackle the ever challenging issue of providing student housing. Although long regarded a...
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Streetcar's The Southwood Taking Shape in The Upper Beach
An interesting mid-rise development is taking shape at Toronto's Kingston Road and Main Street intersection, where two nearby buildings with common branding will soon be adding new life to the Upper...
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New Proposals Envision Cherry Street as High-Rise Corridor
On either side of the Keating Channel, Toronto's Cherry Street could be remade as the spine of a dense, mixed-use new community. Just north of the Channel, a renewed development application was...
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Fare Integration: Option 1 - Modifying the Status Quo
Following our introductory article which outlined the four options that Metrolinx is considering for transit fare integration in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), Part 2 of the series takes...
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Photo of the Day: Flying Past Downtown
Today's Photo of the Day features an aerial view of Toronto, submitted to our Flickr Pool by Russell Sutherland. Captured from a commercial aircraft on approach to Billy Bishop Airport, this view shows...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for February 22, 2017
Victoria college confident of deal with Toronto over millions of dollars in forgone property taxes; Quit blocking the bikelines, say new city guidelines; TTC wants report on fares lost because of...
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Explainer: Californication—the Fear of Haphazard Development
Here in Toronto, talk of Manhattanization has accompanied the high-rises and construction cranes over the last decade. Everyone from Councillor Josh Matlow to former Toronto Star architecture critic...
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Richmond Hill: 8-Storey Yonge Street Project Appealed to OMB
Well north of theCity of Toronto's boundary at Steeles Avenue, a Richmond Hill stretch of Yonge Street is subject to a development application to build an 8-storey residential building. Now appealed to...
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50-Storey Residential Tower Proposed on Jarvis Street
If the last decade has given any lessons for predicting Toronto's growth and development, it's that not unreasonable to expect the unexpected. Projects have been proposed and approved in parts of the...
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18-Year, Multi-Tower Planning Saga Continues in Scarborough
Fenced off by a low-slung wire perimeter, the southwest corner of Brimley Road and Progress Avenue has remained an inconspicuous corner of Toronto in the last decades. Even as the Scarborough Civic...
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Fare Integration: Options 2 & 3 - Zone and Hybrid Fare Systems
Following our introductory article which outlined the four options that Metrolinx is considering for transit fare integration in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), and Part 2 of the series,...
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Growth To Watch For 2017: Central Scarborough
Following our recent review of what's going on in Northern Scarborough, we continue our early-year development trip through the 416 with another instalment of our Growth To Watch For series. Now into...
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Photo of the Day: Torontohenge
Today's Photo of the Day features a rare phenomenon in the city known as "Torontohenge", where the setting sun is framed by east/west streets. Submitted to the 88 Scott Street Forum thread by Edward...
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Bombardier opens doors to reveal factory building Eglinton Crosstown LRT for Metrolinx; Have a look at cool, quirky art installations lining Toronto’s beaches this winter; Give an Honest Farewell to a...
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Throwback Thursday: The Avenue
Today's Throwback Thursday presents a big change to Toronto's intersection of Avenue Road and St. Clair Avenue West. Back in 2005, the view west from St. Clair and Foxbar—just east of Avenue Road—faced...
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Two Towers at Oxford's Richmond Adelaide Centre To Be Reclad
According to the CBRE, vacancies in Toronto's Downtown office market are now at a record low. Despite numerous new office developments completing this year, including The Globe and Mail Centre, EY...
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