Photo of the Day: Sunset Rainbow
A recent storm created some dramatic conditions over Toronto's Yonge and Bloor intersection earlier in the week, highlighted in today's Photo of the Day. Captured from the upper floors of the Uptown...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 6, 2017
The Don River Valley gets its own artistic curator; Ontario moves to tighten rules around real estate agents 'double-ending,' but won't ban the practice; Toronto city council votes for report to speed...
View ArticleCommunity Health Centre Infill Proposed for Wellesley Tower
A development application filed with the City is adding to the growing list of infill proposals for Tower-in-the-Park style apartment buildings in Toronto. While most similar proposals seek to replace...
View ArticleDaniels Introduces Program For Accessible Condominium Units
As Toronto's building boom continues to pile condos into rapidly densifying areas around the city, conversations have begun to develop around many of the issues that arise with this housing typology,...
View ArticleCladding Begins as Ryerson's Daphne Cockwell Complex Grows
Ryerson University continues to expand their Downtown Toronto presence with new educational facilities. Among the latest projects being undertaken by the educational institution, construction is well...
View ArticleLash Group Plans 34-Storey Tower to Join ME Living Community
Among the many proposals submitted to the City of Toronto's Planning Department in the final days of 2016 was a plan from Lash Group Of Companies to add a new tower to their growing ME Living Condos...
View ArticleFox Harb'r: Home-Away-From-Home, Not Too Close, Not Too Far
As much as we revel in all things Toronto, long weekends are a great time for reminding oneself that you can get by in life without spending every moment of your time in the Centre of the Universe… and...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 11, 2017
Tory’s Smarttrack plan heads off for public input; Should Toronto Islands get ready for another flood?; Councillor pitches help for Eglinton businesses during LRT construction; and more news:Tory’s...
View ArticleNew Design for Multi-Use Dufferin + Queen Redevelopment
There have been plans in the works to replace a single-storey workshop and studio building on the west side of Dufferin Street north of Queen since late 2011. Following the failure of the City of...
View ArticleCity, Metrolinx Reveal Early Plans for 6 SmartTrack Stations
Remember SmartTrack, the key transit plank in candidate John Tory's platform during his campaign to become mayor? Tory proposed a rapid transit line with frequent service two ways, all day, every day,...
View ArticleNobu Residences Revised as Site Plan Application Submitted
Construction approval is one step closer for the hotly anticipated Nobu Toronto project following an August application for Site Plan Approval (SPA) to City Planning. The project from Madison Group in...
View ArticleHarbour Street Rebuild Progressing in Toronto's South Core
The sound of jackhammers and squeaky construction vehicle treads cut through the relative nighttime silence in Toronto's South Core area over the Thanksgiving long weekend, as crews worked on a major...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: One Bloor East's Curves
As finishing touches are added to Great Gulf's 76-storey One Bloor East, the project's design statement is nearing its final form. In today's Photo of the Day, submitted by Forum contributor 111, a...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 12, 2017
In search of the elusive Lawren Harris “Toronto House”; Bloor Street bike lanes and the business of road safety; Housing starts slide as Toronto real-estate market continues to cool; and more news:In...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: L Tower From Berczy Park
Last week's Throwback Thursday took us back to only 2 years to 2015, when construction was in full swing for the Claude Cormier + Associés-designed revitalization of Toronto's Berczy Park. This week we...
View ArticleRange of Amenity Spaces Planned for Daniels' Wesley Tower
Over the last few months, we've taken a look at a few of the amenity spaces coming to Wesley Tower at Daniels City Centre, a 43-storey Rafael + Bigauskas Architects-designed condominium tower set to...
View ArticleRyerson Architecture: Jacques Ferrier on Non-Oppressive Design
Ryerson Architecture's 2017-2018 lecture series is set to continue this month with a talk by French architect and urban planner Jacques Ferrier, principal at Jacques Ferrier Architecture of Paris and...
View ArticleTheatre District Hotel & Condos Seeking Site Plan Approval
After a few years of evolution, Plaza's plans for the Theatre District Hotel & Condos project at 30 Widmer Street in Toronto's Entertainment District is now seeking Site Plan Approval (SPA). The...
View ArticleTwo North Drive Projects Under Construction on Bloor West
The site of North Drive Investments Inc's Picnic, The High Park II is abuzz with activity in Toronto's Bloor West Village area, just west of High Park. The 8-storey, Quadrangle designed condominium...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Division
Today's Photo of the Day features a view from the Ontario Power Generation building at Toronto's University and College intersection. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by Jonathan Castellino, this view...
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