Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Returning to Toronto for 10th Year
offAs the summer comes to a close and fall begins, we once again look forward to one of the most anticipated events of the year for Toronto's artistic and design communities, and city-loving...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Entertainment District Gold
offToday officially marks the start of the fall season. Though the days are getting shorter and the weather is growing colder, we only have to look back a couple weeks to remember the sizzling hot...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for September 23, 2015
offToronto councillors look at Gardiner options, again; The TORONTO sign: How life imitates graphic design; Metrolinx evaluating 50 potential new GO station locations; and more news...Toronto...
View ArticleAvenue on 7 Bringing Urban Lifestyles to Woodbridge
offAs the Spadina Subway extension reaches its way into Vaughan, and Highway 7 gets set to transform into a lane-separated Viva bus rapidway, the borders of the Greater Toronto Area's urban life are...
View ArticleGraffiti Mural Adds Life to U of T Construction Hoarding
offA necessity for safely partitioning a construction site from the surrounding public realm, wooden hoarding is a familiar sight for pedestrians traversing our downtown streets. Owing to their...
View ArticleOttawa's Capital Hall Addresses Gap in Student Housing
offIn many fields, a university education is a prerequisite to a successful career. In Ontario, university enrolment has grown 69% since 2000, indicating a strong demand for higher education despite...
View ArticleLCBO and Longo's Urban Market Now Open at Imperial Plaza
offNew residents continue to populate Camrost-Felcorp's Imperial Plaza, the newly completed condominium conversion of the 23-storey office building at 111 St. Clair Avenue West. The historic building,...
View ArticleSherway Gardens Northwest Expansion Opens
offThe first phase of Sherway Gardens multi-year $550 Million makeover has opened in Etobicoke on Toronto's western edge. The Cadillac Fairview-owned mall, which first opened as a figure S shape in...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Hockey Season
offLove them or hate them, the Toronto Maple Leafs are back in preseason action. While many Toronto sports fans are fixated on the red hot Blue Jays, die-hard hockey fans are gearing up for another...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for September 24, 2015
offHousing sales in Toronto strong in all market segments; TTC improvements registering with riders; The Hullmark Centre in Toronto’s North York a solid architectural citizen; and more news...Housing...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Phoebe Lofts on Soho Street
offCranes dotting the downtown skyline are an expected sight in Toronto these days, but in the early 2000s, new construction was nowhere near as common as it has become. While some high-rises were...
View ArticleBerczy Park Going to the Dogs as Construction Begins
offAs hoarding and construction fences engulf a small, irregularly shaped parcel of Downtown land, a historic Toronto park stands on the precipice of a bold and playful transformation. Berczy Park,...
View ArticleSponsored Post: Spacious Condos in Old Toronto under $1 Million
offGrowing demand and high absorption rates for condominium apartment inventory, and several condominium projects under way in downtown Toronto have left many to wonder how high the...
View ArticleWestward Tunnel Boring Commences for Crosstown LRT
offThis morning marked an important milestone for the Crosstown LRT, as westward tunnelling ceremonially commenced for what is being touted as the single largest transportation infrastructure project...
View ArticleGlobe and Mail Centre Rising High Above King Street East
offIt was the end of July when we last covered the construction progress at First Gulf's Globe and Mail Centre, a new 17-storey Diamond Schmitt-designed office tower at 351 King Street East that will...
View ArticleKingston&Co. Condominiums Prepare for Ground Breaking
offA long anticipated addition to the up-and-coming Kingston Road Village by TAS, in partnership with Main and Main Developments, is set for ground breaking next weekend as Kingston&Co....
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Leslie Spit Sunset
offAs the days get shorter, more and more photographers are taking advantage of earlier sunsets, and plenty of these beautifully lit shots are appearing on the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool. In today's...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for September 25, 2015
offA close-up look at a ridiculously detailed scale model of Toronto; Eglinton Crosstown to open a year later than expected; Canada’s big city mayors put heads together to tackle Uber issues; and more...
View Article'Toronto on Film' Series Coming to Bloor Cinema
offThe Bloor Hot Docs Cinema has recently announced the Curious Minds Speaker Series, with two extensive courses aimed at providing an in-depth exploration of specifically focused cultural topics....
View ArticleConneXion Condos Bringing Modestly Scaled Density to Etobicoke
offAs cranes and gleaming towers increasingly come to dominate Toronto's landscape, new residential density is changing the face of the city, with increasingly urban lifestyles replacing the...
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