The Ravine Brings Community Together for Yoga in Brookbanks Park
offSummer kicked off with some warm sunny weather this past weekend, providing the perfect conditions for an outdoor yoga session in Brookbanks Park, hosted by The Ravine, a new condominium development...
View ArticleNew Residents and Professionals Reinventing Downtown Hamilton
offOn Wednseday, June 17th, UrbanToronto joined the Urban Land Institute (ULI) on a tour of Downtown Hamilton, exploring a city in transition between two ways of being. While the workers and machines...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Lightning over Toronto
offMonday night's storm may have caused some mayhem on Toronto roads yesterday morning, but they also gave photographers some great opportunities to capture lightning strikes. In today's Photo of the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for June 24, 2015
offRelief coming for TTC riders on overcrowded Yonge subway line, but it might not last; TTC chair optimistic about new streetcars after trip to Bombardier; Fake salmon in decorative fountain are fish...
View ArticleAragon's Enigma on the Park Gearing Up for Start of Construction
offBrisk sales are putting Aragon Properties' Enigma on the Park closer and closer to the start of construction, and the developers are now preparing to relocate the on-site sales centre in the coming...
View ArticleMoCCA Moving to the Tower Automotive Building
offThe Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MoCCA) announced through the Globe and Mail on Tuesday, June 16th that they would be moving to a new location at 134 Sterling Road, adjacent to the GO rail...
View ArticleFuse Condos to Bring New Residents to Davenport Village
offWhile the City of Toronto is welcoming thousands of new residents each year, formerly industrial lands are often considered as premium places to be converted into new neighbourhoods. Such is the...
View ArticleExterior Details Finalizing the Look of Howard Park Residences
offOn Howard Park Avenue at Dundas in the hip and trendy Roncevalles neighbourhood, late-stage construction is progressing at Triumph Developments' Howard Park Residences, an 8-storey condominium...
View ArticleHamilton's Royal Connaught Enters New Era as Iconic Hotel Evolves
offWhen the Royal Connaught Hotel first opened in Downtown Hamilton in 1916, a lavish ball and banquet christened the new building, which then dominated the young city's skyline. In the century since,...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Peter and Adelaide
offAs more and more high-rise condominium developments are completed in Toronto's Entertainment District, we are seeing a surge in photos captured from high above our city streets. In today's Photo of...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for June 25, 2015
offHistoric Bloor viaduct’s new lights will reflect the weather; Two schools planned on Toronto waterfront to share one building; Union Pearson Express hits ridership targets but can be tough to find,...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Bloor and Bedford
offBuilt between 2007 and 2011, Lanterra Developments'One Bedford replaced a block of restaurants and stores on Bloor Street at Bedford Road, just west of Avenue Road with a new 32-storey, KPMB...
View ArticleLongo's to Open Market in Camrost-Felcorp's Imperial Plaza
offAs construction of Camrost-Felcorp's Imperial Plaza comes closer to completion, we are now learning more about the retail additions preparing to open up shop on the ground floor of the restored...
View ArticleMaple Leaf Quay Revealing Its Bold New Face on Queens Quay
offAmidst the excitement of construction cranes and rising skylines in our rapidly developing city, it can be easy to overlook the recent—and ongoing—changes to many of Toronto's older towers. With the...
View ArticleKnightstone Reworking Primrose Hotel as Parkside Student Res
offThe Best Western Primrose Hotel, located at 111 Carlton Street since its debut in 1970, will soon breathe new life in its reincarnated form as the soon-to-open, Parkside Student Residences....
View ArticleStage Set For New Era at Hamilton's Historic Cannon Knitting Mills
offRecently, UrbanToronto joined the Urban Land Institute (ULI) on a tour of Hamilton, taking an up-close look at the quickly revitalizing city, with renewal projects and new developments throughout...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Museum Reflections
offThe 2014 opening of the new Aga Khan Museum and Ismaili Centre added an important cultural and architectural landmark to our city. The museum portion of the complex, designed by architect Fumihiko...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for June 26, 2015
off‘A few wrinkles’ as free transit starts for Pan Am volunteers; Gardiner East: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Megacity; Toronto photographers take it to the streets; and more...
View ArticleSecond Phase Sales Continue as Tridel's Avani Rises in Scarborough
offIn the Kennedy Road and Highway 401 area of Scarborough, construction continues at the site of Tridel's Avani, part of the developer's master-planned Metrogate community. Avani will be joined by a...
View ArticlePlans Finalized for Phase One of Ontario Place Revitalization
offPremier Kathleen Wynne and Mayor John Tory were on hand Wednesday to announce finalized plans for phase one of the revitalization of the defunct Ontario Place site, which will see a parking lot on...
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