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Throwback Thursday: Living Shangri-La Toronto
Today's Throwback Thursday highlights the changing view from the southeast corner of the University and Adelaide intersection. Back in May 2010, construction was well underway at the site of Westbank...
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Townhome Exteriors Taking Shape at Dunpar's Trafalgar Ridge
The urban condo lifestyle has grown to become the norm within the city limits of Toronto proper, though more traditional forms of housing remain the popular choice in many of the GHTA's other...
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10 Storeys of Amenities Planned at St. Lawrence Condos
Recently branded as St. Lawrence Condos at 158 Front, Cityzen and Fernbrook's 26-storey condominium will replace a surface parking lot with a pair of architectsAlliance-designed towers. Spanning from...
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The Oculus: Future Uncertain for South Humber Park's Hidden Modernist Gem
Cyclists and pedestrians taking a casual stroll along the Humber River Recreational Trail have for years been greeted by a rather fantastical, if not jarring site. Perched next to the trail in a...
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Pencil-Thin Retail and Restaurant Complex Proposed at 86 John
Following our recent update on the extremely slender 17-storey tower at 24 Mercer Street, another svelte proposal evidences a somewhat novel approach to development in Toronto's Entertainment District....
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Photo of the Day: Financial District at Dusk
Today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Sanjay Chauhan, features a dusk view of Toronto's Financial District. Captured from the 31st floor of the Trump International...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for July 29, 2016
Subjectivity around space complicates TTC debates over transit crowding; Canada’s largest real estate board gets extension on sales-data deadline; Mayor Tory ‘horrified’ over removal of trees on...
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Tower at Pier 27 Targets September Construction Launch
Now over 75% sold out, Cityzen and Fernbrook's Tower at Pier 27 is set for a September construction launch, bringing a 35-storey architectsAlliance design to the foot of Toronto's Yonge Street. Located...
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Terraced Mid-Rise "The Step" to Ascend on Islington Avenue
Rising land values are unlocking new development potential in several areas around Toronto, bringing new opportunities for urban intensification in areas that allow developers to pass on savings to...
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Cladding Installation Next at Grimsby's Waterview Condominiums
Today's high price tags that come with Toronto's red-hot housing market are creating spillover demand in adjacent markets. In the Hamilton-Burlington area, Grimsby is experiencing a wave of residential...
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Pinnacle Propose 25-Storey Turner Fleischer Design in Etobicoke
As Dundas Street curves southwest from Toronto's Kipling Station, a growing agglomeration of residential high-rises is clustering around the TTC's Line 2 terminus. Immediately west of the station, the...
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Achim Zeman's Straight Forward Unveiled at Concord Park Place
Toronto's city-wide building boom is resulting in public art wherever new buildings pop up, adding colour and texture to the city, and enlivening streetscapes where sometimes the buildings on their own...
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CityPlace: Public Art Officially Unveiled at Quartz and Spectra
From the expressway, the coloured strata of Katharine Harvey's Gardiner Streams stare back at the nighttime traffic, transposing the banality of the road into a work of art. Installed in 2014, the...
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Photo of the Day: Flight Over Toronto
Today's Photo of the Day presents an interesting view of the city captured from an airplane window. Submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Dan Sedran, this aerial view overlooks the city centre,...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for August 2, 2016
Chimney swifts slowly losing their habitat thanks to Toronto’s condo boom; Canada’s economy is growing at the slowest pace in 60 years and the only thing holding us up is housing; Purchase Toronto...
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Topping Off July 2016: What's Hot on UrbanToronto
With another busy month of city-building, transportation, and real estate talk now behind us, we round up July's hottest stories, dataBase files, and Forum threads. Our Top Ten News Stories1. 80-Storey...
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Neighbourhood Node: UT Forum Keeps Up with the Community
Alongside the UrbanToronto Forum's well-known 'Buildings' and 'Transportation and Infrastructure' sections, another series of discussion takes a more holistic approach to what's going on in Toronto's...
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Excavation in Full Swing at Site of 1 Yorkville Condos
It has been little more than two months since we last provided an update on the construction of Bazis and Plaza's 1 Yorkville. At that time, shoring and heritage underpinning work was just wrapping up...
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Financial District BIA Seeks Input on Future of Cloud Gardens
The Toronto Financial District Business Improvement Area (BIA) has launched a survey to inform the future of Cloud Gardens Park and Conservatory. Located in the heart of Downtown between Temperance and...
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16-Storey Development Proposed at Bathurst and Eglinton
Previously subject to a development application in 2011, the southwest corner of Bathurst and Eglinton could now be home to another Toronto tower, with plans for a 16-storey project recently submitted...
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