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Amenities and Interiors at Daniels' Cinema Tower Taking Shape

Cinema Tower Daniels Corporation Kirkor Architects Toronto
April 19, 2013 12:45 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments
For those who have been absent from Toronto for the past few years, a walk though downtown’s Entertainment District would be quite an eye opening experience. The area, once dominated by night ... read more
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E Condos Unveils 5% Deposit for those looking to live at Yonge and Eglinton

April 19, 2013 12:35 pm | by Craig White | Comments
There's a lot going on behind the scenes lately at E Condos, a project that will make a major difference when complete at Yonge and Eglinton. The Bazis, Metropia and RioCan joint venture will ... read more
culture

Then and Now: Banking at Yonge and Bloor

Yonge and Bloor, northwest corner, Toronto, circa 1922
April 19, 2013 9:59 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
Then. Canadian Bank of Commerce. Yonge and Bloor Branch. Northwest corner, circa 1922. Picture sourced by wwwebster. Sometimes I forget to mention this.  :) Now. October 2012. read more
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Daily Headlines: News From The Internet For April 19, 2013

April 19, 2013 9:48 am | by Editor | Comments
Committee to examine shields for Toronto taxi drivers; many ways to fund Bixi bike-share program; five ways to celebrate Earth Day in Toronto; and more news. Liberals display sense of humour on ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Monoliths

Financial District, Toronto
April 19, 2013 12:00 am | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
Historically cities have been constructed fanning out from their most important structures, whether they be the great civic buildings of ancient Greece, the imposing castles of the late medieval ... read more
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Pinnacle on Adelaide Gathering Speed In the Entertainment District

Pinnacle on Adelaide Pinnacle International Hariri Pontarini Architects Toronto
April 18, 2013 3:40 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments
The days are heating up, and so is construction activity in the constantly evolving Entertainment District. A large percentage of Downtown condominium developments, both recently completed and ... read more
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Beautiful: The New Toronto Home of The Sisters of St. Joseph

Residential Care Facility, Toronto
April 18, 2013 3:15 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
In a time when a good deal of Toronto's religious community is amalgamating into fewer buildings and some of the underused churches are being transformed into condos or performance spaces, it's ... read more
development

Little Trinity Church Restores a Little Bit of Old Corktown

Trinity Church Redevelopment in Downtown Toronto Corktown
April 18, 2013 2:20 pm | by Devon Johnson | Comments
Little Trinity Anglican Church in Toronto's Corktown neighbourhood is in the midst of a small but significant heritage project. Facing onto King Street just east of Parliament are—or at least ... read more
culture

Then and Now: BaBloor Hotel, Bay and Bloor

BaBloor Hotel, Bay and Bloor, Toronto, circa 1945
April 18, 2013 9:30 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
Then. BaBloor Hotel [what an awkward name...]. 1163 - 1167 Bay Street, between Charles and Bloor, circa 1945. Now. October 2012. read more
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Daily Headlines: News From The Internet For April 18, 2013

April 18, 2013 9:10 am | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
GTA mayors getting behind Transit plan; Ford does not want to subsidize BIXI; casino approval unlikely at council and more! GTA mayors get behind transit plan at CivicAction event, saying it’s ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Life in a Box

Financial District, Toronto
April 18, 2013 12:00 am | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
From afar they may appear to be just random glowing boxes in the sky, but upon closer inspection these individual rectangles and squares contain the professional — and now more often the personal ... read more
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B.Streets Condos Touts Large 2 Storey Penthouses

B.streets, Toronto
April 17, 2013 3:46 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
Toronto is a city made up of a wide variety of colourful and unique neighbourhoods, perhaps one of the most uniquely Toronto areas is the neighbourhood surrounding the intersection of Bloor and ... read more
real estate

City Core Sees Harmony Village Sheppard as Way of the Future

Harmony Village Sheppard, Toronto, City Core Developments
April 17, 2013 1:05 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
Jack Pong, President and CEO of City Core Developments, thinks he's found the key to living well and is determined to lead by example. He has two new communities on the go that he ... read more
real estate

Westwood Condos Near Topping Off at Bloor and Islington

Westwood Condos, Construction, Toronto
April 17, 2013 12:40 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
As Toronto's Downtown experiences huge amounts of infill development, so too are Toronto's sub-centres experiencing commensurate levels of development. Located just southwest of Bloor and ... read more
culture

Then and Now: Gibson Lane, Church and Aylmer

Gibson Lane, Church and Aylmer, Toronto, 1914
April 17, 2013 9:31 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
Then. July 29, 1914. Gibson Lane... ran east from Yonge roughly midpoint between what is now Alymer and Church. This picture is of course from the online Toronto Archives. The location I found in ... read more
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Daily Headlines: News From The Internet For April 17, 2013

April 17, 2013 9:19 am | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
Toronto city manager wants sales tax, gas tax and/or parking levey to pay for transit expansion; BIXI looking to restructure; Guild Park gets a little help from some friends and more news. Toronto ... read more
culture

Photo of the Day: Mississauga Skyline

Misssissauga skyline
April 17, 2013 12:00 am | by Editor | Comments
The Mississauga skyline has come into its own in recent years, owing in large part to the iconic Absolute World towers. It now stands with its own character, independent of the ... read more
development

Averton Homes' Evolution Condos Finally Picks Up the Pace

Evolution condos, Arsenault Architect
April 16, 2013 5:45 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
Evolution takes millennia. Maybe that was the idea when Averton Homes' (formerly known as Beaverbrook Homes) named their condominium at Dundas near Kipling Avenue in Etobicoke. It has been a long ... read more
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Movin' On Up at Tribute's Residences at the RCMI

Tribute Communities, Zeidler Partnership Architects
April 16, 2013 3:25 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
As University Avenue gets more attention from developers seeking to build taller on existing office buildings, the Residences at the RCMI by Tribute Communities are close to topping ... read more
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Showcasing Aragon Properties' Showcase Lofts

Showcase Lofts under construction, Toronto Condo by Aragon Properties
April 16, 2013 2:33 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
It is less often we cover new developments east of the DVP—for a long time the sleepy neighbourhoods of the east side remained untouched by Toronto's ever growing condo boom—but these past few ... read more

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