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Then and Now: 1306 Yonge Street at Farnham

1306 Yonge Street at Farnham, Toronto, 1916
April 16, 2013 9:48 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
Then. July 18, 1916. 1306 Yonge (at Farnham, southwest corner). Yonge Street grading.   Now. September 2012. read more
culture

Daily Headlines: News From The Internet For April 16, 2013

April 16, 2013 9:46 am | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
Casino meeting at city hall draws over 200 people; Rob Ford vows to take the fight for a downtown casino to the polls next year; cancelled power plant will cost Ontario taxpayers $275 ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Faded Reflections

300 Front Street West Tridel Wallman Architects Photo of the Day Toronto
April 16, 2013 12:00 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
Toronto has always been a city of seasonal extremes. Bitter cold winters and blistering hot summers are partitioned by cool rainy interludes. Despite the often miserable weather, crews across the ... read more
development

UPDATED: Plans Revealed for new Tridel-Thomson Condo-Art Gallery Complex

36-60 McCaul, Initial Renderings courtesy of architectsAlliance and Tridel
April 15, 2013 6:15 pm | by Craig White | Comments
A community meeting was held on April 10 to address plans for a new condominium development at 36-60 McCaul Street, one block south of OCAD University's Will Alsop-designed Sharp Centre for ... read more
development

Yonge + Rich Evolves after a visit to the Design Review Panel

Old and New designs for Yonge + Rich, Downtown Toronto condos by Great Gulf
April 15, 2013 5:00 pm | by Craig White | Comments
The design of Yonge + Rich, a new condo project by Great Gulf in Downtown Toronto, has evolved somewhat following discussions with the City of Toronto and a presentation to the City's Design ... read more
culture

Upcoming Pug Talk to address "The Future of the Glass Tower"

Future of the Skyline event by PUG Awards in downtown Toronto
April 15, 2013 3:50 pm | by Jonah Letovsky | Comments
The Pug Awards, an organization that celebrates the best of Toronto planning and design, is holding a talk entitled "The Future of the Glass Tower?" on April 30, 2013 at the Art Gallery of ... read more
development

Onni Group's Westlake Rounds up to Four Towers

Westlake Condos, Omni Group, Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects
April 15, 2013 3:15 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
The Onni Group has received approval from Etobicoke-York Community Council for a fourth tower to join its Westlake Village condo community on the edge of Humber Bay Park. Currently in ... read more
culture

Then and Now: King and Dufferin

King and Dufferin, Toronto, 1914
April 15, 2013 9:46 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
Then. 1209 King West at Dufferin, southeast corner. Circa 1914. Picture sourced by wwwebster.   Now. September 2012. A handsome survivor. read more
culture

Daily Headlines: News From The Internet For April 15, 2013

April 15, 2013 9:41 am | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
Rob Ford's executive committee to hear from public on a Toronto casino; Rob Ford supports Porter flying bigger planes off island; costs for cancelling power-plant project much greater than ... read more
photos

Photo of the Day: Urban Contrast

Downtown Toronto from the west
April 15, 2013 12:00 am | by Jonah Letovsky | Comments
A great city is one that provides for a wide variety of employment, lifestyles, housing forms and, of course, people. Toronto meets that criteria better than most, as today's photo of the day, ... read more
development

A Trip to The Top of Tridel's 300 Front Street West

April 12, 2013 5:50 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments
A final(?!) blast of winter weather set in on Toronto yesterday, just in time for Tridel’s 300 Front Street West topping-off party. Construction crews and Tridel staff were treated to a feast to ... read more
real estate

383 Sorauren Condos Open To Significant Interest

383 Sorauren condos presentation centre, onsite, Toronto
April 12, 2013 4:50 pm | by Craig White | Comments
Part of me thinks 'I don't even need to write this article'. 383 Sorauren is a beautiful little building proposed for a great neighbourhood… and a lot of people have already figured that out. I ... read more
development

Reserve Properties' Bellefair Kew Beach Residences Progresses

Bellefair Kew Resdience, Toronto, Condo
April 12, 2013 1:25 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
In the heart of one of the city's most desirable neighbourhoods—The Beach—there is an old United Church being converted and redeveloped to suit the needs of our growing population. The Bellefair ... read more
development

Liberty Development's Terrace on the Danforth Condo Tops Off

Terrace on the Danforth, Toronto, Condo
April 12, 2013 12:55 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
As space becomes more of a premium with the massive influx of skyscraping residential towers in our core, more and more developers are seeing the potential in constructing more modestly sized ... read more
culture

Then and Now: 56 and 58 Elizabeth Street

56 and 58 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, 1937
April 12, 2013 9:56 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
56 and 58 Elizabeth Street. December 2, 1937. Joe's Cafe and Chop Suey. This charming cafe was on the northwest corner of the now completely vanished Louisa and Elizabeth. I'll go ahead and say ... read more
culture

Daily Headlines: News From The Internet For April 12, 2013

April 12, 2013 9:41 am | by Jonah Letovsky | Comments
TTC's customer service appears to improve; Toronto casino seems sure to fail at council; Porter expansion seen favourably by municipal and federal officials; roads still icy as of Friday morning; ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Electric City

Downtown, Toronto
April 12, 2013 12:00 am | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
Although the Gardiner Expressway may not be the most popular mode of transportation for people commuting into the downtown core, from this angle it may very well be the most stunning to look at ... read more
culture

Ontario Place Redux: a Unique Plan for a Unique Destination

Ontario Place, Ontario Place Redux, Archology, Toronto, Scott Dickson
April 11, 2013 5:25 pm | by Eddie LaRusic | Comments
Scott Dickson wants to pitch you an exciting idea that he calls, Ontario Place Redux. Imagine having a 'Caribbean' style waterpark at Ontario Place, coupled with the creation a 60 acre, floating, ... read more
development

Leslieville Lofthouses Bring Lofty Living to East Toronto

Lesileville Lofthouses on Queen Street East in Downtown Toronto by Urban Fabric
April 11, 2013 4:55 pm | by Devon Johnson | Comments
Nine exclusive residences are rising up near Queen Street East. Tucked in and away from that quickly gentrifying retail strip on the corner of Colgate and Verral Avenue, are the Leslieville ... read more
design

Renovation and Restoration: The Landmark Nelson Mandela Park Public School Reopens

Nelson Mandela Park Public School, Toronto. Design by CS&P Architects.
April 11, 2013 4:20 pm | by Evan Manning | Comments
By any account it is a remarkable survivor. The city around it has served as a lab of sorts, an ephemeral testing ground for the social engineering of well-intentioned urban planners. The ... read more

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