It has been another busy month in the development world, with several new proposals, announcements and plenty of construction progress on the various projects being built around the city. To recap the last month on UrbanToronto, we have rounded up the top ten news stories, dataBase files, and Forum threads from the month of July for this month's edition of Topping Off. To start things off, our top news story from July covered the proposal of a 57-storey, KPMB-designed tower in the historic Distillery District.

31A Parliament Street proposal in context, design by KPMB Architects for Dundee Realty and Cityscape Development

Our Top Ten News Stories

1. 57-storey KPMB-designed Tower Proposed for the Distillery District

2. Remains of Historic Wharf Uncovered at Tridel's Ten York Dig

3. Continued Progress on the Revitalization of Nathan Phillips Square

4. Pinnacle International Announces The PJ Condos at Pearl and John

5. Ireland Park Officially Reopens to the Public on Bathurst Quay

6. Cladding Continues to Impress at Ryerson's Student Learning Centre

7. Demolition Begins to Clear Way at MOD's Massey Tower Site

8. L Tower's Top Fitted with Windows, Filling with Equipment

9. Cladding of Aura at College Park's Roof Fins Under Way

10. Grange Park Makeover Breaths New Life into a Storied Park

The title for top dataBase file stays with the Ripley's Aquarium of Canada yet again this month. Ripley's has become quite a successful attraction since opening last year, and its popularity has led to some major traffic on the site.

Ripley's Aquarium of Canada, image by Jack Landau

Our Top Ten dataBase Files

1. Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

2. Aura at College Park

3. Mirvish+Gehry Toronto

4. One Bloor East

5. Massey Tower

6. 1 Yorkville

7. Fashion House

8. The Residences of 488 University Avenue

9. Karma Condos

10. The Academy Condos

The top Forum thread of the month was Great Gulf's One Bloor East. The 75-storey Hariri Pontarini-designed condominium tower has been drawing an increasing amount of attention recently, as the long awaited project starts to climb into the Bloor-Yorkville skyline.

One Bloor East rising at Yonge and Bloor, image by Benito

Our Top Ten Forum Threads

1. One Bloor East

2. L Tower

3. Ryerson Student Learning Centre

4. Ten York

5. 50 Bloor Street West

6. Bay Adelaide Centre East

7. Theatre Park

8. FIVE

9. Aura at College Park

10. U Condos

We will return next month for a recap of August's top news stories, dataBase files and Forum threads!