Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 26, 2016
Sherbourne Street homes listed on Airbnb worry affordable housing advocates; Toronto taxpayers should be wary of Expo 2025’s big promises; How we can 're-indigenize' Toronto's public spaces; and more...
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Explainer: EIFS, or Exterior Insulation Finishing Systems
This week, our 'Explainer' takes a look at Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS). Typically used in low and mid-rise properties, EIFS is a popular insulation system installed on many building...
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Above Grade Progress Apparent for ZIGG Condos on St. Clair
Our ongoing coverage of the construction process at Madison Homes and Fieldgate Urban's ZIGG Condos continues for the 11-storey Kirkor Architects-designed development on Toronto's St. Clair Avenue...
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Condo and Townhomes Coming to Lawrence and Birchmount
Following the Greenland Group's much-publicized entry to the Toronto market with the Entertainment District's two-tower King Blue condo-hotel, another major East Asian developer is coming to the GTA....
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Ryerson Architecture Lecture Series: Pascall Rollet
The Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University will continue its lecture series, with a guest speaker from Paris, France; Pascal Rollet. Along with Florence Lipsky, he is a founding...
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Below Grade Forming Underway at Lotus Condos in North York
We have been closely following the construction of Chestnut Hill Developments and Fortress Real Developments' Lotus Condos, a 12-storey Kirkor Architects Planners-designed condominium development at...
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Mixed-Use Mid-Rise Proposed for 1326-1328 Wilson Avenue
In a car-dominated area in North York, suburban-style strip plazas with surface parking jostle with mid-rise apartments and older single family homes along Wilson Avenue. It's a street that's in...
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Photo of the Day: Gardiner Fisheye
Today's Photo of the Day features fisheye-lens view of Toronto's Gardiner Expressway at Lower Simcoe Street. Shared by Dan Sedran via Instagram, this night view gives the viewer a first person...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 27, 2016
Torontonians prefer white cop car to grey, poll suggests; Delays mean Toronto wards unlikely to be redrawn before 2018 election; Scarborough subway champions want TTC's likely route changed; and more...
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Throwback Thursday: Skyline from Dockside Drive
Branching off of Queen's Quay East in front of the new George Brown College Waterfront Campus, Dockside Drive is flanked by Sherbourne Common on the east and Sugar Beach on the west. The short street...
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Proposal To Bring Affordable Housing to Coxwell and Gerrard
A new proposal by Innstead Co-operative Housing Inc. seeks to bring a 6-storey co-op building to the northeast corner of Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street East on the east side of Toronto. Located at...
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UofT Daniels Architecture Announces 2016 Gehry Chair Lecture
The University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design has announced this year's Gehry Chair Lecture, featuring speakers Sharon Johnston, Mark Lee, and Michelle...
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Cladding Installation Nearing Completion at Fuse2 Condos
The newest residential addition to Toronto's Dupont and Lansdowne area is looking much closer to completion. It has been roughly a month since we last checked in on the progress of Neudorfer...
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Henry Moore's 'The Archer' Celebrates 50th Anniversary
It was the middle of the 1960s, and recently-elected mayor of Toronto, Philip Givens, was embroiled in a fierce public debate that came to represent the underlying cultural struggles of the city as it...
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Ground Breaking for Retail Celebrated at Backyard Condos Site
Last week, the VANDYK Group of Companies invited condo purchasers, local politicians and neighbourhood representatives to celebrate with them as they broke ground ceremonially for the retail and...
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Photo of the Day: Time Tunnel in Budapest Park
One of Toronto's newest art installations is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by dtstuff9, this view looks down the barrel...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 28, 2016
Average rent for a one-bedroom condo in Toronto shoots up to $1,777; Scarborough politicians push Big Bend for subway route; Why I pranked Torontonians with fake condo signs; and more news:Average rent...
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Metrolinx, Mississauga Firm Up Plans for the Hurontario LRT
Port Credit residents glimpsed their past and their future at an open house about the Hurontario light rail transit line Tuesday evening.The City of Mississauga hosted the event in Clark Memorial...
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Redevelopment of Rona at Dundas and Royal York Moves Ahead
A plan to redevelop a former commercial site on the shore of the Humber River has been revised and is moving forward toward City approvals and marketing, as density continues to make its way into the...
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Waterworks Building Showcases its Vision for the Future
The site that housed Toronto’s St. Andrew’s Market in the 19th century—an early counterpart to St. Lawrence and St. Patrick's Markets—once again fed and welcomed the public on Thursday night. It was a...
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