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Photo of the Day: Bloor-Yorkville Rainbow

Today's Photo of the Day was captured by Forum contributor Benito during a recent rainstorm at the end of May. Overlooking Toronto's Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood from the Uptown Residences, this view...

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Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for June 14, 2017

Does Toronto want to wreck an ‘extraordinary’ building? It's time for an answer; Giant dog fountain a big hit for people and puppies alike; The Fords’ Fascination With Streetcars; and more news:Does...

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Emerald City's 'The Point' to Punctuate Growing Community

ELAD Canada's Emerald City community, at Don Mills and Sheppard in North York, has grown increasingly lively since the first block of three WZMH Architects-designed condominium towers was completed and...

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Exploring the Luxury Terrace Suites at Tridel's Bianca

Earlier this Spring, new renderings of Tridel's Bianca—a new condominium development coming to 420 Dupont Street—gave us a good look at the project's Teeple Architects design. Now, with marketing for...

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30-Storey 'Bauhaus Condos' Proposed for 284 King Street East

Following years of planning and an eventually shelved redevelopment plan, a new proposal is seeking rezoning to allow a 30-storey residential tower at 284 King Street East, between Berkeley and Ontario...

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Stafford Introducing Residential Density to Downsview Park

South of Toronto's Downsview Park—and close to where the TTC's new Downsview Park subway station will open—a series of new developments is adding new homes to the edge of Canada's first urban national...

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Dundas West Art Celebrates Chilean and Indigenous Culture

As we near July 1, the apex of the Canada 150 celebrations, what exactly we are celebrating comes with increasing scrutiny. Canada's sesquicentennial marks the anniversary of Confederation—the joining...

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Photo of the Day: Corktown Common

Today's Photo of the Day comes to us from Forum contributor Jasonzed, featuring a drone-captured aerial from Toronto's West Don Lands area. This view overlooks the neighbourhood's 7.3 hectare (18 acre)...

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Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for June 15, 2017

The Cost of Running the Queen Car; TTC's new streetcars may miss reliability target as 'failures' add up; GO upgrading more ticket-vending machines with PRESTO functions; and more news:Five ways to...

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Throwback Thursday: River Street Changes

This week's Throwback Thursday turns back the clock to the early stages of construction for Urban Capital Property Group's River City Condos, back in October 2011. Two tower cranes marked the site of...

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Neighbourhood Node: Community Dialogues in the UT Forum

While discussions about Buildings and Transportation & Infrastructure typically take the spotlight in the UT Forum, our 'Neighbourhood Node' threads give UT members the opportunity to discuss more...

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Diam's On The Danforth Celebrates Ground Breaking

Following a successful run of sales for Diam Developments' On the Danforth Condos, the now-sold-out 10-storey Onespace Unlimited-designed condominium development has officially started construction on...

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ORCA or Rail Deck Park: One Site with Two Competing Proposals

About three weeks have passed since P.I.T.S. Development Inc. filed an Official Plan Amendment application (OPA) to the City of Toronto to develop an 8-tower mixed-use development with a 12.8-acre park...

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MoveOntario 2020 Transit Plan Turns 10: How Has It Fared?

Ten years ago today—June 15, 2007—Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and his Transportation Minister Donna Cansfield announced MoveOntario 2020, a package of 52 rapid transit projects across the GTHA to...

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Redevelopment of 10-Acre Bloor & Dundas Site on the Horizon

Few Toronto settings whet the appetite for urban revitalization quite like the shuttered Zellers near the southeast corner of Bloor and Dundas. Engulfed by surface parking, the defunct retailer is at...

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Photo of the Day: Berczy Park Fountain

Today's Photo of the Day takes us to the newly-revitalized Berczy Park for a night view of the Claude Cormier + Associés-designed public space's new fountain. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by lejano,...

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Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for June 16, 2017

Accessible condos in Toronto don’t exist; Making places for Toronto’s Queer history; Brace for a possible tax on speculative home purchases; and more news:Helping the city prepare for catastrophe:...

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16 Storeys Proposed for Church and Wellesley Beer Store Site

A proposal was recently submitted to the City of Toronto seeking an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) and rezoning to allow for the construction of a 16-storey residential building on the site of a...

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Long Term Care & Affordable Condos Coming to West Don Lands

The Province of Ontario recently announced that it will be supporting Cherry Place, a mixed long term care centre and affordable housing project in a joint development by The Rekai Centres and Options...

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Ontario Considering Fuel Cells to Electrify GO trains

Ontario's Minister of Transportation, Stephen Del Duca, delivered some electrifying news at a media event yesterday.The minster told a gathering of reporters at GO Transit's Willowbrook maintenance...

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