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...
View ArticleDaily 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...
View ArticleEmerald 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...
View ArticleExploring 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...
View Article30-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...
View ArticleStafford 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...
View ArticleDundas 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...
View ArticlePhoto 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)...
View ArticleDaily 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleNeighbourhood 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...
View ArticleDiam'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...
View ArticleORCA 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...
View ArticleMoveOntario 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...
View ArticleRedevelopment 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...
View ArticlePhoto 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,...
View ArticleDaily 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:...
View Article16 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...
View ArticleLong 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...
View ArticleOntario 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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