Previewing the Retail Spaces at Great Gulf's One Bloor East
offNow rising high above the Yonge-Bloor skyscrapers around it, One Bloor East is the tallest—and perhaps the most talked about—of Toronto's current construction projects. Yet, while Great Gulf's...
View ArticleLawrence Heights Demolition Kicks Off Largest Redevelopment Project in TCHC...
offOn the morning of Tuesday, October 13th, the demolition—and revitalization—of Lawrence Heights began. Standing over the site, John Tory experienced one of the "proudest days" of his mayoralty as the...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Incoming
offA dramatic week in Canadian sports and politics has been accompanied by some dramatic weather. In today's Photo of the Day, which was submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Giulio Cosmo...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for October 19, 2015
offTTC considers legal action over Bombardier streetcar delays; Work of saving Lawrence Heights begins with demolition; Playing Fast and Loose With SmartTrack; and more news...Work of saving Lawrence...
View ArticleFollowing One Bloor's Concrete 76 Storeys Above Toronto
offWhile the exterior construction progress of Great Gulf's One Bloor East has garnered significant attention throughout the City, the interior of the building houses one of the project's most...
View ArticleExcavation Complete at Colours of Emerald City
offNew, higher density projects around important transportation nodes is a key feature of transit-oriented development. Though most Toronto development continues to be centred in and around Downtown, a...
View ArticlePreviewing Life Inside the Trump Tower's Super Penthouse
offHigh atop the Trump International Hotel and Tower, one of Toronto's most impressive spaces sits awaiting a purchaser. Spanning the upper three levels of the 58-storey tower, the "Super Penthouse"...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Into the City
offToday's Photo of the Day, which was submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Michael Muraz, takes us high above Toronto's Entertainment District in the recently-occupied Theatre Park building on...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for October 20, 2015
offTrudeau emerges as political force in own right, out from father's shadow; Toronto Mayor John Tory calls Trudeau a champion of cities; Where does a new Liberal government get started?; and more...
View ArticleConstruction Under Way at Dunpar's Trafalgar Ridge in Oakville
offConstruction work has officially begun at the site of Trafalgar Ridge, a new townhome community in Oakville from developer Dunpar Homes. Work officially kicked off last month with a groundbreaking...
View ArticleRevamped Riverside Square Bringing Public Space to Queen East
offWhen we last wrote about Streetcar Developments' and Dream's Riverside Square in December 2014, the project was going through the City's planning review process which analyzed how the ambitious new...
View ArticleAmerican Society of Architectural Illustrators Gather in Toronto
offLast week, the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) came together in Toronto, host city for the Boston-headquartered ASAI's 30th annual meeting. From October 14-18, the ASAI took...
View ArticleUrban Land Institute Hosting Symposium on Disruptive Technology
offThe Urban Land Institute (ULI) has announced an upcoming panel discussion on disruptive technologies, to be held on November 3rd at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Part of the ULI's Toronto...
View ArticleBalconies, Glazing, and Climbing Great Gulf's One Bloor
offOver the past few days, we've brought you a series covering our recent tour of Great Gulf's One Bloor East. Our first story took a look at the retail spaces now taking shape at the building's...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Tower Crane Jib
offIt has been almost a year since the installation of a flat-top tower crane at the site of Ten York in Toronto's South Core. In the time since the installation, the below-grade levels of the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for October 21, 2015
offSmartTrack could cut some TTC commutes; Porter push for island airport jets is dead; One year after Tory’s election, SmartTrack is still more concept than project; and more news...One year after...
View Article35 Wabash Seeks to Channel the Unique Spirit of Roncesvalles
offWith a skyline full of cranes and rising towers, the intimate neighborhoods that make Toronto what it is don't tend to get the same attention as the newest and tallest skyscrapers. Yet, while...
View ArticleRyerson Cocker Gallery Exhibition: Hariri Pontarini's Bahá'í Temple
offHariri Pontarini Architects has grown to become one of the most successful and respected architecture firms operating in Canada, with a wide portfolio of award-winning works at home and abroad. Led...
View ArticleInside Hullmark: An Interview with Jeff Hull
offAlthough the name now marks gleaming modern skyscrapers and acclaimed office developments, the history of growing Toronto developer Hullmark does not begin in a boardroom, or through some complex...
View ArticleFare Integration: Metrolinx Rules Out Flat Fare Across the GTHA
offMetrolinx has announced its initial views about how public transit fares should work on journeys that cross regional boundaries in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. At present, passengers on...
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