Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for March 12, 2019
offTTC officers used cards police had scrapped over public accountability concerns; Portion of Kipling Avenue reopens ahead of schedule after bridge removal; New Scarborough waterfront trail may soon...
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Demolition Underway for Final Regent Park Phase 3 Buildings
offNow over thirteen years into work on the five-phase revitalization of Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood, only about 25% remains of what was a 1940s public housing experiment deemed to have failed....
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Plans Advance for Beanfield Centre-Hotel X Pedestrian Bridge
offToronto's Exhibition Place has seen plenty of change in recent years. Several improvements over the last decade to the site's sports and convention facilities have included the recent construction...
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Sculptural Arches Emerge as 51 Camden Hotel Takes Shape
offTucked away on quiet streets a block from Spadina and Adelaide in Downtown Toronto, an exciting new boutique hotel is taking shape at 51 Camden Street. While rumours continue to swirl about the...
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Waterfront Transit Reset Team Reviews Link to Union Station
offA light rail transit (LRT) line to Toronto's eastern waterfront is very much in the news these days. The proposed line has become key to a proposal by Google sister-company Sidewalk Labs for...
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Photo of the Day: Demolition
offToday's Photo of the Day features a view of the ongoing demolition of a multi-level parking garage in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood. Captured by Forum contributor 111, this shot shows the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for March 13, 2019
offA new push for housing density; Mississauga taxi drivers request $50,000 from city as Uber, Lyft decimate industry; The Evolution of TTC Ridership and Fares 2005-2018; and more news:Ex-CEO files...
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Steel Skeleton for Robarts Library Addition Begins to Take Shape
offIt is almost half-century since the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library was completed at Harbord and St. George. Designed by Mathers and Haldenby, it is considered a landmark example of...
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Pair of Mid-Rise Condo Proposals Consolidated on Kennedy Road
offA pair of adjacent mid-rise residential proposals in Scarborough have been folded into a single, redesigned 9-storey condominium at 599–631 Kennedy Road. The consolidated site is retaining the...
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City Planning Recommends Approval of 591 Sherbourne Tower
offAfter the construction of Tridel'sJames Cooper Mansion and MOD Developments'The Selby in recent years, City Planning has recommended the approval of Medallion's591 Sherbourne, which will bring 532...
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Excavation Underway on Eglinton Crosstown Station at Yonge
offDigging is underway for the Crosstown LRT’s Eglinton Station at Yonge Street, the light rail line’s interchange station with the east leg of the TTC’s Line 1. Over the next several weeks, excavation...
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Photo of the Day: Downtown Mississauga
offToday's Photo of the Day features an aerial view of growing urban density in Downtown Mississauga. Captured during a drone flight by Forum contributor Jasonzed, this dusk view faces east towards the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for March 14, 2019
offToronto considers ditching zoning rules that restrict homeless shelters; The Gaddafi condo: Redecorated at SNC-Lavalin’s expense, luxury Toronto suite sits unused amid UN inaction; Brampton to use...
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Throwback Thursday: Yonge and Bloor
offAfter taking a wider look at Toronto's skyline growth in last week's Throwback Thursday, we're narrowing our focus to a particular intersection for this week. The last few years of growth have made...
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Tower Floors Now Rising at Great Gulf's Yonge & Rich
offOver three years since a November 2015 ground breaking marked the start of construction for Great Gulf's 46-storey Yonge & Rich project, work is steadily progressing on the architectsAlliance...
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Two Building Mid-rise Proposed Beside Woodbine Subway Station
offChanges are coming to the area around Toronto's Woodbine Subway Station. Choice Properties REIT, the real estate arm of Loblaws, is proposing to redevelop their Valu-Mart location at 985 Woodbine...
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Mizrahi’s Retro-Modern 128 Hazelton Mid-Rise Taking Shape
offWhile work presses on for Mizrahi Developments' flagship 'The One' condo tower at Yonge and Bloor, a smaller-scaled project from the developer is underway at the other end of Toronto's...
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Commerce Court 3 Plan Gets an Elegant Makeover
offPlans for a new 64-storey, 169,781 square metre tower on the Commerce Court site in Toronto's Financial Core have been revised and resubmitted to the City by design architect Hariri Pontarini and...
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Photo of the Day: Honeycomb
offToday's Photo of the Day features a view of 411 Church, a new 38-storey condominium under construction in Downtown Toronto. This shot by Forum contributor skycandy highlights the IBI Group-designed...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for March 15, 2019
offTTC suspends use of forms used to document riders’ personal information; Etobicoke to get affordable 259-unit apartment building under federal loan program; Toronto Zoo seeks $5 million loan from...
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