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Entertainment District: Growth to Watch For in 2016
With another year of fast-paced development now behind us, Toronto's skyline has continued to grow taller and more dense. At the end of last year, we published an overview of 2015's completed...
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Photo of the Day: Snow on the Danforth
Though much of December was unseasonably mild, the month closed out with a blast of wintery weather, blanketing the GTA in snow on the evening of December 28th. In today's Photo of the Day, submitted...
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Greater Toronto Area’s home sales surge to record heights in 2015; From a sweat lodge to a mini-putt course, what’s on the roofs over Toronto heads; How a Forest Hill teardown became an eco-friendly...
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Throwback Thursday: Sherbourne and Adelaide
Our Throwback Thursday series usually doesn't need to delve too far into the past to uncover major changes to Toronto's streetscapes. While most of these articles highlight recent additions to the...
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Spatially Efficient Living Coming to Oshawa's University Studios
When approached to design University Studios, a student residence directly adjoining the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Durham College, Wallman Architects principal Rudy...
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2016 Budget: Public Consultations Inviting Residents' Input
Following the presentation of the City of Toronto's Preliminary Operating Budget on December 15th, the City has now announced a series of public consultations to allow residents an opportunity to share...
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Site for Streetcar's The Southwood Cleared on Kingston Road
While many areas of the Greater Toronto Area are being intensified with increasingly lofty condominium towers, arterial roads in lower-density neighbourhoods such as the East End's Upper Beach are...
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Rising EY Tower Adds Angles to Downtown Toronto Skyline
An exciting new addition to the Financial District is nearing its full height as Oxford Properties' 40-storey EY Tower is quickly taking shape. The dramatic angular tower, designed by Kohn Pederson Fox...
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Photo of the Day: Pink Hour
Our city's changing skyline continues to attract the attention of professional and amateur photographers alike. In today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Giulio Cosmo...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for January 8, 2016
Details of Toronto’s mysterious rooftop rink revealed; Toronto's Bike Share program to get new equipment this spring; New York Times tells us what's so great about Toronto; and more news...New York...
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Ontario Government Selling Seaton Lands to Fund Infrastructure
Some long-awaited news was delivered by the Ontario government on January 7 when the sale of the Seaton lands in central Pickering was announced. The expansive swath of land encompassing nearly 3,000...
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Amenities Abound at Streetcar and Dream's Riverside Square
As more and more greenfield redevelopments and intensification projects fill up prime developable land in Toronto, a number of developers are now looking to reimagine some of the many current and...
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Lotus Condos to Rise Near Transit and Shopping in North York
Sales continue for Lotus Condos by Chestnut Hill Developments and Fortress Real Developments, a 12-storey, Kirkor Architects Planners-designed development coming to Sheppard Avenue and Kenaston...
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Southwest Toronto: Growth to Watch For in 2016
On Tuesday, we kicked off the 2016 vintage of our annual Growth to Watch For series with an overview of development in Toronto's Entertainment District. Continuing this year's series, we move west of...
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Photo of the Day: Muted City
Today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Andrew Young, gives Toronto a cinematic feel with muted hues, facing north across the city from the L Tower. A number of under...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for January 11, 2016
Mount Dennis residents want greener tech for Eglinton LRT; New Toronto homeless shelter could open in Leslieville; TTC 2016 Budget Update; and more news...Mount Dennis residents want greener tech for...
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Freed and CD Capital's 155 Redpath Reaches Grade
It has been almost one year since the demolition of 3 detached and 8 semi-detached houses marked the start of work at Freed Developments and CD Capital's 155 Redpath, a 34-storey,...
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Winning Entries Revealed for 2016 Winter Stations Competition
Following on a successful inaugural year, RAW Design, Ferris + Associates, and Curio's Winter Stations Design Competition is back for another year to transform lifeguard stations along Balmy, Kew, and...
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Structural Upgrades Progressing for Residences of 488 University
Since the September installation of a tower crane atop the 1968-built Global House office building at 480 University Avenue, facade removal and structural reinforcement work have been progressing...
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Ryerson Architecture Lecture: Vertical Village
Ryerson University's Department of Architectural Science's 2015-2016 lecture series continues next week, with a lecture titled Vertical Village by acclaimed architect Natalie de Vries, co-founder of...
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