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Touring Regent Park's Remarkable New Community Centre
Moving from the Regent Park Community Centre's north entrance, the spine of the new facility runs through the building "like an indoor street." That's how architect Susan Spencer Lewin describes it...
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Canary Park Condos Offer Residents Enticing Amenity Spaces
Residents continue to replace construction workers as retail units begin to open their doors in and athletes' housing is converted into condominium suites in Toronto's West Don Lands community. What...
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Previewing the Floorplans for Tridel's BLOORVISTA Condos
In recent years, Toronto's central Etobicoke area has become a hub of high-rise construction. All within walking distance of either Kipling or Islington subway stations, the Bloor corridor is dotted...
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City of Toronto Moves to Build New Street in Liberty Village
Thirty years ago, the post-industrial Liberty Village area hardly seemed poised to become a high-rise residential community. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, "commercial and industrial tenants left the...
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Photo of the Day: Storm Over Toronto
Today's Photo of the Day comes to us from Humber Bay Park on Etobicoke's waterfront. Submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by ~EvidencE~, this dramatic shot captures a recent storm converging over...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for June 9, 2016
Audit shows Pan Am Games cost Ontario $304-million more than planned; Mississauga’s ‘once in a century’ plan to remake itself; CMHC says the annual pace of housing starts slowed in May; and more...
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Throwback Thursday: Toronto City Hall Observation Deck
Toronto has had a long history of opening and closing publicly accessible observation decks. Among the many viewing decks that declined in popularity after the CN Tower's 1976 opening, the City Hall...
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Cement Plant Site Part of The Junction's Transformation
Named for the local convergence of railway lines, "The Junction" was historically a working class neighbourhood of Toronto fuelled by the industries that located next to the rails. Discovery by artists...
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Videos Highlight Interiors at Brandy Lane's The Davies
Just north of Dupont, Brandy Lane Homes'The Davies is bringing 9 storeys of luxury living to Toronto's Avenue Road. Over the last few months, we've explored the project's design and customizable...
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Cladding Installation Progressing at Bartholomew Condos
In the weeks since we last checked in on The Daniels Corporation's The Bartholomew, substantial progress has been made on the Quadrangle Architects-designed condominium and townhome development in...
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Design Evolving for 40-storey Rental at Dundas and Aukland
Plans for a large-scale rental and retail development in Toronto's Six Points area are evolving, as developer Main and Main apply for Site Plan Control. Now known under the working title of Dundas...
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Photo of the Day: Maple Leaf Quay
Today's Photo of the Day presents a detail shot of the revitalization of the Maple Leaf Quay apartment complex in Toronto's Harbourfront area. Submitted to the project's Forum thread by contributor...
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Toronto council passes scaled back bike plan; How co-housing designs community into developments; Feds beef up ecological protection for Toronto’s Rouge park with farm deal; and more newsToronto...
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University Towns Brings Townhouse Student Housing to Oshawa
Despite its comparatively low urban densities, the City of Oshawa is introducing new models of compact student housing to the GTA. Sold out after just two weeks of sales, Podium Developments and...
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New Low-Rise Retail Buildings Proposed on Yorkville Avenue
In the midst of a high-rise boom in Toronto's Bloor-Yorkville area, a more modestly scaled proposal has been put forward by First Capital Realty to construct two low-rise commercial buildings along the...
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Sail Condos Hosting "Meet the Expert" with Architect Keith Loffler
Launched late last year, Opearl Developments'Sail Condos is contributing a conspicuous architectural presence to North York's Sheppard Avenue East. With sales now underway, the developers are engaging...
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Freed Proposes Massive Multi-Tower Development in Mimico
Earlier this week, a major proposal from Freed Developments was submitted to the City of Toronto for a multi-property site at 10 Audley Street near Mimico GO Station in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke....
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Inside the Hearn: Previewing Luminato's Massive Makeover
It's a symbol of the disappearing industrial presence on Toronto's waterfront. It's a relic of the past and a building of behemoth scale that's sat idle on a piece of land that's similarly been ignored...
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Photo of the Day: Urban and Rural
Today's Photo of the Day presents a dramatic contrast between rural land uses and the big city. Submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Brady Baker, this telephoto-aided view overlooks an expanse...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for June 13, 2016
Metrolinx wrestles with what fare is fair; Luminato Festival's Ultimate Fun Factory; Toronto takes a hard look at how people are using its public spaces; and more newsMetrolinx wrestles with what fare...
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