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Dewatering Latest Step in 50 at Wellesley Station's Excavation
We have been keeping a close eye on the construction of Plaza's 50 at Wellesley Station following the late-2015 start of site activity for the 37-storey Quadrangle Architects-designed condominium tower...
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Poll Asks Public to Help Name New Park at 11 Wellesley West
The City of Toronto wants your help naming the new 1.6 acre park coming to Toronto's Yonge and Wellesley area! With a shortlist of three names, voting is now open to name the L-shaped park bounded by...
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MOD, Woodcliffe, and YMCA to Redevelop Waterworks Building
Toronto is a city of invisible histories. Where condos, parking lots and parks stand in place of bygone civic landmarks, the city wears the clothes of a younger place. West of Spadina, Maud Street is...
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Photo of the Day: Downtown Verticality
Today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Dave Jackson, features the recently-completed 78-storey Aura at College Park in Downtown Toronto. Framed by Financial District...
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Newest Councillor Michael Ford ‘a little milder than Rob and Doug’; Did Eliminating 504 King Car Stops Make Any Difference?; One-third of bicycle crashes in downtown Toronto involve streetcar tracks;...
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Explainer: Floor Space Index
Our weekly 'Explainer' returns with an overview of the term 'Floor Space Index,' courtesy of our sister site, SkyriseCities.com. You'll often see the term Floor Space Index—or, for those in the know,...
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Graywood's SCOOP Condos Coming to Eclectic St. Clair West
Across the street, the neon cross fronting Toronto's Faith Impact Ministry Inc. reads 'JESUS SAVES.' To the east, the fine-grained retail landscape is still full of Italian and Portuguese cafés, and...
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Revised Proposal Emerges for World's Biggest Bookstore Site
For almost two years, the former Edward Street site of Toronto's defunct World's Biggest Bookstore has sat empty. Initially envisioned as a low-rise 'restaurant row' in early 2014, the plan for the...
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Previewing The Met Condos Presentation Centre in Vaughan
With sales quickly progressing for Plaza and Berkeley's The Met, a 35-storey condominium tower coming to Jane Street north of Highway 7 in Vaughan, we paid a visit to the project's presentation centre...
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24 Mercer: Scott Shields Architects' Super-Thin Tower Evolves
Tucked in amongst Toronto's ever-expanding cluster of Entertainment District high-rises, the proposed 17-storey building at 24 Mercer Street would hardly register for its height alone. However,...
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Photo of the Day: Sunset Silhouette
Today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Adrian Badaraco, comes to us from a residential unit in Toronto's new West Don Lands neighbourhood. Captured at sunset, this...
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Toronto cyclists talk 'dangerous' streetcar tracks; Why A Woodlot Could Add Millions to the Cost of the Scarborough Subway Extension; Hamilton joins Vancouver, Toronto, others on CMHC list of...
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Throwback Thursday: Living Shangri-La Toronto
Today's Throwback Thursday highlights the changing view from the southeast corner of the University and Adelaide intersection. Back in May 2010, construction was well underway at the site of Westbank...
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Townhome Exteriors Taking Shape at Dunpar's Trafalgar Ridge
The urban condo lifestyle has grown to become the norm within the city limits of Toronto proper, though more traditional forms of housing remain the popular choice in many of the GHTA's other...
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10 Storeys of Amenities Planned at St. Lawrence Condos
Recently branded as St. Lawrence Condos at 158 Front, Cityzen and Fernbrook's 26-storey condominium will replace a surface parking lot with a pair of architectsAlliance-designed towers. Spanning from...
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The Oculus: Future Uncertain for South Humber Park's Hidden Modernist Gem
Cyclists and pedestrians taking a casual stroll along the Humber River Recreational Trail have for years been greeted by a rather fantastical, if not jarring site. Perched next to the trail in a...
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Pencil-Thin Retail and Restaurant Complex Proposed at 86 John
Following our recent update on the extremely slender 17-storey tower at 24 Mercer Street, another svelte proposal evidences a somewhat novel approach to development in Toronto's Entertainment District....
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Photo of the Day: Financial District at Dusk
Today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Sanjay Chauhan, features a dusk view of Toronto's Financial District. Captured from the 31st floor of the Trump International...
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Subjectivity around space complicates TTC debates over transit crowding; Canada’s largest real estate board gets extension on sales-data deadline; Mayor Tory ‘horrified’ over removal of trees on...
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Tower at Pier 27 Targets September Construction Launch
Now over 75% sold out, Cityzen and Fernbrook's Tower at Pier 27 is set for a September construction launch, bringing a 35-storey architectsAlliance design to the foot of Toronto's Yonge Street. Located...
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