Urban Toronto’s visit to the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences continues. The two-tower complex, designed by architectsAlliance and developed by Menkes Developments, Lifetime Developments, and the Four Seasons chain of luxury hotels, is currently under construction in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood.
Text by Doug Convoy, photos by Interchange42.
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Old Mill Towers is a international style landmark rental tower on the Humber River on the eastern edge of Etobicoke owned an operated by Princess Management. Designed by the late Raymond Mandel, the tower's structural concrete skin is showing its age. We have made two earlier visits, the first time to lament the unavoidable loss of the textured south wall, the second to witness the replacement of the windows, and now we visit to focus on the state of the concrete after 45 years of wear, and the installation of the new Exterior Insulation Finishing System, or EIFS.
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The Fixer: Graffiti gone at Fairmount Park (Toronto Star)
Hume: Do patio rules make good neighbours? (Toronto Star)
Hamilton council to look at new Ticat site (Toronto Sun)
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Last week, Urban Toronto returned to the architectsAlliance-designed Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences by Menkes Developments and Lifetime Developments to track its progress since our last visit. We were guided through the busy construction site by Goran Skara, Project Superintendent, who helped fill in the blanks on this fast-advancing but still very raw building complex.
Text by Doug Convoy Photos by Interchange42
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George Smitherman rolls out green ideas (National Post)
Mayoral candidates face off on heritage (Globe and Mail)
Fort York museum $4-million over budget (Globe and Mail)
How to rent an apartment in Toronto (blogTO)
LORINC: Frankly, Miller has done good (Spacing)
Bell Lightbox to host free street party, concerts by Polaris Prize nominees (Toronto Life)
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Urban Toronto’s feature on The Pinnacle on Adelaide by Pinnacle International continues with a focus on the model suites in the presentation centre created by Chapman Design Group. Anson Kwok, Sales and Marketing Manager for Pinnacle International, guided us through these well-appointed spaces.
Text by Doug Convoy Photos by Interchange42
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Ryerson University is in the midst of a growth spurt that has brought and will continue to bring new and renovated buildings to the school's cramped downtown campus. The most significant project currently under construction is the redesign of the School of Image Arts building on the southwest corner of Bond and Gould Streets. The buff-coloured brick building is being reclad in fritted glass, expanded, and opened up to the streets, and to Lake Devo on its west. Most notably the building will be home to a new 1,860 square metre gallery for Ryerson's Black Star Historical Black & White Photography Collection, as well as the collections of the School's Mira Godard Study Centre.
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Recently, Urban Toronto had an opportunity to tour the presentation centre for The Pinnacle on Adelaide, courtesy of Anson Kwok, Sales and Marketing Manager for Pinnacle International. Mr. Kwok kindly filled us in on many of the details of this high-profile project at John St and Adelaide St W in the heart of Toronto’s Entertainment District.
Text by Doug Convoy Photos by Interchange42
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All parts of Toronto are defined by a neighbourhood, some more aptly named than others. Neighbourhood boundaries can be distinct, or can be blurry and overlap. Some places may be a part of more than one neighbourhood. In the blurry edges of these places lies an opportunity for neighbourhood borders to change and new local communities to emerge.
UrbanToronto meet NoYo.
Text and Photos by Tyler Greenleaf
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HERITAGE TORONTO AND THE TORONTO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION HOSTS MAYORAL DEBATE
Public forum to discuss the state of heritage
On Monday, August 30th, Heritage Toronto and the Toronto Historical Association will host a public mayoral debate at St. Lawrence Hall to discuss the state of heritage in Toronto in 2010.
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UrbanToronto has partnered with Heritage Toronto to capture a moment in Toronto's past. On a weekly basis, we will both be highlighting a historic photo of the city's people, places and events, and will be telling the stories behind them.
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