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Little Trinity Church Restores a Little Bit of Old Corktown

Trinity Church Redevelopment in Downtown Toronto Corktown
April 18, 2013 2:20 pm | by Devon Johnson | Comments
Little Trinity Anglican Church in Toronto's Corktown neighbourhood is in the midst of a small but significant heritage project. Facing onto King Street just east of Parliament are—or at least ... read more
culture

Then and Now: BaBloor Hotel, Bay and Bloor

BaBloor Hotel, Bay and Bloor, Toronto, circa 1945
April 18, 2013 9:30 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
Then. BaBloor Hotel [what an awkward name...]. 1163 - 1167 Bay Street, between Charles and Bloor, circa 1945. Now. October 2012. read more
culture

Daily Headlines: News From The Internet For April 18, 2013

April 18, 2013 9:10 am | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
GTA mayors getting behind Transit plan; Ford does not want to subsidize BIXI; casino approval unlikely at council and more! GTA mayors get behind transit plan at CivicAction event, saying it’s ... read more
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Photo of the Day: Life in a Box

Financial District, Toronto
April 18, 2013 12:00 am | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
From afar they may appear to be just random glowing boxes in the sky, but upon closer inspection these individual rectangles and squares contain the professional — and now more often the personal ... read more
real estate

B.Streets Condos Touts Large 2 Storey Penthouses

B.streets, Toronto
April 17, 2013 3:46 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
Toronto is a city made up of a wide variety of colourful and unique neighbourhoods, perhaps one of the most uniquely Toronto areas is the neighbourhood surrounding the intersection of Bloor and ... read more
real estate

City Core Sees Harmony Village Sheppard as Way of the Future

Harmony Village Sheppard, Toronto, City Core Developments
April 17, 2013 1:05 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
Jack Pong, President and CEO of City Core Developments, thinks he's found the key to living well and is determined to lead by example. He has two new communities on the go that he ... read more
real estate

Westwood Condos Near Topping Off at Bloor and Islington

Westwood Condos, Construction, Toronto
April 17, 2013 12:40 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
As Toronto's Downtown experiences huge amounts of infill development, so too are Toronto's sub-centres experiencing commensurate levels of development. Located just southwest of Bloor and ... read more
culture

Then and Now: Gibson Lane, Church and Aylmer

Gibson Lane, Church and Aylmer, Toronto, 1914
April 17, 2013 9:31 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
Then. July 29, 1914. Gibson Lane... ran east from Yonge roughly midpoint between what is now Alymer and Church. This picture is of course from the online Toronto Archives. The location I found in ... read more
culture

Daily Headlines: News From The Internet For April 17, 2013

April 17, 2013 9:19 am | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
Toronto city manager wants sales tax, gas tax and/or parking levey to pay for transit expansion; BIXI looking to restructure; Guild Park gets a little help from some friends and more news. Toronto ... read more
culture

Photo of the Day: Mississauga Skyline

Misssissauga skyline
April 17, 2013 12:00 am | by Editor | Comments
The Mississauga skyline has come into its own in recent years, owing in large part to the iconic Absolute World towers. It now stands with its own character, independent of the ... read more
development

Averton Homes' Evolution Condos Finally Picks Up the Pace

Evolution condos, Arsenault Architect
April 16, 2013 5:45 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
Evolution takes millennia. Maybe that was the idea when Averton Homes' (formerly known as Beaverbrook Homes) named their condominium at Dundas near Kipling Avenue in Etobicoke. It has been a long ... read more
development

Movin' On Up at Tribute's Residences at the RCMI

Tribute Communities, Zeidler Partnership Architects
April 16, 2013 3:25 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
As University Avenue gets more attention from developers seeking to build taller on existing office buildings, the Residences at the RCMI by Tribute Communities are close to topping ... read more
development

Showcasing Aragon Properties' Showcase Lofts

Showcase Lofts under construction, Toronto Condo by Aragon Properties
April 16, 2013 2:33 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
It is less often we cover new developments east of the DVP—for a long time the sleepy neighbourhoods of the east side remained untouched by Toronto's ever growing condo boom—but these past few ... read more
culture

Then and Now: 1306 Yonge Street at Farnham

1306 Yonge Street at Farnham, Toronto, 1916
April 16, 2013 9:48 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
Then. July 18, 1916. 1306 Yonge (at Farnham, southwest corner). Yonge Street grading.   Now. September 2012. read more
culture

Daily Headlines: News From The Internet For April 16, 2013

April 16, 2013 9:46 am | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
Casino meeting at city hall draws over 200 people; Rob Ford vows to take the fight for a downtown casino to the polls next year; cancelled power plant will cost Ontario taxpayers $275 ... read more
photos

Photo of the Day: Faded Reflections

300 Front Street West Tridel Wallman Architects Photo of the Day Toronto
April 16, 2013 12:00 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
Toronto has always been a city of seasonal extremes. Bitter cold winters and blistering hot summers are partitioned by cool rainy interludes. Despite the often miserable weather, crews across the ... read more
development

UPDATED: Plans Revealed for new Tridel-Thomson Condo-Art Gallery Complex

36-60 McCaul, Initial Renderings courtesy of architectsAlliance and Tridel
April 15, 2013 6:15 pm | by Craig White | Comments
A community meeting was held on April 10 to address plans for a new condominium development at 36-60 McCaul Street, one block south of OCAD University's Will Alsop-designed Sharp Centre for ... read more
development

Yonge + Rich Evolves after a visit to the Design Review Panel

Old and New designs for Yonge + Rich, Downtown Toronto condos by Great Gulf
April 15, 2013 5:00 pm | by Craig White | Comments
The design of Yonge + Rich, a new condo project by Great Gulf in Downtown Toronto, has evolved somewhat following discussions with the City of Toronto and a presentation to the City's Design ... read more
culture

Upcoming Pug Talk to address "The Future of the Glass Tower"

Future of the Skyline event by PUG Awards in downtown Toronto
April 15, 2013 3:50 pm | by Jonah Letovsky | Comments
The Pug Awards, an organization that celebrates the best of Toronto planning and design, is holding a talk entitled "The Future of the Glass Tower?" on April 30, 2013 at the Art Gallery of ... read more
development

Onni Group's Westlake Rounds up to Four Towers

Westlake Condos, Omni Group, Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects
April 15, 2013 3:15 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments
The Onni Group has received approval from Etobicoke-York Community Council for a fourth tower to join its Westlake Village condo community on the edge of Humber Bay Park. Currently in ... read more

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