June brought us plenty of development activity and city-building news, including new proposals, much progress on construction projects around the city, and the controversial Gardiner East vote that divided City Council at the beginning of the month. Today we return with a recap of the hottest news stories, Forum threads, and dataBase pages of the month.
 
Our Top Ten News Stories
 

The lead-up to June's important Gardiner East vote gave us our two most popular news stories from the month. In the number one story, UrbanToronto endorsed the "remove" option, though it was ultimately the "hybrid" option that prevailed.
 

1. The Gardiner East: A Chance to Get it Right

Gardiner East End demolition in January 2001, image by Craig White

2. Gardiner East: Support Builds for "Remove" as Council Faces Vote

3. Drone Video Highlights Explosive Growth in Toronto's Entertainment District

4. The Great Scarborough Transit Debate: A Third Option

5. Restored Clock Unveiled as Emblem of Union Station's New Era

6. Great Gulf's One Bloor East Standing Tall at 63 Storeys

7. Queens Quay Revitalization Opens Friday, June 19 at 6 PM

8. Plans Finalized for Phase One of Ontario Place Revitalization

9. Union Station Revitalization: A Recent Progress Update

10. Community Meeting Reveals Fort York Pedestrian Bridge Proposals

Our Top Ten dataBase Files

With the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games just around the corner, our dataBase page for the Pan Am Village in the West Don Lands easily took the top spot for June's most popular project. In second place, One Bloor East continues to draw attention as it approaches its final height, while CentreCourt Developments' new Jarvis and Dundas development, Grid Condos, took the third spot.

1. Pan Am Village in the West Don Lands

Rendering of the Pan Am Village in the West Don Lands

2. One Bloor East

3. Grid Condos

4. L Tower

5. Queens Quay & Water's Edge Revitalization

6. INDX Condos

7. Ten York Street Condos

8. Union Station Revitalization

9. The One

10. 150 Redpath Condos

Our Top Ten Forum Threads 

The Forum thread for Great Gulf's One Bloor East was the most visited during June, followed in second place by the thread for the Sun Life Financial Tower and Harbour Plaza Residences. In third place, the design and massing for the ambitious 1 Yonge proposal continues to evolve and generate discussion among readers.

1. One Bloor East

View of One Bloor East, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor drum118

2. Sun Life Financial Tower and Harbour Plaza Residences

3. 1-7 Yonge Redevelopment

4. L Tower

5. The One

6. EY Tower

7. ICE Condominiums

8. INDX Condos

9. 385 Yonge Street

10. Massey Tower

We will be back at the start of August for a recap of July's top news stories, dataBase files and Forum threads!