1. Metrolinx Reveals a Cohesive Aesthetic for the Crosstown LRT

An October 1st meeting of the City of Toronto's Design Review Panel (DRP) gave the public its first glimpse of the proposed station designs for the under-construction Crosstown LRT line, which resulted in our most popular story from the month of October, as well as another Top Ten story. October's second most popular story covered a massive redevelopment proposal for the Eaton Chelsea site on Gerrard west of Yonge, and a second one in the Top Ten for it too. In fact, October was full of multi-part big stories as you will see…

Laird Station on the Eglinton Crosstown, image courtesy of Metrolinx

2. Massive Redevelopment Planned for Eaton Chelsea Hotel

3. Metrolinx Unveils 50 Potential Sites For New GO Stations

4. Following One Bloor's Concrete 76 Storeys Above Toronto

5. Renderings Revealed for Ambitious Eaton Chelsea Redevelopment

6. Previewing Life Inside the Trump Tower's Super Penthouse

7. The Views From the Top: Touring One Bloor's Penthouse Suites

8. Previewing the Retail Spaces at Great Gulf's One Bloor East

9. Previewing the Crosstown's Green Trackway and At Grade Amenities

10. UrbanToronto Launches SkyriseCities

Our Top Ten dataBase Files

1. One Bloor East

Now closing in on its final height, Great Gulf Homes' 76-storey One Bloor East continues to impress at the southeast corner of Yonge and Bloor. We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to tour the Hariri Pontarini Architects-designed building in October, resulting in multiple articles that helped the project hold the top spot for most popular dataBase page for yet another month.

One Bloor East's podium, image by Marcus Mitanis

2. 1-7 Yonge

3. Eaton Chelsea Redevelopment/33 Gerrard West

4. Ten York 

5. The One

6. Pan Am Village in the West Don Lands

7. Mirvish+Gehry Toronto

8. Mount Pleasant Crosstown Station

9. Sun Life Financial Tower/Harbour Plaza Residences

10. 35 Wabash

Our Top Ten Forum Threads 

1. One Bloor East

The Forum thread for the photogenic One Bloor East also led the pack in October, while Tridel's Wallman Architects-designed Ten York recently climbed above street level and into second place at the same time!

One Bloor East, image by Marcus Mitanis

2. Ten York

3. Eaton Centre: Former Sears Demolition & Nordstrom Rebuild

4. Sun Life Financial Tower/Harbour Plaza Residences

5. Bisha Hotel and Residences

6. Eaton Chelsea Hotel Redevelopment

7. TeaHouse 501 Yonge Condos

8. GO Transit service thread

9. The Residences of 488 University Avenue

10. EY Tower

We will return next month for a recap of November's top news stories, dataBase files and Forum threads!