With another busy month of city-building, transportation, and real estate talk now behind us, we round up June's hottest stories, dataBase files, and Forum threads. 

Our Top Ten News Stories

1. City of Toronto Moves to Build New Street in Liberty Village

Looking east from the foot of Atlantic Avenue, where the new street would run, image retrieved via Google Maps

Our most popular story from June covered plans to build a much-needed east/west thoroughfare through Toronto's Liberty Village. In second place, new developments in the saga of Toronto's planned relief line are boosting plans for First Gulf's East Harbour community.

2. Unilever Site Gets Boost From Revamped Relief Line Corridor

3. Province Pledges $55 Million for Yonge Subway Extension Planning

4. Mirvish Village: Updated Plan Praised, Criticized at Consultation

5. Design Review Panel Digs Into BIG's Mountain on King West

6. Relief Line: Preferred Alignment Now Includes Unilever Stop

7. 59-Storey Tower Proposed on Yonge at Scollard in Bloor-Yorkville

8. 47-Storey Charles Street Condo Recommended For Approval

9. Mies' Masterpiece: Exploring the Renewal of the TD Centre

10. DRP Assesses 58-storey Rental Tower at 591 Sherbourne

Our Top Ten dataBase Files

1. The One

Rendering of The One, image courtesy of Mizrahi

June's hottest dataBase file was once again that of Mizrahi's The One, a major project planned for the southwest corner of Yonge and Bloor. In second place, the dataBase file for Concert's fast-rising 88 Scott Street is seeing a surge in traffic as readers compare the ongoing installation of cladding with pre-construction renderings.

2. 88 Scott Street

3. One Bloor East

4. Ten York

5. 1 - 7 Yonge Street

6. 159SW Condos

7. Residences of 488 University Avenue

8. Sun Life Financial Tower and Harbour Plaza Residences

9. 21 Don Roadway

10. Backstage on The Esplanade

Our Top Ten Forum Threads

1. Ten York

Ten York rising into the South Core skyline, image by Forum contributor Michael Ianni

Our most popular Forum thread of June was for the newest condominium tower rising in Toronto's South Core area, Tridel's Ten York. The 40-storey EY Tower—now topped off in the Financial District—was our second most popular thread from June. The project's ongoing curtain wall cladding installation continues to turn heads at the intersection of Adelaide and Sheppard.

2. EY Tower

3. Sun Life Financial Tower and Harbour Plaza Residences

4. The One

5. One Bloor East

6. 88 Scott Street

7. Emerald Park Condos

8. Mirvish+Gehry Toronto

9. Eaton Centre - Nordstrom Rebuild

10. TTC Relief Line

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