Throwback Thursday: Keating Channel and Toronto Skyline | UrbanToronto

This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us to the Cherry Street Lift Bridge in Toronto’s Port Lands, comparing a pair of west-facing views from the bridge over the Keating Channel captured two years and ten months apart. Traveling back to May, 2018, the view from the bridge focused on the creation of new land in Toronto Harbour. Crane-topped barges could be seen…

Topping Off March 2021: What Was Hot on UrbanToronto | UrbanToronto

Another month of Toronto city-building, transportation, and real estate talk is now behind us, so we are rounding up the hottest stories, project Database files, and Forum discussions from March, 2021.  Our Top Ten News Stories 1. Proposal Would Replace Markham-Ellesmere Retail in Scarborough Looking southeast towards 1125 Markham Road, designed by Turner Fleischer Architects for Arya Corporation Our top story…

News Roundup for April 1, 2021 | UrbanToronto

Ontario hits ‘emergency brake’ as province enters month-long COVID shutdown; People want answers after condo development they paid for is never built; Large sinkhole forces city to close stretch of College Street for up to 8 weeks; and more news: Ontario hits ‘emergency brake’ as province enters month-long COVID shutdown (Toronto Star) Sanofi to build $925-million Toronto flu vaccine facility with joint…

View from Garrison Point | UrbanToronto

A view of the Toronto skyline is shown in today’s Daily Photo, captured during a pre-delivery inspection for a unit in the new Garrison Point complex. This shot from Forum contributor khorhadris reveals the changing view awaiting residents of the complex’s east-facing units, with several cranes visible as the skyline continues to densify. Toronto skyline from Garrison Point, image by Forum contributor khorhadris…