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The Piano Towns development, on the southeast corner of Dupont and Westmoreland, is nearing completion, units selling at more than $C 1 million each.

Piano Towns (1) #toronto #condos #pianotowns #construction #architecture #dovercourtvillage #dupontstreet #westmorelandave

Piano Towns (2) #toronto #condos #pianotowns #construction #architecture #dovercourtvillage #dupontstreet #westmorelandave

Piano Towns (3) #toronto #condos #pianotowns #construction #architecture #dovercourtvillage #dupontstreet #westmorelandave

I photographed the site in 2011, just another empty lot left after a 2009 fire.

I also photographed the place in 2017.

Empty lot, Dupont at Westmoreland #toronto #dovercourtvillage #dupontstreet #westmorelandavenue #vacant

Some of the apartments hit by the Gosford apartment fire have been repaired and opened to their tenants again. Global News reports.

Steve Munro maps the 70 O'Connor bus route in action as a case study, here.

Condo developers have created the new neighbourhood of "West St. Clair West" out of, among other established neighbourhoods, Carleton Village. blogTO reports.

The plans for the controversial new Pharrell Williams condo development at Yonge and Eglinton look interesting. blogTO shares.

Should Toronto have free public mass transit? NOW Toronto makes the case.

Brian Doucet at Spacing Toronto takes a look at the Toronto CLRV streetcars in their North American context, here.

The repeated flooding of the Toronto Islands, as NOW Toronto points out, surely demonstrates the reality of climate change for Toronto.

blogTO reports that Toronto has been testing Eglinton Crosstown trains, here.

What TTC routes might be changed by the Eglinton Crosstown? A map illustrates, over at blogTO.

The new tower proposed for 888 Dupont, at Ossington, will even include a vertical farm. blogTO reports.

Venerable Agincourt Mall is going to be a new condo development. blogTO reports.

Is co-ownership actually the only way most people in Toronto will end up owning a home? blogTO considers.

Residential tenants in a Leslieville building who complained about their landlord may end up getting evicted from a building never zoned for residents. CBC reports.

The City of Toronto has taken over the deserted shopping arcade at Queen Street West and John. CBC reports.

Katrina Onstad at Toronto Life tells the story of Katharine Mulherin, the Queen Street West gallery owner who changed her neighbourhood but was broken by gentrification.

The bar Tequila Bookworm is closing, displaced by rising rents. NOW Toronto reports.

NOW Toronto interviews night mayor Michael Thompson, here.

Steve Munro considers the TTC's express bus services, here.

Terra Lumina, the nighttime cultural event at the Toronto Zoo, looks fantastic in these photos over at Toronto Life.

Oh, what the map of Toronto subways could have been if only we planned! blogTO shares one.

Steve Munro examines the TTC's plan for 2020-2024, here.

The TTC may not act to decrease overcrowding on some routes. blogTO reports on why.

The Pilot, in Yorkville, celebrates its 75th anniversary as a venue. Global News reports.

Some immigrant businesspeople recently bought an old Toronto Hydro building in the north of the city as a shelter for immigrants. Global News reports.

The backlash against the proposed condo tower at Yonge and Eglinton branded by Pharrell Williams has been swift. blogTO reports.

Urban Toronto notes that a 13-story mixed-use building has been proposed for 888 Dupont Street, at the corner of Dupont and Ossington.

A TV crew in North York last week cancelled its shoot in North York, near the site of last year's ramming attack on Yonge Street. CTV News reports.

A poster on r/Toronto noted last week the six-year anniversary of the admission of then-mayor Rob Ford that he smoked crack.

blogTO notes the maps made by artist Peter Gorman showing the strange intersections of Toronto.

This imagining of a wholly pedestrianized lower Yonge Street looks attractive. blogTO has it.

Jamie Bradburn tells how couples in Toronto during the Second World War expressed their love, here.

This condo at 701 Dovercourt Road looks amazing. blogTO reports.

Toronto Pearson Airport failed in its obligation to provide services for French-language travelers, the Official Languages Commissioner has ruled. CTV News reports.

So-called "unicorn poutine" is offered for sale at a north Toronto restaurant. Global News reports.

10 Wellesley West, from an angle #toronto #yongeandwellesley #10wellesleywest #skyscraper #condos #architecture

Looking down at E Condos #toronto #yongeandeglinton #econdos #blue #sky

Looking up #toronto #yongeandeglinton #yongeeglintoncentre #econdos #skyscraper #blue #morning #sky

blogTO notes that there is, for a short while, a Toronto-themed version of Monopoly available for sale.

The iconic Toronto sign in front of City Hall is set to be replaced with a more cost-effective one. The Toronto Star reports.

I like the controversial statue of a man 25 feet tall placed in front of a new condo development on St. Clair Avenue West. The Toronto Star reports.

The National Post reports in depth of the plans of Google's Sidewalk Labs to transform the Portlands.

Sean Marshall looks at how the concrete barriers put up in front of Union Station disrupt, particularly, non-car traffic there.

Twin towers, Fuse Condos #toronto #junctiontriangle #dupontstreet #lansdowneave #fusecondos #towers #blue #sky

Guardian Cities takes a look from afar at the controversy over Google in the Port Lands of Toronto.

CityLab looks at the debate over the future of Ontario Place in the Doug Ford era.

Richard Longley at NOW Toronto looks at how six churches in downtown Toronto have survived the condo boom.

The City of Toronto has blamed the Ontario government for the delayed transition to Presto. The Toronto Star reports.

Matt Gurney writes at TVO about how Toronto, having coasted by on surplus capacity, is now facing a transit crisis.

Osobe Waberi writes at The Discourse about the transit desert that dominates much of Scarborough.

A fourth subway stop has been proposed for the already expensive Scarborough subway extension. The Toronto Star reports.

Steve Munro looks at the latest TTC quarterly report on crowding.

Urban Toronto looks at the new expansion to Robarts Library.

Urban Toronto looks at 2221 Yonge Street, latest tower to rise at Yonge and Eglinton.

Urban Toronto looks at a new condo development taking advantage of the Line 1 extension into Vaughan.

The subletting of apartments has become key for Toronto renters who want to keep their affordable housing while also being mobile. The Toronto Star reports.

Five Condos against a grey sky #toronto #yongeandwellesley #stjosephstreet #condos #skyline #fivecondos #grey #evening #sky

blogTO shared the remarkable news that the Scotiabank Theatre, on John south of Queen, is set to be replaced by a condo development.

Emily Mathieu at the Toronto Star reports on how a trust in Parkdale bought a rooming house for the benefit of tenants there.

The world-famous Integral House in Rosedale is on sale for more than $C 20 million. blogTO reports.

Norm Wilner at NOW Toronto notes how the Criterion Channel is in no position to immediately replace the broad selections of now-departed Queen Video.

Francine Kopun reports at the Toronto Star about the sad state of the Tiny Town, the miniature scale model in the atrium of Toronto City Hall.

A great tower will one day soon rise from this pit on the northwest corner of Front and Sherbourne streets.

Looking into the pit, St. Lawrence Condos #toronto #stlawrence #stlawrencecondos #frontstreet #sherbournestreet #construction #pit #latergram

Justin Haynes writes at NOW Toronto about the exceptional difficulty of finding affordable housing in Toronto for people on ODSP.

CBC Toronto reports on the life of Crystal Papineau, a homeless woman who died in a tragic accident in Bloorcourt.

Transit Toronto notes that Yonge and Eglinton is going to be disrupted for the next two months by Eglinton Crosstown construction.

Toronto Life looks at Brooke Lynn Hites, the first Canadian contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race.

Samantha Edwards writes at NOW Toronto about the concern that our city's boom in condo construction might also lead to loneliness. What is to be done?

Moon among condos and streetlight #toronto #yongeandeglinton #yongestreet #condo #towers #skyline #moon #blue

Marco Chown Oved reports at the Toronto Star on how Sidewalk Labs wants to expand its vision for Quayside, taking over not only the entire Port Lands but taxation power, too.

St. James Town has been having a terrible string of failures recently. CTV News reports on one of these.

The recent "chair girl" episode, CBC Toronto notes, has highlighted again issues with Airbnb and with condo living.

Chris Bateman at CityLab explores the history of the Coal Bin, an early 1970s "fern bar" in the Financial District that was the first singles bar open to women in Toronto.

Peter Biesterfield writes at NOW Toronto about the scope of the Toronto homelessness crisis, and the lack of meaningful public action to deal with it.

Artist Jake Berman's map of the Toronto streetcar network circa 1932 is a thing of beauty. r/Toronto has it.

Urban Toronto takes a look at a new midrise condo development on Oakwood near Eglinton.

CBC Toronto notes the complaints of tenants at the Graphic Arts building on Richmond and Bay that people in an adjoining condo tower keep flicking garbage onto their building.

What effect would the Ford government's proposal to streamline the process of landlords evicting tenants have, overall? The Toronto Star considers.

NOW Toronto reports that rising Toronto rapper Lil Berete, from Regent Park, has been ordered to stop filming his videos at the Toronto Community Housing project he shares with his mother on pain of eviction.

Urban Toronto notes that 1 Yorkville is nearing completion.

Urban Toronto notes the plans for the massive redevelopment of Davenport Village, north and west of Dupont and Lansdowne.

The Sony Centre is now going to be called Meridian Hall, thanks to the Ontario credit union of the same name buying the name rights. blogTO reports.

This story of a tenant who was deprived heating by her landlords' neglect is appalling. I hope things get fixed quickly for her. Global News reports.

Declan Keogh reports in NOW Toronto that the funding problems of Pride Toronto are linked to the police ban enacted in 2016.

This Nicholas Hune-Brown feature at Toronto Life about the crisis of homelessness in Toronto is terribly compelling in sharing these stories.

This Toronto Life feature on the installations on the seventh floor of the Hudson's Bay makes this place very visit-worthy.

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[PHOTO] A look at the #PianoTowns site, Dupont and Westmoreland, 2011 and 2017 and 2020
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links
[BLOG] Fifteen Toronto links
[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links
[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links
[PHOTO] 10 Wellesley West, from an angle
[PHOTO] Looking down at E Condos
[PHOTO] Looking up at E Condos, Yonge and Eglinton
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Toronto Monopoly, signs, public art, Portlands, Union Station
[PHOTO] Twin towers, Fuse Condos
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: Port Lands, Ontario Place, churches, mass transit, Scarborough
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: TTC, Robarts, construction, subletting
[PHOTO] Five Condos against a grey sky
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Scotiabank, Parkdale, Integral House, Queen Video, #TinyTown
[PHOTO] Looking into the pit, St. Lawrence Condos
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: housing & ODSP, Crystal Papineau, Y&E Brooke Lynn Hites, loneliness
[PHOTO] Moon among condos and streetlight
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Quayside, St. James Town, condo safety, Coal Bin, homelessness
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: 1932 streetcar map, Oakwood, Graphic Arts, evictions, Lil Berete
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: 1 Yorkville, Davenport Village, Meridian, homelessness, Pride, art

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Entries tagged with condos

[PHOTO] A look at the #PianoTowns site, Dupont and Westmoreland, 2011 and 2017 and 2020

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links

[BLOG] Fifteen Toronto links

[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links

[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links

[PHOTO] 10 Wellesley West, from an angle

[PHOTO] Looking down at E Condos

[PHOTO] Looking up at E Condos, Yonge and Eglinton

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Toronto Monopoly, signs, public art, Portlands, Union Station

[PHOTO] Twin towers, Fuse Condos

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: Port Lands, Ontario Place, churches, mass transit, Scarborough

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: TTC, Robarts, construction, subletting

[PHOTO] Five Condos against a grey sky

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Scotiabank, Parkdale, Integral House, Queen Video, #TinyTown

[PHOTO] Looking into the pit, St. Lawrence Condos

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: housing & ODSP, Crystal Papineau, Y&E Brooke Lynn Hites, loneliness

[PHOTO] Moon among condos and streetlight

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Quayside, St. James Town, condo safety, Coal Bin, homelessness

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: 1932 streetcar map, Oakwood, Graphic Arts, evictions, Lil Berete

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: 1 Yorkville, Davenport Village, Meridian, homelessness, Pride, art