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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.
I photographed the site in 2011, just another empty lot left after a 2009 fire.
I also photographed the place in 2017.
I photographed the site in 2011, just another empty lot left after a 2009 fire.
I also photographed the place in 2017.
[BLOG] Fifteen Toronto links
Dec. 18th, 2019 11:29 am- 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.
[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links
Nov. 13th, 2019 01:51 pm- 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.
The Casa da Madeira community centre on 1621 Dupont Street has this eye-catching display by its door.
[PHOTO] Two maps, Dupont Street
Nov. 11th, 2019 08:39 amThe juxtaposition of these two tapestry maps in adjacent storefront windows of a building apparently converted to residential uses, one a map of the Bermuda Triangle and a one of the map of the Junction Triangle neighbourhood where the building is located, is very funny.
