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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.

Measured at Toronto, Lake Ontario has reached its highest point in recorded history. blogTO reports.

Beach season has to be put off in Toronto until mid-June at least, on account of the record high water. blogTO reports.

Legendary queer nightclub fly--or fly 2.0--is shutting down this Pride. blogTO reports.

The provincial government call for development proposals for Ontario Place, happily, makes no mention of casinos. The National Post reports.

This BBC article takes a convenient outsider's look at the controversy over the Google involvement in the Port Lands development project.

Tanya Mok at blogTO introduces readers to the very unusual June Callwood Park, designed around a voiceprint of the late journalist and activist.

Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto looks at the impromptu party being Daniel Rotsztain to celebrate The Pillars at Queens Quay at York this evening. (I think I'll be there.)

CBC Toronto reports from the Daily Bread Food Bank drive, held this past weekend, here.

CBC Toronto reports on the decline of small business in the Beaches, and the efforts of community leaders to reverse this decline.

CBC Toronto reports on the Beaches Easter Parade, held Sunday. Perhaps next year?

Listing Ontario Place on Toronto's heritage register, giving this site protection, is a fine idea. CBC Toronto reports.

Christopher Hume at the Toronto Star notes how, one year after the North York van attack, coming up with policies which protect the public while keeping the city open is difficult.

Urban Toronto notes the remarkable new plan proposed by Ontario for Toronto subways, including a line running from Ontario Place on the water up through to the Ontario Science Centre on Eglinton.

blogTO shares some of the criticism the new Ontario plans for the subway have gotten.

Steve Munro reacts to the new Ontario plan for Toronto subways, here.

blogTO notes the new proposed names for stations on the Finch LRT line.

The Discourse notes a community meeting in Scarborough where locals express concern for the fate of the Eglinton East LRT.

The conversion of the TTC entirely from tokens towards Presto has been delayed, blogTO notes.

The modernization of signals on existing subway lines has been delayed and is becoming much more expensive, the Toronto Star notes.

Saying that costs for the Scarborough subway extension would be contained within an order of magnitude was telling. The Toronto Star reports.

NOW Toronto shares the warning of former mayor David Miller that the plans to upload the TTC will cost everyone involved dearly.

Chris Bateman at blogTO reports on some of the aerial walkways of Toronto.

The Toronto Star reports on six people in west-end Toronto who are dealing with high real estate prices by sharing a mortgage on a single home.

blogTO notes a proposal for Ontario Place that would include a large waterpark.

The first part of this Transit Toronto history of the TTC, looking back 65 years, is compelling, as is the second part.

The Daily Hive Toronto notes that Toronto is definitely seeing more snow than normal this winter.

Urban Toronto notes that different levels of government are seeking public input into what to do with Ontario Place.

Richard Longley writes at NOW Toronto about the history and heritage of the now-demolish Davisville Public School.

This Canadian Architect article is an interview with architect Karim Khalifa, involved with Sidewalk Labs.

CBC reports on the many factors leading to unchecked fare evasion on the TTC.

Ryan Porter writes for the Canadian Press about how the booming Toronto film and television industry is facing a lack of studio space.

Edward Keenan writes at the Toronto Star about how increased property taxes are a perfectly workable solution to the revenue problems of Toronto.

The Toronto Star reports on the framework agreement for uploading the TTC to Ontario, noting the three different scenarios imagined.

Tricia Wood at Spacing warns that the uploading of the TTC might well end badly, as shown by the similar takeover of London mass transit by the British government under Margaret Thatcher.

blogTO shares an example of the new maps on TTC subways, these usefully showing the streetcar network alongside the subway routes.

Urban Toronto profiles a proposal for an eight-storey rental unit proposed for Eglinton and Dufferin, taking advantage of location come the Eglinton Crosstown.

The suggestion of John Michael McGrath that Ontario Place is in need of radical transformation, perhaps more than we might like, does merit some consideration.

Metrolinx shares a glorious map depicting traffic and trends at the different stops on its many routes.

NOW Toronto notes how Doug Ford may yet enable carding-like practices by police.

The criticism by an Ontario government minister of the state of Ontario Place is worrisome. The Toronto Star reports.

Urban Toronto shares a photo of the construction at the vast Hive site downtown.

George Popper at Spacing Toronto looks at three neighbourhoods where housing in Toronto can really densify indeed must densify, including the Bloor-Danforth corridor.

This Toronto Star feature touches upon the continuing upset among the communities affected by the murders of Bruce McArthur.

Polling suggests that most Torontonians want Ontario Place to remain a place where they can access Lake Ontario easily. I do like the idea of a ferris wheel, mind. The Toronto Star reports.

blogTO notes that a small shack near the Art Gallery of Ontario is selling for $2.5 million. (The value, to be fair, is in the land the building sits on.)

Jamie Bradburn shares some classic advertisements for children's science magazines Chickadee and Owl.

Steve Munro analyses at length the City of Toronto's budget, specifically as it relates to the TTC.

The TTC needs $C 33.5 billion over the next 15 years to keep going, of which two-thirds is not yet sourced. Ben Spurr reports at the Toronto Star.

Urban Toronto notes the demolition of the noteworthy modernist Davisville Junior Public School.

blogTO highlights a new basement apartment at 1080 Dupont Street, at $C 1500 a month.

Toronto Life notes that E Condos is beset by screams, produced by the interaction of high winds on unfinished exterior fixtures.

This NOW Toronto feature by Richard Longley makes the point that Ontario Place needs innovative newness if it is to escape being ravaged by bad planning under Ford; the same old will no longer work.

Jennifer Pagliaro at the Toronto Star writes about the history of Ontario Place, intended from the start to be forward-facing.

The Scarborough subway extension may be delayed by new private funding mandated by the Ontario provincial government, the Toronto Star notes.

CBC Toronto notes how the City of Toronto has given residents of a homeless encampment under the Gardiner at Spadina the order to vacate.

Peter Biesterfeld at NOW Toronto reports on how the tragic death of Crystal Papineau in Bloorcourt has encouraged many activists to call for better policies for the homeless, starting with improving the shelter system.

This r/Toronto thread starts with one poster's observation about a successful raid on the LCBO by two bold thieves.

Jarek Piórkowski writes about how he can use his Presto card records to reconstruct, to varying degrees of fidelity, his commutes across the Greater Toronto Area.

blogTO notes that the streetside bins of nuts and fruits of Salamanca Dry Foods Store in Kensington Market are no more, thanks to a new charge by the city.

This paid section at the Toronto Star does a good job explaining the new planned Bjarke Ingels KING condominium complex on King Street West.

CBC Toronto notes a new push by residents of the Beaches to encourage visitors (and locals) not to litter, on Woodbine or any other of the east-end's iconic strands.

The Toronto Star reports on a community meeting regarding the redevelopment of Ontario Place, the different proposals all being united by a desire to keep this place a high-quality destination open to all Torontonians.

CBC Toronto looks at some of the structural problems with the Presto card as it now exists. (I've been lucky, I acknowledge.)

CTV reports that the provincial government report on the proposed uploading of the TTC from the City of Toronto to Ontario has been kept secret, such that no one in Toronto knows what uploading actually means.

Edward Keenan notes at the Toronto Star that it is simply wrong that nothing can be salvaged from Ontario Place in its current incarnation, that there is in fact much that is good with it.

The new condo tower on 411 Church Street is nearing completion, acquiring a "beehive" texture. Urban Toronto reports.

CBC Toronto tells the horrifying story of the death of a homeless woman seeking shelter from the cold who got killed climbing into a clothing donations box at Bloor and Dovercourt.

Urban Toronto has profiled another new tower rising in another new neighbourhood, Garrison Point in the Ordnance Triangle not far from Liberty Village.

Loryssa Quattrociocchi writes at NOW Toronto about how a property at Dundas East and Victoria, at Yonge-Dundas Square, has languished in official neglect for years.

Don Sampson, living in the old family home on the Toronto Islands last held by his brother, has been spared eviction for the time being. The Toronto Star reports.

David Rider at the Toronto Star notes that the selection of Ford ally James Ginou to the head of the Ontario Place board of directors, and the critical language that he has used about the development, is alarming to many.

John Lorinc at Spacing questions what Toronto city council will do to ease the housing crisis.

blogTO shares some photos of Toronto in the gritty 1970s, here.

CBC Toronto confirms that the Doug Ford government is still considering installing a casino at Ontario Place.

I wish today's Santa Claus parade, the 114th in the city of Toronto, the best of luck. CBC reports.

As of several days ago, the 89 people who were victims of homicide in the city of Toronto represent the greatest number of murder victims here since 1991. The Globe and Mail reports.

NOW Toronto has a feature celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Comedy Bar.

This Toronto Life profile examines how Doug Ford managed to get elected premier of Ontario.

blogTO looks at how the province of Ontario has just taken over Ontario Place, preparing to redevelop this waterfront site in what we fear will be a bad direction.

blogTO notes how the scrapping of rent control for new units risks making housing still more unaffordable in Toronto.

Refugees from the 650 Parliament Street disasters are now being billed for their hotel stays, Global News reports.

NOW Toronto has this first-person essay from Pete Young talking how his cannabis business took him to the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Christopher Hume at the Toronto Star notes how the ongoing attempt to revitalize Lawrence Heights will try to plug that neighbourhood back into the wider city of Toronto.

Urban Toronto notes efforts by condo designers to make the Sugar Beach towers suitable for families.

Ontario Place would be a perfect place for a swimming pier, wouldn't it? CBC reports.

Daily Hive notes that the Distillery District will soon house the Collège Boreal.

blogTO notes a classic Chinatown building on Spadina Avenue that has been given a terrible makeover.

CBC reports on the impending creation of the Meadoway Park, a substantial corridor stretching from the Don Valley northeast to the Rouge River.

Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto shares some more cool facts about the Meadoway Park, with 40% of its projected cost of $C 85 million already funded.

I am quite interested in seeing this west-end Toronto home with terracotta tiles for myself. The Toronto Star reports.

Toronto Guardian has shared some lovely vintage photographs of Ontario Place back at its height, here.

This NOW Toronto guide to the offerings of Jollibee makes me interested, and perhaps a bit hungry.

Edward Keenan writes movingly about how he and his deal with being a Toronto Maple Leafs Fan at playoff time. (As someone not born in Toronto, I think this city deserves better of its teams. Just saying.) The Toronto Star has it.

This CBC article highlighting Hodo Kwaja bakery in Koreatown and the delicious walnut cakes it makes is superb.

VICE shares the story of a man who went nightclubbing on King Street to gauge the effects of the transit experiment. (His judgement? There's change, but this change is natural.)

Trudeau is going to play up Canadian diversity to Amazon as part of the Toronto bid for HQ2, reports The Globe and Mail.

The TDSB has loosened restrictions on school trips to the United States, with some qualifications. (If any one student is blocked at the border, for instance, the entire trip is off.) The Toronto Star examines the issue.

The further expansion of parkland at Ontario Place, as announced by the provincial government, is inspiring. The Toronto Star reports.

At Spacing, John Lorinc wonders what will happen when someone gets killed in an accident related to crowding on the TTC.

Edward Keenan considers crowding on the TTC to be a crisis, one justifying the Downtown Relief Line, over at the Toronto Star.

blogTO notes how temporary closures of Eglinton station will make Yonge and Eglinton commuting even more nightmarish.

Torontoist calls for the King Street transit experiment to be applied elsewhere, to midtown, even.

blogTO shares some impressive photos of the abandoned Wilderness Adventure Ride at Ontario Place.

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[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: Port Lands, Ontario Place, churches, mass transit, Scarborough
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: Lake Ontario, fly, Ontario Place, Port Lands, parks
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Daily Bread, Beaches, Easter, Ontario Place, van attack
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: TTC and mass transit
[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: Scarborough, TTC, aerial walkways, co-ownership, Ontario Place
[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: winter, Ontario Place, architecture, TTC, film, tax
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: TTC, London, maps, Eglinton and Dufferin, Ontario Place
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Metrolinx map, carding, Ontario Place, HIVE, density
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Bruce McArthur, Ontario Place, real estate, Chickadee and Owl, TTC
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: TTC, Davisville, 1080 Dupont, E Condos, Ontario Place
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Ontario Place, Scarborough, homelessness, LCBO
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Presto, Kensington Market, KING, Beaches, Ontario Place
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Presto, TTC, Ontario Place, 411 Church, homeless death
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Ordnance Triangle, Yonge and Dundas, Toronto Islands, Ontario Place
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: 1970s, Ontario Place, Santa Claus, murder, Comedy Bar
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Doug Ford, Ontario Place, rent control, 650 Parliament, cannabis
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Lawrence Heights, waterfront, Distillery District, Chinatown
[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: Meadoway Park, terracotta home, Ontario Place, Jollibee, Maple Leafs
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Hodo Kwaja, King Street, HQ2, TDSB school trips, Ontario Place
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: crowding on the TTC, Downtown Relief Line, Eglinton, Ontario Place

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Entries tagged with ontario place

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

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: Lake Ontario, fly, Ontario Place, Port Lands, parks

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Daily Bread, Beaches, Easter, Ontario Place, van attack

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: TTC and mass transit

[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: Scarborough, TTC, aerial walkways, co-ownership, Ontario Place

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: winter, Ontario Place, architecture, TTC, film, tax

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: TTC, London, maps, Eglinton and Dufferin, Ontario Place

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Metrolinx map, carding, Ontario Place, HIVE, density

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Bruce McArthur, Ontario Place, real estate, Chickadee and Owl, TTC

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: TTC, Davisville, 1080 Dupont, E Condos, Ontario Place

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Ontario Place, Scarborough, homelessness, LCBO

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Presto, Kensington Market, KING, Beaches, Ontario Place

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Presto, TTC, Ontario Place, 411 Church, homeless death

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Ordnance Triangle, Yonge and Dundas, Toronto Islands, Ontario Place

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: 1970s, Ontario Place, Santa Claus, murder, Comedy Bar

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Doug Ford, Ontario Place, rent control, 650 Parliament, cannabis

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Lawrence Heights, waterfront, Distillery District, Chinatown

[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: Meadoway Park, terracotta home, Ontario Place, Jollibee, Maple Leafs

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Hodo Kwaja, King Street, HQ2, TDSB school trips, Ontario Place

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: crowding on the TTC, Downtown Relief Line, Eglinton, Ontario Place

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