I was looking through real estate listings this morning (which I do quite often out of sheer interest), and I started noticing a number of 3 bedroom condos (here in Toronto) that were priced under $1 million. Now, this is a lot of money now… Read More
We’ve been talking about a lot of heavy topics here on Architect This City lately. Everything from the contentious Gardiner Expressway East to minimum population densities to density creep. So today I thought we could talk about something a bit more fun: architecture. When I… Read More
Blitz by Tristan O’Tierney on 500px Back in 2011, the The Pembina Institute published a report called, Building transit where we need it. And in it they quite clearly outlined the population densities that are needed to make various types of transit investment cost effective.… Read More
Sunset by liu han-lin on 500px https://500px.com/embed.js Last year The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), which is based out of Chicago, published a report called, The 2014 Freeways Without Futures. It listed the top 10 freeways across North America that are in need of… Read More
Texas suburb. by Ron Chapple on 500px https://500px.com/embed.js When you rezone a property to build something new, pretty much every city will ask you to provide reports and studies that assess the potential impacts of that something new. They’ll ask you to look at the… Read More
Condos in Fog by Richard Gottardo on 500px Earlier today I attended a lunch and learn talking about the renewed interest in rental apartment development here in Toronto. Since this is a topic I’ve written about a few times here on Architect This City, I… Read More
The Toronto Star published an article today called: Midtowners battle the rise of the midrise. It’s about a group called The Density Creep Neighborhood Alliance, which was formed in order to fight a 4 storey stacked townhouse project that is currently going through the rezoning… Read More
I am writing this post on a Porter flight from New York back to Toronto. For my last day in New York, my close friend and I rented scooters and rode all around Manhattan and Brooklyn. It was a great way to cover a lot… Read More
I am in New York this weekend. Every now and then I need to get my fix of this city. I just love it here. Given the debate that’s going on in Toronto right now about the elevated Gardiner Expressway, one of the things I… Read More
Yesterday Shopify went public on both the Toronto (SH) and New York Stock Exchanges (SHOP). For those of you who aren’t familiar with Shopify, they are a Canadian company that provides e-commerce solutions to small and medium sized businesses. I’ve been a paying customer of… Read More
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