# New Toronto architecture bike tour

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2018-09-01
**Categories:** 1-bloor, 1-spadina, aqua-tower, architecture, architecture-tour, architour, bike, bike-tour, bloor-bike-lanes, bloor-street, chicago, cities, core-architects, daniels-faculty, design, detroit, river-city, saucier-perrot, spadina, toronto, uncategorized, urban-capital, urbanism
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/new-toronto-architecture-bike-tour

## Content

I have a friend visiting from Detroit this weekend. We went to architecture school together at Penn. But unlike me, he decided to become a full fledged architect. Not surprisingly, he wants to see some new Toronto architecture while he’s here. I say new because he has seen the classics. So I mapped out a short bike route this morning. It’s more or less a downtown loop that starts in the St. Lawrence. First we head west to the Queen Richmond Centre West by Allied Properties REIT (developer) and Sweeny&Co (architect). After that I’d like to show him the main drag of King West and point out two buildings by Saucier + Perrotte Architects and CORE Architects. I don’t think Unzipped Toronto is open yet. Next it is north to One Spadina Crescent – home of the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. This is one of if not my favorite new building in the city right now. After that I figure we’ll cruise east along the Bloor bike lanes and look up at 1 Bloor East. Then it is back south to check out the River City collection by Urban Capital (developer) and Saucier + Perrotte Architects (they are getting good face time on this tour). Then we’ll do what every good new Toronto architecture bike tour should do and end with a drink on a rooftop patio somewhere. Maybe we’ll check out the Broadview Hotel. I like the neon in the lobby bar. If I missed anything critical, let me know. Photo by Tiffany Nutt on Unsplash

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