Yesterday morning I went on a ravine walk from Summerhill up to St. Clair Avenue East. Toronto’s ravine system is easily the most unique feature of our city’s geography. Architect Larry Wayne Richards once described the topography of Toronto as San Francisco inverted. They have… Read More
This morning I was at 55 St. Clair Avenue West for IBI Group’s annual general meeting. And at this meeting their CEO, Scott Stewart, officially launched a new accelerator called the Smart City Sandbox. Here is a description of what that is taken from a press… Read More
Earlier today Slate announced that King Street Food Company will be bringing a new Buca restaurant concept to the north west corner of Yonge + St. Clair in 2018. (BlogTO calls Buca one of the best Italian restaurants in the city.) Below is a rendering… Read More
I have two quick announcements to make regarding Yonge + St. Clair in midtown Toronto. The first is that Slate has just unveiled a new “ravine bench” at the northeast corner of the intersection. Here’s a photo: And here’s another photo with people sitting in… Read More
This morning (Friday, July 8th) at 11AM eastern time, the global street artist Phlegm will start work on a giant 8-storey mural at the corner of Yonge + St. Clair in midtown Toronto. It’s going up on the west elevation of 1 St. Clair West.… Read More
Yesterday after my post on leveraging LRT, I stumbled upon an interesting and timely article written by Richard Joy, who is the Executive Director of the Urban Land Institute (Toronto). The article talks about some of the transit-oriented development that we’ve seen at various nodes… Read More
I’ve talked before about how Toronto doesn’t currently have any true light rail transit lines. LRT does not equal what we have on St Clair Avenue. The stops are spaced far too close together. It’s just a streetcar on its on right of way. This… Read More
