Architecture
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Toronto is a geologic force: the Lost Rivers guide to the PATH system
Last month, I joined a Lost Rivers walk within the PATH system. Typically engaged with tracing the routes of buried creeks within Toronto’s topography...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
Welcome to your private nuclear fallout shelter
In 1959, the builders of Regency Acres, a 700-home subdivision in Aurora, Ontario, offered something no other homebuilder in the country could: a private...
By Chris Bateman -
The great Toronto bridge swap of 1928
The Canadian Pacific Railway had two 243-ton problems in early 1928. Its two newest and most powerful locomotives were due to be ready for the...
By Chris Bateman -
The horror of the Rupert Hotel fire still lingers
The fire had been burning out of control at the Rupert Hotel for 17 minutes before someone called 911. As flames and acrid smoke filled the corridors of...
By Chris Bateman -
Nicknaming the Toronto Skyline — why buildings need affectionate names
With the L Tower nearing completion, Toronto’s horizon has been pierced by another iconic skyscraper. The L Tower’s semicircular form is instantly...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
LORINC: What we didn’t talk about during this election
Remarkably, given the duration of the campaign and the sheer number of debates, the mayoral candidates managed to either completely ignore or give the...
By John Lorinc -
How the CN Tower killed Toronto’s rooftop lookouts
There was a time when observation decks were all the rage in Toronto. The designers and developers of tall buildings like TD Centre, Commerce Court, and...
By Chris Bateman -
In memory of the St. Lawrence Market canopy
In 2012, National Geographic ranked the St. Lawrence Market the best in the world. The vendors on both sides of Front Street were lauded for the quality...
By Chris Bateman -
Photo exhibit opens Thursday on Toronto’s tower neighbourhoods
WHAT: Radiant City , a solo exhibition by Jesse Colin Jackson WHEN: September 18 to November 1; Opening reception, September 18, 6-8PM WHERE: Pari Nadimi...
By Matthew Blackett -
Get Fortified: Grand opening of the Fort York Visitor Centre + fall 2014 issue of Fife and Drum
Lots of Fort York news this week. First, the long-awaited visitors centre opens this Friday Sept 19 at 1:30PM. This is followed by a weekend of free...
By Shawn Micallef -
The Don Mills Curling Rink is a lost modernist gem
In aerial photos from the 1960s and 70s, the Don Mills Curling Rink looks like an bright white spaceship at the corner of Don Mills and The Donway, a...
By Chris Bateman -
NXT City Prize: Changing the fabric of the city with Meg Graham
The NXT CITY PRIZE is all about vision to reimagine Toronto’s public spaces and inject a sense of energy, dynamism and reflexivity. With a focus on ideas...
By Julie Fish