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Urban Toronto: Toronto Community Housing Bringing Affordable Rentals to CityPlace

Construction progressing on 41-storey tower.

The history, design, and development of building projects, brought to you by Urban Toronto. Toronto Community Housing is bringing affordable rental living to CityPlace in the form of “Block 32,” a 41-storey tower matched with 9- and 11-storey podium blocks at Fort York Boulevard and Dan Leckie Way. For Toronto Community Housing, this complex, designed [...]

Urban Toronto: CityPlace Pedestrian Bridge Sneak Peek

Work is proceeding on a new pedestrian bridge that is set to connect CityPlace to Front Street West. The project, funded by CityPlace developer Concord Adex, will run from the area around the new Parade Condos, in the south across the rail corridor, to an area between Portland and Draper on the Front Street side. Work is being done by the MMM Group.

Thinking Outside the Box Truss

Back in April, we posted about a bridge design charrette hosted by the Urban Toronto forums, and, in response to Concord’s indifferent proposal to connect CityPlace and Front Street with a box truss bridge, there are now sixteen bridge designs to consider as alternatives. All of the entries adhere to the rigid guidelines outlined by [...]

Like a Bridge Over Troubled Train Tracks

Elliott Avenue Helix Bridge, Seattle. Photo by Brenda Petroff/Torontoist. Today, Urban Toronto is launching a design charette called “Bridging the Design Gap” to respond to what they say are the “unacceptable plans for the CityPlace box truss pedestrian bridge across the rail corridor.” Design charettes typically serve as a forum to introduce an important project [...]