The announcement that two giant billboards may soon grace the north- and south-facing sides of the Toronto Dominion Centre’s Ernst and Young tower, officially known as Tower Five, has prompted a call to arms among local architecture aficionados. Cadillac Fairview, the owners of the Toronto Dominion Centre complex, put in an application to the City [...]

There’s a concrete pad in front of 52 Division (east of University Avenue and Dundas Street) where the police park their cruisers. Lots of people know that it was originally intended to be a public space. But Mark Osbaldeston, whose second book of local city-planning nonstarters, Unbuilt Toronto 2, was released on October 24, discovered [...]

We Live Here unlocks the stories behind some of Toronto’s most unique, quirky, and all-out weird homes, the people who live in them, and the people who live with them. When Darren Berberick decided to rent a new home with his partner, Benjamin Walsh, he sent a link to his father. The response wasn’t exactly [...]

On May 18, Toronto’s councillors decided to let the planned Fort York pedestrian and cycling bridge die. Last night they gave it a prize. The Toronto Urban Design Awards “acknowledge the significant contribution that architects, landscape architects, urban designers, artists, design students, and city builders make to the look and livability of our city.” Awarded [...]

“Come on, I have my own beer fridge!” boasts Tim Oakley when asked about the perks of his job. It’s true; located in the midst of his subterranean workshop is a mini-fridge stocked with Steam Whistle. “Want a beer?” he offers politely, even though it’s barely noon.

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Seated mannequins in the window of the IZ Adaptive boutique. Jackets zip apart in the front and back to make dressing easier. Getting dressed to go out can be one of the most arduous tasks in your day. Whether it’s picking an outfit for work in the morning or getting ready for a night out, [...]

Photo by Miles Storey/Torontoist. Some of Toronto’s most important architectural assets can be compared to Cameron’s house in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off—very beautiful, very cold, and you’re not allowed to touch anything. But for one weekend every year, we heed Bueller’s advice and take the pretty, red Ferrari for a test drive. Or, in the [...]

Left to right: Daniels Faculty Dean Richard Sommer, John Shnier, Amy Lavender Harris, and Atom Egoyan inside Jackman Hall. Photo by John Howarth. You may be aware already, but we here at Torontoist publish a regular column entitled Reel Toronto, in which the proficient and perceptive penman David Fleischer exposes the flicks that use Toronto [...]

Concept for a redesigned Metropass, with stronger, more iconic imagery. Among the litany of complaints passengers often reel off about the TTC, its branding, signage, and design identity don’t usually make the top of the list. Easy to dismiss as frilly and superficial, these subtle markers shape our day-to-day experience with the transit system—and they [...]