Digging up the past for future benefit: the lost waterways of Toronto
ABCRA’s own “lost brook” had an important role in shaping our neighbourhood.
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Seven new ‘supertall’ buildings are coming to Toronto — is that a good thing?
Toronto could soon have the fifth highest number of mixed-use residential supertalls in the world, alongside cities like NYC and Hong Kong.
The supertalls, defined as being more than 300 metres tall by global non-profit Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), have divided housing observers.
Avenue Road improvements – Interim Streetscape Improvement Strategies
ABCRA commissioned the Planning Partnership to produce a study to provide recommendations for near term improvements with a lifespan of approximately 10-15 years, which constitute the interim condition for the Avenue Road streetscape, until such time as the final condition can be constructed.
Create a paradise for bees and butterflies
As our minds turn to Spring and the garden here are some ideas to help you help nature.
1134-1140 Yonge Street – Proposed Development Re-Submission
At the ABCRA & Community Planning meeting on February 26, 2024, and again at our meeting on April 02, 2024, it was revealed that the developer for 1134-1140 Yonge Street has approached community planning with a request for an additional 3 floors, and is planning to submit a proposal through the Committee of Adjustment.
A 3-floor addition constitutes a 33% height increase and we believe should not be considered minor. We believe that the developer is manipulating the planning system to get around the LPAT settlement and increase the height of the project in a way that protects them from further appeal.
Toronto can learn from Hoboken and make Avenue Road safe
The death of an 89-year-old pedestrian in 2017 was the last straw for the mayor of Hoboken, N.J. ““I felt it wasn’t acceptable.”
Hoboken, New Jersey hasn’t had a traffic fatality in 7 years.
Running below one of Toronto’s most historic neighbourhoods, the pathway located on the south side of the road can be followed from Park Road to Bayview Avenue.
The ravine next to Rosedale Valley Road is an unusual escape in the middle of Toronto
Rosedale Ravine Lands isn’t tucked away in a forest like some of the other walks in the city but the stretching pathway that follows the Rosedale Valley Road makes for a picturesque stroll in its own right.
Running below one of Toronto’s most historic neighbourhoods, the pathway located on the south side of the road can be followed from Park Road to Bayview Avenue.
Someone in Toronto just bought a huge $18M condo and it’s pretty spectacular
One of the most expensive condo units in Toronto history has been purchased for a whopping $18 million — and it doesn’t even exist yet.
An undisclosed buyer has scooped up a luxurious penthouse unit on the top floor of a proposed boutique condo development at 1086 Yonge Street, known as One Roxborough West.
The Annex Residents’ Association features Councillor Saxe in action at City Hall
Councillor Saxe did the most magnificent job fighting for the Annex at this past Monday’s Planning and Housing Committee meeting – a committee on which she doesn’t actually sit. We’ve got an articulate legal mind as our representative. If you’ve got some time, then watch the YouTube archive of the meeting to watch the discussion as it unfolds and to see her champion our interests.
University of Toronto constructing Canada’s tallest academic timber building
The stunning Academic Wood Tower has started to take shape in the Bloor Street cultural corridor, where it will serve as a beacon for green architecture – and provide high-quality spaces for three of the university’s faculties and schools.