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@torailwaymuseum.bsky.social

The remaining 15,000m² of shed on each of the east and west sides are protected heritage elements and have been fully restored. The restoration and rehabilitation of the shed included rebuilding hundreds of individual concrete smoke ducts over the tracks. 2/3

A view under the Union Station train shed in 2019, showing a rebuilt concrete smoke duct in the upper right corner. Photo by user joet00 on the UrbanToronto forums.

January 12, 2026 at 4:13 AM

Reia 💕

@forkast.bsky.social

Time will tell how much of this building will be like the renders, but it's looking really good! New buildings don't have to be sterile, density does not have to mean a loss of culture.

and seems like 315 Spadina is living up so far!

📸: Vminkov & Paclo
(via UrbanToronto)

south facing render of 315 Spadina via AlbertC on UrbanToronto showing interface with rest of streetscape

January 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM

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@forkast.bsky.social

now there's much more I can say to gush over this development: voluntary inclusion of affordable units, architectural callbacks to the warehouses further down the street, and where it starts to setback.

but really it's as simple as the two first points: lot size and storefronts.

render of corner Spadina & D'Arcy streets for new 315 Spadina development via Feruzian on UrbanToronto

January 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM

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@forkast.bsky.social

Now some of this is due to the city of Toronto's design guidelines, but as @ericlombardi.bsky.social pointed out to me this is only part of it!

A lot of it is up to developers, and we see this with 315 Spadina: Masonry defines unit entrances + fun ornamentation!

street view plan of 315 Spadina via
DavidCapizzano on UrbanToronto

Best Practices from the city of Toronto Design Guidelines via Eric Lombardi

January 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM

Reia 💕

@forkast.bsky.social

Maintaining small lot sizes is key & in a corridor like Spadina you want to try maintaining the previous # of units.

I'm using 315 Spadina as an example here, developing a cherished set of restos in Chinatown, it includes 7 commercial units, allowing similar stores to return!

Floor Plans for 315 Spadina courtesy of Feruzian on UrbanToronto

January 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM

Mitchell

@mohorovich.ca

In Apple News I have the “American Politics” topic muted (this makes a massive difference)

Here, I have words for American politicians and American states muted.

Focus more on forums like AgoraMTL and UrbanToronto.

December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Jason Paris

@jasonparis.bsky.social

R.I.P. Frank. -Faint, Playful Blush | UrbanToronto urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/12... #FrankGehry

Faint, Playful Blush | UrbanToronto

With a faint blush glow still in the sky on a late autumn afternoon, Forma's first few floors of reflective cladding pick up and play with the light, giving just a hint of how this 73-storey future landmark will eventually claim a prominent place on the skyline.

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December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Reece Martin

@rmtransit.bsky.social

Post from me in UrbanToronto today about updates to Toronto's massive regional rail plans: urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/12...

Metrolinx Sheds Light on GO Corridor Transformations | UrbanToronto

Metrolinx has long been criticized for its opaqueness, particularly as it relates to plans around improvements to GO transit rail services, but as part of a recent series of updates, Metrolinx has rel...

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December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM

Jason Paris

@jasonparis.bsky.social

Tousignant à la Coupland (Eglinton West à la Cedarvale) | UrbanToronto urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/12...

Tousignant à la Coupland (Eglinton West à la Cedarvale) | UrbanToronto

A pair of Chromatic Accelerators, a visual device that was central to the work of Canadian OpArt creator Claude Tousignant in the 1960s, have been recalibrated and tuned for Cedarvalle station, Toront...

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December 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM

fern k 2026

@fernkhahn.com

also not quite random:

urbantoronto.ca/forum/thread...

UrbanToronto forum user mistersg1:

Not sure if this belongs here, it can be moved if necessary.

Anyways, I’m aware that 16th Avenue derives from the Concession Road system, where in York County’s case, concessions were drawn 100 chains or 1.25 miles apart. This makes sense for the naming conventions of both 14th Avenue and 19th Avenue.

Obviously, Queen (formerly Lot Street many years ago) is the first concession, yet by the position of 16th Avenue, Queen should be 5th Avenue. What gives? It’s something I’ve always wanted to know.

Forum user Johnny Au:

Queen Street (formerly Lot Street) is in what was the Township of York.

16th Avenue in Markham is part of a different township: the Township of Markham.

Different townships have different concession reckonings.

For Markham, 1st Line is Yonge Street, 2nd Line is Bayview Avenue and so on until 12th Line, which is the York-Durham Line. 13th Avenue is also known as Steeles Avenue, there's 14th Avenue, there's 15th Avenue (also known as Highway 7), then there's 16th Avenue, then there's 17th Avenue (also known as Major Mackenzie Drive), then there's 18th Avenue (also known as Elgin Mills Road), then 19th Avenue, then finally 20th Avenue (also known as Stouffville Road).

For Toronto (specifically the part that was formerly York Township), Queen Street is the first concession, Bloor Street is the second, St. Clair Avenue is the third, Eglinton Avenue is the fourth and so on with Steeles Avenue being the 9th concession.

Yes, Steeles Avenue was both the 9th Concession (going by York Township reckoning) and 13th Avenue (going by Township of Markham reckoning).

November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Mark Dowling

@markdowling.bsky.social

Someone on UrbanToronto has posited that MX intention here is to run the west/south tracks as an stopping line with GO running express from Woodbine on the north/east tracks

October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM

Reece Martin

@rmtransit.bsky.social

My new UrbanToronto article is all about Hamilton’s new Confederation GO station and what it means for the city and the system. Read now:

urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/10...

Confederation GO Opens in Hamilton | UrbanToronto

It’s been four years since Metrolinx opened its last station, Bloomington, in York Region. It was in many ways the grand crescendo to end an era at GO transit: an enormous, multilevel structure mostly...

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October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Jérôme

@jerome.jasette.facil.services.ap.brid.gy

@metroscapes.ca Interesting reading on urbantoronto
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-155-st-dennis-184-8m-56s-cityzen-hariri-pontarini.33711/page-5

(Realizing now that you are the metroscapes of UrbanToronto!)

I'm entirely in favor of reducing the amount of land used by golf […]

Original post on jasette.facil.services

jasette.facil.services

October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Reece Martin

@rmtransit.bsky.social

My latest in Urbantoronto compares the public transport of Chicago and Toronto, the gap is large and widening every year!

urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/10...

Toronto vs Chicago: Transit Moving Masses Through The Metropolises | UrbanToronto

As the two large Great Lakes metropolises, Chicago and Toronto have a great deal in common, but these evolving cities are on different trajectories, so comparing the two is natural. Today we examine the rail and bus lines that move masses through these two great cities, to try to determine how their public transport networks stack up.

urbantoronto.ca

October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Christopher

@heychristofur.bsky.social

A River Story | UrbanToronto urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/09...

September 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM

Jason Paris

@jasonparis.bsky.social

Always love a photo that captures the polycentric growth of the GTHA—Toronto, Humber Bay Shores, Mississauga City Centre, and beyond. Sky High | UrbanToronto
urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/09...

Sky High | UrbanToronto

Lake Ontario glistens in the sunlight over Toronto on a recent day. The red in the foreground are elements of the formwork atop Pinnacle One Yonge's SkyTower, now about 89 storeys and 275m high. The b...

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September 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM

UrbanToronto

@urbantoronto.bsky.social

Subway extensions and multiple 'supertalls' made headlines on UrbanToronto in August. Check out the full roundup here: urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/09...

Subway Extensions and Multiple 'Supertalls' Made Headlines in August, 2025 | UrbanToronto

August, 2025 saw continued interest in multiple 'supertall' towers and transit lines under construction. From a look at Toronto's tallest buildings planned and under construction, to progress on the Ontario Line 3 and Eglinton Line 5, here is the latest roundup of the top news stories, Database files, and Forum threads on UrbanToronto.

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September 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM

Toronto Boris

@torontoboris.bsky.social

His work was great. I have no idea what happened to him.

I also enjoyed EVCco blog/UrbanToronto posts about the ravines. About 15-17 years ago he basically walked and documented every waterway in the city. Sadly google deleted most of his work.

But a few things remain. evcco.blogspot.com

evcco.blogspot.com

August 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM

More Transit Southern Ontario

@moretransitso.bsky.social

Excellent article today in UrbanToronto regarding the King Street priority corridor. After 7 years of transit priority, the street remains unchanged, with no timeline for when improvements are coming. This is low hanging fruit and the city is failing big time. urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/08...