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A Victorian ‘office mansion’ by Casa Loma’s architect comes to market in Toronto

The Spaces

When it came to design, architect Edward James Lennox was something of a magpie, slapping together Gothic, Romantic Revival, Queen Anne and Edwardian features to create his unique brand of buildings, including Toronto’s Old City Hall and outlandish Gilded Era mansion, Casa Loma.

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AusterityTO

Brandon Donnelly

Whoever it is, they are going around Toronto and tagging various objects and moments with museum labels — all of which cite mayor John Tory as the artist. There is growing frustration in Toronto around the quality of our public services and spaces. And now these sorts of posts are all being tagged with #AusterityTO.

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Toronto’ tiny home’ houseboat asks for $149,000

The Spaces

The average selling price for a home in Toronto hit $1.12m in April 2023, but there are still exciting opportunities if you’re willing to think outside the box. Docked at 7 Brimley Road, in Boats Park Marina, the Toronto houseboat is asking $149,000 and has been fully renovated inside in a Scandi minimalist style.

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Editor’s Guide: 6 Ways To Get Your Project Featured on Architizer

Architizer

Prime Seafood Palace by Omar Gandhi Architects , Toronto, Canada | Popular Choice Winner, 11th Annual A+Awards, Restaurants (L > 1000 sq ft) On Architizer, you can reorder your images by hovering your cursor over the upper righthand corner any of the thumbnails where you will see a series of black icons. Same thing with size and typology.

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Traffic counts at Yonge & St. Clair since 1984

Brandon Donnelly

It is where he does a deep dive into traffic counts and modal splits for intersections across Toronto. Thanks to Canada Record for the tag on X.) For example, take the intersection of Baldwin St and Kensington Ave in Toronto’s Kensington Market. This week , he covered Yonge & St.

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Manhattan is still looking at a congestion charge for south of 60th Street

Brandon Donnelly

I found 46 that were tagged with “road pricing.” Toronto looked at road pricing back in 2016 , but we got nervous and backed away from it. We talk a lot about congestion charges and road pricing on this blog. Here’s a list of some of those posts.

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EVs are cool, but what about high-speed rail?

Brandon Donnelly

The University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy put the price tag at about $12-billion, which is $2-billion less than the bucks being thrown at the Volkswagen battery plant alone. Cost estimates are all over the map.