Draper St. Today

Waterfront revolution begins tomorrow

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:32:36 -0500

Ground will be broken tomorrow on a $28-million project that will culminate in a total reconstruction of nearly 3.5-kilometres of downtown waterfront between Bathurst and Parliament streets by 2011. T

Fast-track waterfront school, trustees urge

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:07:50 -0500

Two Toronto trustees are pushing to speed up a plan to build a school complex near CityPlace that will cater to families expected to move into the downtown pocket already booming with condo developme

A badge of honour for the house-proud

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:51:20 -0500

HOMEFRONT: HERITAGE DESINATIONS Despite some restrictions on alterations, heritage status increases property values and stabilizes communities, adherents say On Sumach Street in the picturesque Cabba

King-Spadina reigns supreme

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:53:41 -0500

CHRISTOPHER HUME No part of Toronto has done better from urban renewal than King and Spadina. The idea that people would be living in the neighbourhood might have seemed ludicrous a decade ago, but t

Elevating the Gardiner to its proper height

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:28:40 -0500

CITYSCAPES: UGLY DUCKLING Forget burying the infamous roadway. The solution to waterfront woes may lie in celebrating the space beneath In the spring of 2003, the City of Toronto completed another se

Selling milk to 20 shimmering towers

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 22:46:32 -0400

Brett Desouza is opening no ordinary convenience store. He has hired a prolific nightclub designer to help build it. He's advertising on Facebook. And he's peddling gourmet beef jerky, recycling plast

Downtown West Condo’s

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 21:24:24 -0400

A wealth of sites available in city's downtown west area This week Condos on the Market looks at the western part of downtown Toronto, from Yonge St. to Bathurst St., south of Bloor St. Prices do not

Factories make way for funky new digs

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:29:00 -0400

This stretch of King Street was home to rows of soot-covered factories producing tractors, washing machines, textiles, perfumes and a whole lot more. But about 20 years ago, the wrecking balls arrived

Wrought iron – with a twist

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:06:03 -0400

Artist from Ukraine `has a passion' for creating custom staircases, gates, doors and furniture He came from Ukraine 11 years ago without a word of English. But he had his art ... wrought iron that h

Artful Dreams of a New Gardiner

Sun, 5 Aug 2007 22:20:04 -0400

From Shanghai to London, cities are learning to embrace and transform their elevated highways. As Leslie Scrivener reports, maybe it's time we followed suit Looking out from the 20th floor of her con