How Toronto built the CN Tower - Spacing Toronto
WEBJun 24, 2016 · The CN Tower under construction on the CN rail lands on August 18, 1973. Image: City of Toronto Archives. Construction on the CN Tower began on the site of a CN railway siding in February, 1973. Gone was the three-tower design unveiled in the 1960s, replaced by the one familiar today, and also gone was Canadian Pacific.
What You Should Know about Vancouver’s New City Plan
WEBApr 18, 2022 · City planners expect the city’s population to grow from 675,000 people today to around 920,000 by 2050. The city-wide planning process started back in 2018, one of the first things the newly elected city council voted on. The city was still reeling from a historic jump in property prices that left many Vancouverites feeling shut out of the city.
The island of Markland Woods - Spacing Magazine
WEBJan 6, 2010 · It stayed in the family until 1958, when the 400-acre farm was sold for $3 million. A few years after the destructive waters of Hurricane Hazel ripped through this lowland, residential homes were built on the area deemed high enough above the flood line, with the rest given over to the low-risk golf course. The Markland Wood.
Freeways, funding, and a flawed 1962 rail plan for Vancouver
WEBJul 14, 2010 · This was at a time when the metropolitan population of 650,000 was scattered over 10 municipalities, with about 370,000 in Vancouver. It was into this milieu that Rail-Rapid Transit for Metropolitan Vancouver was created in 1962. As the huge cost of the 1959 freeway plan became clear, the Department of …
The 11,000 year-old footprints at the bottom of Lake Ontario
WEBNov 27, 2012 · During the last ice age, a really, really, really, really big glacier covered pretty much all of Canada and the northern United States, including the Toronto area. When the ice age ended, about 12,500 years ago, the ice sheet gradually melted, receding north until it became nothing more than the remnants that are still hangingContinue reading "The 11,000 year-old footprints at the bottom of ...
Campus Perspectives: Humber College’s Lakeshore and North …
WEBSep 15, 2008 · The mid-fifties style building that looks like a high school was opened in 1958 as the Lakeshore Teacher’s College. One can only assume that the thinking in the 50s focused on giving the teacher trainees experience in a built environment similar to a real high school – even though in those days most teacher trainees went straight from grade 13 to Teacher’s College.
Street Stories: Brunswick Avenue - Spacing Toronto
WEBDec 10, 2010 · As part of the area around Bloor and Bathurst, Brunswick Avenue in the mid-1800s fell into what was known as “The Bush,” named for its sparse population. The street’s development received a jumpstart with George T. Davies’ 1876 construction of a stagecoach stop. In the 1950s, Davies’ hotel was rechristened “the Brunswick” or ...
The end of Yonge Street - Spacing Toronto
WEBApr 13, 2011 · The end of Yonge Street north of Queensville Sideroad One of Toronto’s greatest debates concerns Yonge Street’s controversial claim as “the World’s Longest Street”. Indeed, the Guinness Book of World Records published Yonge Street’s status as the true record until 1999; a bronze art installation in front of the Eaton Centre at Yonge and Dundas hasContinue reading "The end of Yonge ...
Book Review: Manual of Section - Spacing National
WEBAug 23, 2016 · An excellent bookend to the Manual. Although one would be hard pressed to strongly critique such an amazing and long overdue reference book, one small and easy improvement in the Types and Performance of Section essay, that describes each section type in detail, would be the inclusion of references beside projects described within the text ...
The parking garage of the future! - Spacing Toronto
WEBSep 9, 2017 · The Toronto Parking Authority’s first multi-storey parking structure was a conventional ramp garage at Queen and Victoria Streets. Completed in April 1956, it contained 450 spaces over three floors, and was the first municipally-owned structure of its kind in Canada. The TPA wasn’t just content to cover the city with conventional garages.
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