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Design

Montcrest School Redevelopment wins Urban Design Awards
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Are these our best new buildings?

September 15, 2021September 26, 2021 A.K. Yeun Broadview Avenue, Church Street, Design, Dovercourt Road, Montcrest School, Ryerson University, Toronto Urban Design Awards

Twenty-six building designs, most already built, were awarded by the city on Sept. 14 in the 2021 Toronto Urban Awards.

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June 29: How Indian dyed cottons transformed Europe’s interiors

June 15, 2018May 29, 2018 Streeter staff Design, Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum

Rosemary Crill presents a fascinating look at how the hybrid designs of chintz fabrics, with their exotic flowers and trees, fed into the 18th-century craze for Chinoiserie.

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Style & Fashion 

Fashion in action

February 23, 2012June 8, 2014 Town Crier staff clothing, Design, fashion, fashion show, St. Clement's School

St. Clement’s School students design and model their creations

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NEWS 

Pair's project treads off the beaten path

February 9, 2012June 19, 2019 Town Crier staff Andrew Horsman, contest, Design, environment, Evergreen Brick Works, Gloria Perez, Jessica Gafic, Ontario Tire Stewardship, Reusable Material, Rubber, Tires

Duo proposes using tire rubber as mulch trail going through the Evergreen Brickworks

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Summerhill shops get award of merit

November 11, 2011 Town Crier staff Audaxarchitecture, Award Of Merit, Christopher Borgal, Design, Gianpiero Pugliese, Goldsmith Borgal And Company, heritage, Heritage Toronto, Shops On Summerhill, South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District

Heritage Toronto recognized the transformation for keeping the original vision

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NEWS 

Casa Loma-inspired chair design

September 19, 2011 Town Crier staff Albertine Dawn, Casa Loma, chair, Chair Affair, Dawn Barbieri, Design, fundraising, Furniture Bank

Beach designer’s chair to be auctioned at fundraising event

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Persian rugs worth the investment

June 28, 2011June 8, 2014 Farhana Uddin accessories, Carpets, Design, home decor, Persian Rugs

The popular home decor piece is not as expensive as it once was

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Home 

Don’t fear the fuchsia

May 11, 2011June 9, 2014 Kelly Gadzala Cobi Ladner, Cobistyle, Colour, decor, Design

Giving up the bland doesn’t mean a radical makeover

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NEWS 

Designer maps out city of neighbourhoods

July 28, 2010 Town Crier staff Design, Jenny Beorkrem, map, Ork Posters

What if you could see our “City of Neighbourhoods” as literally just that?

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Designer brings warmth to homes ­— and the needy

May 31, 2010 Town Crier staff Design, interior design

Alison Doyle has always been inspired by empty space.

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NEWS 

Students design new bike racks

February 3, 2010 Town Crier staff bikes, cemetery, Design

A funky new bike rack is coming to Mount Pleasant Cemetery this summer.

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Streeter News, Views and Things To Do are selected from neighbourhoods across Toronto. For local news only, see our community pages:

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• Cabbagetown
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• Leaside
• Leslieville
• North Toronto
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• Riverdale
• Upper Beaches
• Woodbine Heights

We are adding more communities and more features daily. Check back for news, views and things to do in your neighbourhood.

That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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