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The Millionth Tower Teaser Trailer
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At the Toronto the Good party last week, the National Film Board screened a teaser trailer for the upcoming Millionth Tower documentary. The Millionth Tower is the latest installment in the Highrise project, which looks at the experience of living in post war concrete towers around the world. As a part of the Millonth Tower, ERA has been working with...
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The Honest Ed’s Project: A Contemporary Intangible Heritage Project – Guest Blog by Jay Pitter
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...Stories are a good way to think through rapidly changing urban neighbourhoods. Local mythology, memory and shared values are as consequential to shaping inclusive and vibrant communities as the height and siting of buildings, greenspace and accessibility. Increasingly, intangible heritage approaches are incorporating strategic storytelling components. Specifically, I sought to initiate an intangible heritage project that would incorporate the voices...
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ERA at the Drake
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Toronto Life magazine this month features a little teaser article about the forthcoming expansion to the Drake Hotel, led by ERA. The project has just been officially announced, though we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes for a good long while. Watch this space for more information soon…...
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Illustration as a tool of clarity: Q&A with Daniel Rotsztain
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...independently of place. The St. Lawrence Market has been in a tent for the last seven years and it’s still the market. It will move into a fancy new building and that won’t change. But, arguably, if you turned the St. Lawrence Market building into a residential building, what good would it be if you didn’t have access to it? ...
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ERA Presents at TCLF Second Wave of Modernism III: Leading with Landscape
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...visitors) to various parks, memorials, historic neighbourhoods and world-class waterfront centres. ERA led tours of University Avenue, Osgoode Hall Gardens, Guild Park & Gardens, Allan Gardens, and Gooderham & Worts Distillery Complex, located in the historic Distillery District. Gooderham & Worts Distillery Complex. Image Credit: Charles Birnbaum We look forward to see how conversations brought forward by the TCLF conference...
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After the (TTG) party it’s the afterparty.
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Thanks to everyone who came out to Hart House last Thursday! Toronto the Good 2011 was a huge success, and attracted record crowds. The Tower Neighbourhood Renewal symposium was also packed to the rafters, and over a hundred people unfortunately had to be turned away at the door. Stay tuned for more photos from the day’s events, and further discussions...
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Heritage Toronto – Poster Design Finalists
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If you missed seeing the Heritage Toronto 2008 Poster Design finalists at the Toronto the Good party you can view the work at the Urbanscape Architectural Gallery which is located at 2959 Dundas St.W The opening reception is this Friday June 20 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm...
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Bill Greer (1925–2023)
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...exploring ‘what good one man could do on behalf of humanity’. That altruism appears again and again in Bill’s work. Whether Bill knew it or not I was observing his every move. I saw that an architect could work with grace and gentleness. An architect could listen to others and through persuasion, collaboration, and insight, provide direction. Architecture has always...
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Missed Connections
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Inspired by our friends at Coach House, we put out a discrete little Missed Connections box near the entry of the Toronto the Good party this year. If you met or saw someone interesting, but couldn’t quite muster up the nerve to exchange information, maybe the magic of Missed Connections could help. Below are a small, curated handful of the...
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Dragon Centre Stories: Perspectives on Multi-Cultural Retail and Suburban Cultural Heritage
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...was a retail centre providing Chinese goods that, at the time, could otherwise only be purchased in Toronto’s downtown Chinatowns. More than a collection of stores, the mall was a major cultural hub for the Chinese-Canadian community. It served as a catalyst for the development of what many identified as “Scarborough’s Chinatown,” a hub among other Chinese malls and plazas...
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