Urban design firm DTAH and Bloor-Annex BIA lauded by city
NEILAND BRISSENDEN/GLEANER NEWS
By Megan Bocchinfuso
NEWS: Parkettes win Urban Design Award (Fall 2023)
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NEILAND BRISSENDEN/GLEANER NEWS
FOCUS: Bloor Street BIA parkettes win prestigious design award
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Architectural association praises conversion of asphalt lots to “dynamic green public amenities”
By Hailey Alexander
NEWS: Geary goes green (Apr. 2021)
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Construction on first Green Line initiative set for 2022
By Mary An
One of the first initiatives within the Green Line is underway. As chronicled in the Annex Gleaner’s February edition, the Green Line will be a five kilometre-long park running along the hydro-electric corridor north of Dupont Street.
NEWS: 45 land parcels for Green Line (Feb. 2021)
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Long linked greenspace north of the tracks in the works
By Mary An
ON THE COVER (Jan. 2020)
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NEWS: OCAD students design bike rings (Dec. 2019)
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Traditional and contemporary pieces win competition
By Khyrsten Mieras
New bike racks are being added to the Annex’s urban landscape after OCAD announced the winners of its design contest in mid-November.
FOCUS (OCTOBER 2016): Marked with granite
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Creating a spot to gather
PICTURE COURTESY ROBERT CRAM: A Quebec quarry worker marks granite destined to become part seating, part art installation in four parkettes set to launch on Bloor Street in 2018.
By Geremy Bordonaro
Tags: Annex
NEWS: What’s next for College Street?
October 28th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS: What’s next for College Street?
Visioning a future for Little Italy
PICTURE COURTESY DTAH: Astra Burka, who organized the discussion on the future of College Street from Bathurst to Shaw streets, lauded the Bloor Annex BIA (whose chair publishes this newspaper) for its plan to transform “a series of left-over parcels of land into a sequence of vibrant, dynamic, public green spaces”.