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17: 79:. Individual entries contain present and historical photographs of the site in question as well as information about its date of construction, architect, designer, creator, cultural history, architectural style, level of heritage designation, and location. Historical architectural styles that are highly represented in the database include 134:, built between 1940 and 2000 in North York, Etobicoke, and Scarborough. The database also maintains an updated list of "at-risk" buildings in the city that are currently threatened by demolition, redevelopment, neglect, or alteration, and most recently by provincial Bill 23. 43:. The database's initial catalogue was created by Robert Krawczyk in 2006. In 2015, ACO Toronto assumed the operation of TOBuilt and relaunched it on a new platform. As of December 2023, TOBuilt maintains entries for over 15,000 sites located across the city of Toronto. 322: 88: 142:
In February 2021, the owner of a 3-storey Second Empire building designed by Scottish architect David Brash Dick in 1878 at 127 Strachan Avenue in Toronto's West End
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neighbourhood withdrew a demolition application after advocacy efforts led by TOBuilt. The project centred around a TOBuilt
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is a digital, crowd-sourced database of buildings, structures, heritage sites, and human-made landscapes in
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TOBuilt has conducted several extensive surveys of architectural typologies in Toronto, including of
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TOBuilt's central mandate is to document architecture and built heritage throughout Toronto's
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campaign and an online petition garnering nearly 5,000 signatures.
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buildings, as well as those representing modern styles such as
427:"Historic Toronto hotel is at risk of being demolished" 479:"TOBuilt Save 127 Strachan Avenue Instagram campaign" 252:. Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Toronto 200:. Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Toronto 174:. Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Toronto 8: 401:"Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022" 39:maintained by the Toronto branch of the 159: 220:"TOBuilt Entries for Indigenous Sites" 272:"TOBuilt places of worship catalogue" 7: 41:Architectural Conservancy of Ontario 375:"TOBuilt Bill 23 At-Risk Carousel" 246:"TOBuilt Missing Middle catalogue" 14: 407:. Legislative Assembly of Ontario 566:Historic preservation in Canada 556:Organizations based in Toronto 1: 551:2006 establishments in Canada 561:Heritage registers in Canada 297:"TOBuilt schools catalogue" 124:missing middle architecture 582: 349:"TOBuilt At-Risk Page" 321:Tersigni, Alessandro. 138:Architectural advocacy 21: 453:"127 Strachan Avenue" 194:"TOBuilt search page" 19: 329:. The Toronto Star 93:Queen Anne Revival 22: 513:. City of Toronto 573: 536:Official website 523: 522: 520: 518: 503: 497: 494: 492: 490: 475: 469: 468: 466: 464: 449: 443: 442: 440: 438: 423: 417: 416: 414: 412: 397: 391: 390: 388: 386: 371: 365: 364: 362: 360: 345: 339: 338: 336: 334: 318: 312: 311: 309: 307: 293: 287: 286: 284: 282: 268: 262: 261: 259: 257: 242: 236: 235: 233: 231: 216: 210: 209: 207: 205: 190: 184: 183: 181: 179: 164: 47:Database content 581: 580: 576: 575: 574: 572: 571: 570: 541: 540: 532: 527: 526: 516: 514: 505: 504: 500: 488: 486: 477: 476: 472: 462: 460: 451: 450: 446: 436: 434: 425: 424: 420: 410: 408: 399: 398: 394: 384: 382: 373: 372: 368: 358: 356: 347: 346: 342: 332: 330: 327:www.thestar.com 320: 319: 315: 305: 303: 295: 294: 290: 280: 278: 270: 269: 265: 255: 253: 244: 243: 239: 229: 227: 218: 217: 213: 203: 201: 192: 191: 187: 177: 175: 168:"About TOBuilt" 166: 165: 161: 156: 140: 128:suburban houses 101:Arts and Crafts 49: 12: 11: 5: 579: 577: 569: 568: 563: 558: 553: 543: 542: 539: 538: 531: 530:External links 528: 525: 524: 511:app.toronto.ca 498: 470: 444: 418: 392: 366: 340: 313: 288: 263: 237: 211: 185: 158: 157: 155: 152: 139: 136: 132:Victory Houses 81:Gothic Revival 48: 45: 20:TOBuilt's logo 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 578: 567: 564: 562: 559: 557: 554: 552: 549: 548: 546: 537: 534: 533: 529: 512: 508: 502: 499: 496: 484: 483:instagram.com 480: 474: 471: 458: 457:acotoronto.ca 454: 448: 445: 432: 428: 422: 419: 406: 402: 396: 393: 381:. ACO Toronto 380: 379:acotoronto.ca 376: 370: 367: 355:. ACO Toronto 354: 353:acotoronto.ca 350: 344: 341: 328: 324: 317: 314: 302: 301:acotoronto.ca 298: 292: 289: 277: 276:acotoronto.ca 273: 267: 264: 251: 250:acotoronto.ca 247: 241: 238: 226:. ACO Toronto 225: 224:acotoronto.ca 221: 215: 212: 199: 198:acotoronto.ca 195: 189: 186: 173: 172:acotoronto.ca 169: 163: 160: 153: 151: 149: 145: 137: 135: 133: 129: 125: 120: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 89:Second Empire 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 46: 44: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 18: 515:. Retrieved 510: 501: 487:. Retrieved 482: 473: 461:. Retrieved 456: 447: 435:. Retrieved 430: 421: 409:. Retrieved 404: 395: 383:. Retrieved 378: 369: 357:. Retrieved 352: 343: 331:. Retrieved 326: 316: 304:. Retrieved 300: 291: 279:. Retrieved 275: 266: 254:. Retrieved 249: 240: 228:. Retrieved 223: 214: 202:. Retrieved 197: 188: 176:. Retrieved 171: 162: 141: 130:, including 121: 113:Neoclassical 53:six boroughs 50: 24: 23: 405:www.ola.org 77:Scarborough 57:Old Toronto 545:Categories 431:blogto.com 411:7 December 385:7 December 359:7 December 333:7 December 306:7 December 281:7 December 230:7 December 154:References 85:Italianate 61:North York 485:. TOBuilt 459:. TOBuilt 148:Instagram 117:Brutalism 97:Edwardian 73:Etobicoke 65:East York 433:. BlogTO 105:Georgian 517:29 June 489:29 June 463:29 June 437:29 June 256:29 June 204:29 June 178:29 June 144:Niagara 109:Regency 33:Ontario 29:Toronto 25:TOBuilt 111:, and 99:, and 75:, and 37:Canada 519:2021 491:2021 465:2021 439:2021 413:2022 387:2022 361:2022 335:2022 308:2022 283:2022 258:2021 232:2022 206:2021 180:2021 69:York 547:: 509:. 481:. 455:. 429:. 403:. 377:. 351:. 325:. 299:. 274:. 248:. 222:. 196:. 170:. 107:, 95:, 91:, 87:, 83:, 71:, 67:, 63:, 59:, 55:: 35:, 31:, 521:. 493:. 467:. 441:. 415:. 389:. 363:. 337:. 310:. 285:. 260:. 234:. 208:. 182:.

Index


Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario
six boroughs
Old Toronto
North York
East York
York
Etobicoke
Scarborough
Gothic Revival
Italianate
Second Empire
Queen Anne Revival
Edwardian
Arts and Crafts
Georgian
Regency
Neoclassical
Brutalism
missing middle architecture
suburban houses
Victory Houses
Niagara
Instagram
"About TOBuilt"
"TOBuilt search page"
"TOBuilt Entries for Indigenous Sites"

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