Jack Landau

Toronto

Reporter and Photographer at blogTO

Photography, sports, all things urban, and my dumb cat. News editor + reporter @blogTO Regular photo uploads here: https://t.co/0pljkkUJ9z

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A Toronto shopping plaza is being torn to shreds right now

4 days ago | blogto.com | Jack Landau

Demolition crews are in the process of tearing down yet another Toronto shopping plaza, part of a major dying-off of retail centres around the province. The Riverdale Shopping Centre at the northeast corner of Gerrard Street East and Carlaw Avenue is the latest casualty in this trend, and while the former retail plaza is currently being reduced to rubble, it's a change locals might soon be thankful for.
11 towers to rise in place of shuttered Hudson's Bay location

6 days ago | dailyhive.com | Jack Landau

An Ontario mall anchored by a recently shuttered Hudson’s Bay location will be totally demolished to make way for an enormous new community with 11 towers. Pre-application plans revealed in April highlight plans to redevelop a portion of the Burlington Centre mall lands at 777 Guelph Line, just the latest in a series of planned and active mall redevelopments reshaping the region’s retail landscape.
Hudson's Bay location in Ontario would be torn down for huge 11-tower development

6 days ago | blogto.com | Jack Landau

An Ontario mall anchored by a recently shuttered Hudson's Bay location will be totally demolished to make way for an enormous new community with 11 towers. Pre-application plans revealed in April highlight plans to redevelop a portion of the Burlington Centre mall lands at 777 Guelph Line, just the latest in a series of planned and active mall redevelopments reshaping the region's retail landscape.
There's an epic Porsche Race Track opening just outside Toronto

1 week ago | curiocity.com | Taylor Lucas |Jack Landau

The hotly anticipated Porsche Experience Centre Toronto (PEC) — the first of its kind in Canada — is just a few months away after years of construction and delays. Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. announced on Wednesday that the new attraction under construction just outside Toronto will open in June as part of Pickering’s 20-acre Durham Live entertainment complex, boasting a race track, simulators, a cafe, and a gift shop dedicated to the German sports car manufacturer.
Thrilling Porsche race track attraction to open in Ontario this spring

1 week ago | blogto.com | Jack Landau

The hotly anticipated Porsche Experience Centre Toronto (PEC) — the first of its kind in Canada — is just a few months away after years of construction and delays. Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. announced on Wednesday that the new attraction under construction just outside Toronto will open in June as part of Pickering's 20-acre Durham Live entertainment complex, boasting a race track, simulators, a cafe, and a gift shop dedicated to the German sports car manufacturer.
Canada's Wonderland unveils progress on AlpenFury roller coaster

1 week ago | dailyhive.com | Jack Landau

Canada’s Wonderland’s new flagship attraction, AlpenFury, is racing towards a projected spring 2025 opening, and the record-breaking roller coaster is already looking quite impressive a few weeks ahead of the park’s 2025 season opener. AlpenFury will launch riders out of the park’s iconic Wonder Mountain along a 1,000-metre-long track that will reach top speeds of 115 km/h with a mind-bending nine inversions â€” more than any other launch coaster on the continent.
Canada's Wonderland's new record-breaking coaster is quickly taking shape

1 week ago | blogto.com | Jack Landau

Canada's Wonderland's new record-breaking coaster is quickly taking shape Canada's Wonderland's new flagship attraction, AlpenFury, is racing towards a projected spring 2025 opening, and the record-breaking roller coaster is already looking quite impressive a few weeks ahead of the park's 2025 season opener.
Toronto's iconic Flatiron Building is completely hidden right now

1 week ago | blogto.com | Jack Landau

Tourists, be warned: photos of Toronto's iconic Gooderham Building (better known as the Flatiron Building) are not possible right now due to renovations. A trip to Toronto isn't complete without photos of all the familiar landmarks like the CN Tower and the Gooderham Building, but that travel album might be lacking for anyone currently touring around town.
Almost 70-year-old Toronto office building could be torn down for new skyscraper

1 week ago | blogto.com | Jack Landau

The rapid Manhattanization of Toronto's Yonge Street is set to continue with another high-flying proposal that would see a downtown office building razed and replaced by a new skyscraper. A mid-rise office building dating back almost 70 years is on the chopping block as part of a new proposal that would transform the corner of Yonge and Melinda, adjacent to the south exit of the TTC's King subway station.
Toronto neighbours fear huge tower may give them cancer and collapse their homes

1 week ago | blogto.com | Jack Landau

A local neighbourhood group is concerned about an approved plan to construct a 42-storey tower in their area, raising a long list of fears about the new development in an open letter shared earlier this month. The group, which calls itself "Concerned Residents of Willowdale," has various concerns about the planned tower at 2810–2816 Bayview Avenue.