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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Took a tour of Grange Park, the AGO, OCAD, and Butterfield Park today with @tosoarch.bsky.social. I need to spend more time exploring the art, architecture, and history of this city.

Foreground: A bronze statue of a beaver by OCAD U alum and Toronto-based artist David Salazar.

Background: A colourful mural titled ‘pi’tawita’iek: we go up river’ by Jordan Bennett, a Mi’kmaq visual artist from Stephenville Crossing, Ktaqamkuk (Newfoundland).

Above both pieces of art is a black and white structure supporters by colourful columns.

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy Pride! Marching again this year with the Toronto Society of Architects.

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Was so fun marching at pride! Thank you @tosoarch.bsky.social for inviting me and creating these amazing signs of green spaces/places’

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Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Attending this year's Toronto Pride Street Fair? Come visit our booth on Church just north of Wellesley to learn more about our city's #queerspaces through our mini-exhibition. You can even snag some limited edition merch celebrating The Village to help support this work!

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Day 2 of church street pedestrianization. I am floored at how fast it happened. Nice work from the TSA interpreting a 8 sites. Even got into the Steps controversy (you can see the remnants of the steps in background)

The Steps 1980s -2004
Look carefully at the building in front of you and you will see remnants of the wide 4-5 steps that formed the entrance to businesses located just above. These covered steps became THE hang out spot for Toronto's queer community in the 1980s and 90s.
One of the few outdoor gathering spaces in The Village, The Steps were the place to see and be seen and quickly became synonymous with Toronto's queer culture. Their fame was such that they would become featured as a recurring skit in The Kids in the Hall, where Butch, Smitty and Riley would discuss topics like AIDS and marriage equality.
Unfortunately, while The Steps were initially celebrated as a hang out spot, by the early 2000s, there were divided opinions on their value and importance. What some call hanging out, others saw as oitering, and the decision was eventually done to renovate and remove the steps to discourage gathering. This decision erased one of the most iconic spaces of The Village, but similar steps would reemerge in the addition of The 519 built only a few years later.

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

And with that, our @tosoarch.bsky.social activation is now out on Church St—and people are reading them 🩷🖤. So proud of what our team was able to accomplish in just a couple of weeks and excited we get to contribute to this great initiative. Streets are for people.

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It's been a few late nights and a whole lot of heart, but very soon (tonight!) we'll be rolling out a special @tosoarch.bsky.social installation for the Church Street pedestrianization project. 🩷🖤 Excited to be contributing to this initiative!

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Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Thanks for the shout out @canadianarchitect.bsky.social ! Our walking tours are a great way to get to know the city and run every Saturday and Sunday from May all the way to the end of October!

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Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

As always, @jocelynsquires.bsky.social has an excellent summary of our talk currently happening at UofT Daniels as part of Doors Open Toronto 2026!

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

What is heritage? This question provided a fun throughline to this @janeswalk.bsky.social tour of North York City Centre, co-led by @planning.cityof.toronto.ca and @tosoarch.bsky.social Executive Director, @joelleondanis.bsky.social. Special guest Councillor @lilycheng.bsky.social!

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

YAAAAAY! Art & Architecture Trivia Night, with @tosoarch.bsky.social, @designto.bsky.social, and the Arts & Letters Club! Looking forward to it!

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Another year, another @tosoarch.bsky.social BASH! So much fun to catch up with people in such a gorgeous venue. Limberlost Place by @moriyamateshima.bsky.social and Acton Ostry was the perfect place to set off and explore when I needed a break.

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Last night I hosted a special trivia night for the Architecture and Design Film Festival Toronto exploring brutalist architecture in film—perhaps one of the most unique events I've gotten to do! So much fun (and so much concrete!)

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Amazing talk. These cities see procurement as an opportunity: to educate the public about design; to incubate young design firms; to choose from ideas presented on a level playing field. It's a must watch for any municipality--or heck, any client that procures architecture. 👏 @tosoarch.bsky.social

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Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

View from the Toronto Society of Architects (@tosoarch.bsky.social) boat tour. A really wonderful way to spend the morning, learning about the skyline, the islands, and the Port Lands.

The CN Tower towering above the skyline and the lake, the open SkyDome next to it.

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Incredible @tosoarch.bsky.social tour @utoronto.ca of two new landscapes: Ziibiing, & the transformation of King's College Circle. They're interrelated, & share themes, but come from deeply different approaches. Thank you designers/tour guides: KPMB + MVVA (UofT campus) Brook McIlroy (Ziibiing)

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Big News! The Toronto Society of Architects is now doing architecture boat tours! I got to ride along for the first one this weekend. Details at torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Yesterday I took a fantastic architecture boat tour organized by Toronto Society of Architects. More to come - see their listings & sign up. torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Here with a bunch of other awesome architecture nerds for the inaugural Toronto Society of Architects Architecture Boat Tour!!! @tosoarch.bsky.social Looking forward to seeing @joelleondanis.bsky.social keep up this level of excitement for 90 minutes!

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

That was fun! Let's do it 9 more times. You've got next weekend and the weekend after to catch on the @tosoarch.bsky.social boat tours as part of the Water/Fall festival! Thank you to @waterfrontoronto.bsky.social and Waterfront BIA for making this possible 🩵🛥️ torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/tours/

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Tours Archive - TSA

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Are you, like me, excited about PROCUREMENT?!! Then attend this panel discussion, presented by @tosoarch.bsky.social, featuring reps from Montréal, Edmonton, and New York to talk about procurement 🤝 design excellence. Oct 14, 12-1:30, online, FREE! torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/tsa-f...

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TSA Forum: Procuring Design Excellence - TSA

A virtual forum featuring three presentations and a panel discussion on diverse forms of procurement outside of Ontario.

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Joël León @joelleondanis.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Scarborough Civic Centre, Scarborough 1973, Raymond Moriyama Architect. An architectural and graphic design gem that has been (for the most part) very well preserved. The civic centre still features the old City of Scarborough logo, as well as the departmental supergraphics.

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

There will be a @tosoarch.bsky.social tour of Ziibiing and the rest of the UofT Landscape of Landmark Quality redesign, led by Brook McIlroy and @kpmbarch.bsky.social, on September 23, right around Indigenous Peoples Day! torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/tsa-l...

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TSA Landscape Tour: Ziibiing and UofT’s Landscape of Landmark Quality - TSA

Learn about the design and construction of two landmark landscapes in the historic heart of the University of Toronto’s St. George Campus.

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Exploring some of the art and history in and around Grange Park with the Toronto Society of Architects. (Learn about the TSA’s walking tours at torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/tours/ … they’re great!) @tosoarch.bsky.social

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Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A few captures of last night's Appreciation Party, an annual event to say THANK YOU to the over 300+ volunteers, sponsors and partners who make our work possible. We're grateful to be part of this generous, kind and dedicated community wanting to make a better city and profession. ♥️ 📸 Kurtis Chen

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Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Speedy and efficient construction does not need to come at the expense of sustainability and long term planning. Read our letter regarding recently passed Bills 5 and 17 torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/announcement...

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Open Letter on Ontario's Bill 5 and Bill 17 - TSA

The TSA is deeply concerned with the Province's approach to Bill 5 and 17 and their consequences on our built and natural environments.

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Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A joyful and meaningful afternoon marching as part of the 2025 Toronto Pride Parade🏳️‍🌈, celebrating and remembering our city's queer spaces. Thank you to those who represented us so well, and to the 1000s who cheered us on. 📸 Kurtis Chen

TSA marchers pose for a group photo at the end of the Toronto Pride Parade. Marchers are holding signs depicting buildings and landscapes that have served Toronto's 2SLGBTQIA+ community—pink ones for active ones, black for ones from the past.

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Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

We were in da big parade (w/ @tosoarch.bsky.social)

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Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

We’re going to be in da big parade (w/ @tosoarch.bsky.social )

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Keep an eye out for the architects (and a couple planners) we're about to march!!!

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Happy #Pride! Marching this year with the #Toronto Society of Architects. Our signs are profiling different queer spaces across the city, taken from the Toronto Queer Spaces Database @tosoarch.bsky.social

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Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Happy #Pride Toronto! Come visit our booth at the Street Fair this weekend to learn more about our city's queer spaces (including our triangular obelisk featuring 250+ spaces) and get some limited edition queer spaces merch!

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Very excited for this tour of Limberlost Place organized by the Toronto Society of Architects! Our tour guides are from George Brown College and Moriyama Teshima Architects. Acton Ostry Architects were part of the team as well as a significant team of expert consultants.

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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Check out the Toronto Society of Architects booth at the Pride Street Fair! The TSA is showcasing their research on Toronto's queer spaces (and selling some really cool queer space merch as a fundraiser for future research). They'll be around until 11 tonight and all day tomorrow.

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