Parts of Toronto's St Lawrence Neighbourhood are the city's oldest, and have existed since 1793 when the Town of York was founded. Much of what the area is known for now, however, are its urban renewal housing projects from the 1970s, initiated by then mayor David Crombie and built over the next two decades within design principles set down by George Baird. In the image below by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Mihairokov, one of the predominantly brown brick aluminum 1970s projects forms the foreground at the bottom of the photo, showing its age. After a couple of decades of little happening in the area, in the 2020s the area's again been seeing significant growth, now being dominated by high-rises, of which The Whitfield has been getting the most attention lately, rising centre-stage at rear of this photo, and bringing warm colour to the city again after years of neutral palettes.

image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Mihairokov

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