Editing Toronto (section)

=== Architecture ===
{{Main|Architecture of Toronto}}
{{See also|List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto|List of tallest buildings in Toronto}}
[[File:Sharp_Centre_for_Design.jpg|thumb|right|The Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design, an extension of [[OCAD University]]'s main building]]
Toronto's buildings vary in design and age, with many structures dating back to the early 19th century, while other prominent buildings were just newly built in the first decade of the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takhar |first=Jas |date=February 12, 2020 |title=The History of Toronto Architecture |url=https://medium.com/@jastakhar13/the-history-of-toronto-architecture-6f7dbbf1ff3a |access-date=April 4, 2021 |website=Medium |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513021930/https://medium.com/@jastakhar13/the-history-of-toronto-architecture-6f7dbbf1ff3a |url-status=live }}</ref> Lawrence Richards, a member of the Faculty of Architecture at the [[University of Toronto]], has said, "Toronto is a new, brash, rag-tag place—a big mix of periods and styles."<ref>{{cite web |title=Toronto Architecture |url=http://www.where.ca/Toronto/article_feature~listing_id~95.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101083629/http://www.where.ca/Toronto/article_feature~listing_id~95.htm |archive-date=November 1, 2011 }}</ref> [[Bay-and-gable]] houses, mainly found in Old Toronto, are a distinct architectural feature of the city. Defining the Toronto skyline is the CN Tower, a telecommunications and tourism hub. Completed in 1976 at a height of {{convert|553.33|m|ftin}}, it was the world's tallest<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080124080732/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070913/cn_tower_070913/20070913?hub=SciTech Dubai building surpasses CN Tower in height], [[CTV Television Network]] (2007); retrieved September 13, 2007.</ref> freestanding structure until 2007 when it was surpassed by [[Burj Khalifa]] in [[Dubai]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Bill |date=September 13, 2007 |title=CN Tower no longer world's tallest |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2007/09/13/cn_tower_no_longer_worlds_tallest.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816175733/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2007/09/13/cn_tower_no_longer_worlds_tallest.html |archive-date=August 16, 2016 }}</ref>

Toronto is a city of high-rises and had 1,875 buildings over {{convert|30|m|ft}} as of 2011.<ref>Most of these buildings are residential. In contrast, the central business district contains commercial office towers. There has been recent attention given to the need to retrofit many of these buildings, which were constructed beginning in the 1950s as residential apartment blocks to accommodate a quickly growing population. As of November 2011, the city had 132 high-rise buildings under construction. {{cite web |date=October 5, 2011 |title=Highrises? We're tops on the continent |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/article/1064773-highrises-we-re-tops-on-the-continent |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140418235131/http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1064773-highrises-we-re-tops-on-the-continent |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2014 |access-date=April 18, 2014 |work=Toronto Star |publisher=TheStar.com |id=Some 132 tall buildings are currently rising in Toronto, by far the most in North America. }}</ref>

Through the 1960s and 1970s, significant pieces of Toronto's architectural heritage were demolished to make way for redevelopment or parking. In contrast, since 2000, amid the [[Canadian property bubble]], Toronto has experienced a condo construction boom and architectural revival, with several buildings opened by world-renowned architects. [[Daniel Libeskind]]'s [[Royal Ontario Museum]] addition, [[Frank Gehry]]'s remake of the [[Art Gallery of Ontario]], and [[Will Alsop]]'s distinctive [[OCAD University]] expansion are among the city's new showpieces.<ref>{{cite web |year=2005 |title=Toronto's Cultural Renaissance |url=http://www.livewithculture.ca/livewithculture_ca/about/cultural_renaissance_projects/toronto_s_cultural_renaissance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111050849/http://www.livewithculture.ca/livewithculture_ca/about/cultural_renaissance_projects/toronto_s_cultural_renaissance |archive-date=November 11, 2007 |website=livewithculture.ca |publisher=City of Toronto }}</ref> The mid-1800s Distillery District, on the eastern edge of downtown, has been redeveloped into a pedestrian-oriented arts, culture and entertainment neighbourhood.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Distillery Historic District |url=http://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/the-distillery-historic-district/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711164809/http://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/the-distillery-historic-district/ |archive-date=July 11, 2016 |access-date=July 16, 2016 |website=Toronto.com }}</ref> This construction boom has some observers call the phenomenon the [[Manhattanization]] of Toronto after [[Manhattan|the densely built island borough]] of New York City.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alcoba |first=Natalie |date=August 27, 2014 |title=Toronto's 'Manhattanization': Downtown development growing at 'mind blowing' rate |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/toronto/torontos-manhattanization-downtown-office-development-growing-at-mind-blowing-rate |access-date=June 28, 2015 |archive-date=August 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806192737/http://news.nationalpost.com/toronto/torontos-manhattanization-downtown-office-development-growing-at-mind-blowing-rate |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Wide image|Sunset Toronto Skyline Panorama Crop from Snake Island.jpg|1040px|Toronto skyline from [[Toronto Harbour]] looking north at dusk, in 2018|center|alt=}}
{{Wide image|320 L1070205 27-020 (50882129891) (cropped).jpg|1040px|Toronto skyline from [[Riverdale, Toronto|Riverdale]] looking west, in 2021|center|alt=}}