Joël León
@joelleondanis.bsky.social
Caraqueño en Toronto. Architect, researcher, plant caretaker.
Great to see this idea getting momentum. Church St at The Village is a truly unique place and pedestrianizing it for at least part of the year would go a long way in supporting its vibrancy. Already events like Pride and Halloween show its potential to be a gathering place.
Update: had another meeting today with the councillor's office about the Church St pedestrianization plan & things are moving along!
We’re aiming for Dundonald to Alexander during Summer 2026, possibly rolled into an extended Pride ped’ztn or FIFA activation! Transpo staff & the BIA are onboard!
We’re aiming for Dundonald to Alexander during Summer 2026, possibly rolled into an extended Pride ped’ztn or FIFA activation! Transpo staff & the BIA are onboard!
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great to see this idea getting momentum. Church St at The Village is a truly unique place and pedestrianizing it for at least part of the year would go a long way in supporting its vibrancy. Already events like Pride and Halloween show its potential to be a gathering place.
Streets are for people. Great to see Church St. once again packed for Halloween 🎃. This is a yearly event we should really be investing in as a city—so much cultural and tourism potential!
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Streets are for people. Great to see Church St. once again packed for Halloween 🎃. This is a yearly event we should really be investing in as a city—so much cultural and tourism potential!
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I know it's not a shining point in the game but I love how much the Jays are bringing the city together. It's not exactly warm, and the outdoor stage at @utoronto.ca King's College Circle is packed with people. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I know it's not a shining point in the game but I love how much the Jays are bringing the city together. It's not exactly warm, and the outdoor stage at @utoronto.ca King's College Circle is packed with people. ❤️
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day 2:
dodger stadium's 16,000-spot parking lot is so huge, it could fit ~10 more dodger stadiums in its place. a monument to socal's asphalt addiction more than to baseball.
meanwhile in toronto, an actual walkable, bustling city exists around the stadium
dodger stadium's 16,000-spot parking lot is so huge, it could fit ~10 more dodger stadiums in its place. a monument to socal's asphalt addiction more than to baseball.
meanwhile in toronto, an actual walkable, bustling city exists around the stadium
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
day 2:
dodger stadium's 16,000-spot parking lot is so huge, it could fit ~10 more dodger stadiums in its place. a monument to socal's asphalt addiction more than to baseball.
meanwhile in toronto, an actual walkable, bustling city exists around the stadium
dodger stadium's 16,000-spot parking lot is so huge, it could fit ~10 more dodger stadiums in its place. a monument to socal's asphalt addiction more than to baseball.
meanwhile in toronto, an actual walkable, bustling city exists around the stadium
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Today in Ottawa: Library Archives Canada, Mathers Haldenby, 1967.
This is just the lobby. What a feast of details.
This is just the lobby. What a feast of details.
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Today in Ottawa: Library Archives Canada, Mathers Haldenby, 1967.
This is just the lobby. What a feast of details.
This is just the lobby. What a feast of details.
Had the mindblowing opportunity to go up to what will soon be the tallest building in Canada. What a view!
September 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Had the mindblowing opportunity to go up to what will soon be the tallest building in Canada. What a view!
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Let’s talk about procurement (no seriously, it’s a really important topic!). The Toronto Society of Architects and the Ottawa Architecture Foundation are both hosting talks on public procurement processes and how to achieve better design outcomes.
September 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Let’s talk about procurement (no seriously, it’s a really important topic!). The Toronto Society of Architects and the Ottawa Architecture Foundation are both hosting talks on public procurement processes and how to achieve better design outcomes.
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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/
September 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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/
My favourite waterfront hidden gems
We went by the great mod island pavilions. They must be saved.
September 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My favourite waterfront hidden gems
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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/
September 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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/
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/
torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/tours/
September 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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/
torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/tours/
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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!
Looking forward to seeing @joelleondanis.bsky.social keep up this level of excitement for 90 minutes!
September 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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!
Looking forward to seeing @joelleondanis.bsky.social keep up this level of excitement for 90 minutes!
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Oooh and view now:
September 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Oooh and view now:
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The massive construction of apartments in postwar urban Canada – principally Toronto – produced homes for the middle class and the working class. Millions of people to date.
Density isn’t a magic wand, but: It made a difference, in the real world, in living memory.
Density isn’t a magic wand, but: It made a difference, in the real world, in living memory.
September 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The massive construction of apartments in postwar urban Canada – principally Toronto – produced homes for the middle class and the working class. Millions of people to date.
Density isn’t a magic wand, but: It made a difference, in the real world, in living memory.
Density isn’t a magic wand, but: It made a difference, in the real world, in living memory.
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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...
torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/tsa-f...
TSA Forum: Procuring Design Excellence - TSA
A virtual forum featuring three presentations and a panel discussion on diverse forms of procurement outside of Ontario.
torontosocietyofarchitects.ca
September 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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...
torontosocietyofarchitects.ca/events/tsa-f...
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.
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.
September 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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.
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.
A great piece by Fadi Masoud with actionable items to make our city parks more beautiful and resilient (including dealing with those horrible bins).
As Toronto's parks department searches for a new general manager of Parks while facing criticism from the Auditor General, landscape architect Fadi Masoud offers proposals for how to revitalize Toronto's green spaces. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
Toronto Parks Need a Reboot - Spacing Toronto
Recent Auditor General reports exposed deep-rooted inefficiencies and systemic issues in Toronto’s Parks & Recreation (P&R) Division. Despite these challenges, P&R is staffed by many dedicated public ...
spacing.ca
August 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A great piece by Fadi Masoud with actionable items to make our city parks more beautiful and resilient (including dealing with those horrible bins).
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Chipperfield comes to Toronto. An apartment tower that also saves a critically important Modern building.
40parkroad.ca/documents/
40parkroad.ca/documents/
August 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Chipperfield comes to Toronto. An apartment tower that also saves a critically important Modern building.
40parkroad.ca/documents/
40parkroad.ca/documents/
Harbour Terrace, Toronto 1987, Li Architect. 1990 Award of Merit Governor General's Awards for Architecture
August 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Harbour Terrace, Toronto 1987, Li Architect. 1990 Award of Merit Governor General's Awards for Architecture
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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
July 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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
Postcard perfect views of Toronto at the newly opened Biidaasige Park with the new mouth of the Don River taking centre stage.
July 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Postcard perfect views of Toronto at the newly opened Biidaasige Park with the new mouth of the Don River taking centre stage.
Celebrate public infrastructure 🎉
reasonably sure this is the first time a regional government agency has launched a new service with an elaborate broadway musical parody
July 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Celebrate public infrastructure 🎉
Thank you @anotherglassbox.bsky.social for sharing about this important new space in our city.
Posted this on Twitter for impact but figure folks here would like to see it too: yesterday toured the new shelter that's in the news for making a certain demo of neighbours mad.
Unsurprisingly, it's awesome. I'm gonna show you why.
Unsurprisingly, it's awesome. I'm gonna show you why.
July 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thank you @anotherglassbox.bsky.social for sharing about this important new space in our city.
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An open letter published by the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) expresses concerns over Ontario Bill 5 and Bill 17.
Toronto Society of Architects publishes Open Letter on Ontario's Bill 5 and Bill 17
An open letter published by the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) expresses concerns over Ontario Bill 5 and Bill 17.
www.canadianarchitect.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
An open letter published by the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) expresses concerns over Ontario Bill 5 and Bill 17.
This is the kind of research we need to build a better city. Kudos to the teams at Giaimo and Ha/f for digging into this important topic. Now let's make the changes that need to happen so we can both add density and keep all those main street small businesses that make Toronto so special.
Garbage, Parking, and the Death of Small Businesses. Eager to hear your thoughts!
@jasonthorne.bsky.social @alexbozikovic.bsky.social @johnlorinc.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social
@jasonthorne.bsky.social @alexbozikovic.bsky.social @johnlorinc.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social
Parking, Garbage and the Decline of Toronto's Small Businesses
Kelly Alvarez Doran and Mithcell May examine how parking and Type G loading regulations lead to lacklustre retail in new buildings.
www.azuremagazine.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is the kind of research we need to build a better city. Kudos to the teams at Giaimo and Ha/f for digging into this important topic. Now let's make the changes that need to happen so we can both add density and keep all those main street small businesses that make Toronto so special.