{"id":3019,"date":"2014-05-07T17:13:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T21:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2014-05-07T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T21:13:53","slug":"market-wharf-pug-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2014\/05\/07\/market-wharf-pug-award\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#039;re nominated for a Pug Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Market-Wharf_02_A-Frame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3021\" title=\"Market Wharf_02_A-Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Market-Wharf_02_A-Frame.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We like being nominated for things and were really happy when we were nominated for the much-acclaimed Pug Awards, which celebrates the best in Toronto architecture and planning. Founded in 2004, the Pug Awards invite the regular folk of Toronto to vote on the best, the middling and the worst of Toronto\u2019s new real estate developments.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To qualify for a Pug Award, the building must have been completed last year in 2013, be located in the city of Toronto, and have an area equal to or greater than 50,000 square feet.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019d totally love your support and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugawards.com\/pug\/nominee2014\/market-wharf\">vote<\/a> &#8211; positive vote only please, none of that \u2018LIKE IT or \u2018HATE IT\u2019 stuff.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Siiigh &#8211; you need more convincing as to why you should vote for us? What, our good looks and charm didn\u2019t do it for you?<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->How about the fact that Context was up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2013\/08\/09\/is-context-the-best-of-toronto\/\">Best Condo Developer<\/a> in Toronto because of Market Wharf?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Market-Wharf_01_A-Frame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3020\" title=\"Market Wharf_01_A-Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Market-Wharf_01_A-Frame.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"708\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Maybe it\u2019s because the Market Wharf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2013\/06\/25\/market-wharf-penthouses\/\">penthouses<\/a> are bombdotcom. They\u2019re big, they\u2019re decorated with pure class, and they have fancy kitchens and walk-in closets?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Oooh, Market Wharf also boasts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2013\/05\/22\/market-wharfs-awesome-amenities\/\">awesome amenities<\/a> including a gym that you will actually want to work out in.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Humblebrag time: Christopher Hume of The Toronto Star also gave us a glowing report card (look ma, we got an \u2018A\u2019!) because of our \u201ctall glass tower [that] has already become a landmark on the Toronto skyline. Its angled balconies give it a nautical theme, as if the balconies were moving back and forth like waves.\u201d Oh and Market Wharf also has a \u201cneighbourhood feel and scale; it belongs.\u201d Okay so we can totally copy and paste the entire article, but read it for yourself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/life\/homes\/2013\/05\/03\/lower_jarvis_boasts_a_glass_tower_with_wavelike_architecture_at_market_wharf_condos.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Market-Wharf_03_A-Frame.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3022\" title=\"Market Wharf_03_A-Frame\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Market-Wharf_03_A-Frame.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We also have this sweet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2013\/02\/04\/public-art-renderings-for-market-wharf-released\/\">public art piece<\/a> in the passage that runs within Market Wharf from Market Street to Jarvis Street, because, well, we care about the pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If that\u2019s not enough to persuade you, then check out out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/category\/in-context\/market-wharf\/\">Market Wharf<\/a> category on our blog. When you\u2019re done, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugawards.com\/pug\/nominee2014\/market-wharf\">voting<\/a> is as easy as 1-2-3.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance, friends!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We like being nominated for things and were really happy when we were nominated for the much-acclaimed Pug Awards, which celebrates the best in Toronto architecture and planning. Founded in 2004, the Pug Awards invite the regular folk of Toronto to vote on the best, the middling and the worst of Toronto\u2019s new real estate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[61,125,156],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}