{"id":35443,"date":"2026-05-16T18:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/formahenge-urbantoronto\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T18:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:45:30","slug":"formahenge-urbantoronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/formahenge-urbantoronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Formahenge | UrbanToronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>Four times a year, as the earth&#8217;s rotation axis tilts about 17\u00b0 off of the sun&#8217;s geometric centre, (as earth approaches and retreats from the biannual equinoxes in March and September), Toronto&#8217;s east-west streets line up with the sunrise and sunset. Caught during the most recent &#8216;Torontohenge&#8217; on April 19th, a brilliant sunrise with colourful clouds bounces off the folded and reflective walls and windows of the Frank Gehry-designed Forma, now rising on King Street on the west side of Downtown.<\/p>\n<p><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2026\/05\/60841\/60841-197615.jpg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-738a6d4b-7449-4595-8d9d-9dd4050c4a19\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"Looking east along King Street past Forma during the April 19, 2026 'Torontohenge' sunrise\" title=\"Looking east along King Street past Forma during the April 19, 2026 'Torontohenge' sunrise, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor kotsy\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2026\/05\/60841\/60841-197615.jpg', true, 'Looking east along King Street past Forma during the April 19, 2026 \\'Torontohenge\\' sunrise, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor kotsy'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking east along King Street past Forma during the April 19, 2026 &#8216;Torontohenge&#8217; sunrise, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor kotsy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This image comes to us courtesy of UrbanToronto Forum contributor <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/forum\/threads\/toronto-forma-308m-84s-great-gulf-gehry-partners.19170\/post-2390603\" target=\"_blank\">kotsy<\/a>. 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