The Future Fix Podcast: Food security and circular economies

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Spacing and Evergreen proudly present The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada, a special podcast series. THIS EPISODE... Read More

Urban Design Toronto

The Beautiful Mess of Toronto Laneways, my newest book for Spacing

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There is no public space that holds my heart quite like a laneway. When I moved downtown in the mid-1990s I began to wander the city’s... Read More

Housing Toronto

LORINC: What exactly does ‘affordable housing’ mean in Toronto?

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With the unveiling yesterday of the City’s ten-year “Housing Opportunities Toronto” (HOT) action plan, Mayor John Tory and city... Read More

Events Toronto

The Ward Cabaret is Toronto’s original musical

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When immigrants arrived in Toronto in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they disembarked either at Union Station or one of the... Read More

Politics Toronto

Dear Toronto: We need to talk about city charters

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Is the answer to Toronto’s problems a city charter? According to the aptly named Charter City Toronto, it is. From my perspective, the... Read More

Traffic Toronto

Is the future of ride hailing friendly?

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Torontonians love Uber and Lyft. So much that there are an estimated 70,000 private transportation company (PTC) vehicles operating on... Read More

Toronto

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 041, Toronto’s endless transit circus

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It’s been a while since we delved into the always amusing world of Toronto transit. There have been major proposals from the... Read More

Transit Toronto

Transportation tech bros need to listen to the Vision Zero folks

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When we talk about Smart Cities, which seems to be all the time now, we hear about tensions between public governance and corporate... Read More

Architecture

Book Review From the Stacks: Form + Code

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“Elegant as an algorithm, clear as a program, and as enthralling as a video game, Form+Code is a powerful tool, both as a... Read More

Streetscape Toronto

Toronto’s 10-year public art strategy

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Last week, Mayor John Tory dropped by OCAD to declare that 2021 would be the year of public art in Toronto. This announcement sets up... Read More

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