Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share with you some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will enable constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities, though we’ll settle for some witty jibes against la Ville reine in the comments.
Streetcar oriented development Sean Marshall looks at the possible streetcar-oriented development emerging with Toronto’s push to revitalize urban and suburban arterials. This type of development is apparently nothing new to the city; present examples include North Toronto, the Beach and Mimico. As Montreal is presently looking into streetcar revival, this story will be interesting to follow.
I am (not) lovin’ it The disappearance of a McDonald’s restaurant may not be something many regret. Yet, as Thomas Wicks writes, the sell of the McDonald’s building next to the ROM means a 70s architecture landmark might be destroyed. The corporation who bought the land from the fast food chain plans to build a 100m tall condo tower with a brand new (probably generic and dull) McDonald’s…
How Torontonians travel This post brings forth data from a 2006 census as to what mode of transportation Torontonians use between walking, biking, transit and driving. The trend shows that driving is still well favoured over transit -the disparity only increasing with age.