Housing Toronto

We have a housing crisis— why aren’t we talking about rent control?

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In the mad-dash scramble to call out the culprits and cheer on the saviours in Toronto’s ever-accelerating housing crisis, there’s... Read More

Urban Design

Book Review: Soft City

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Author: David Sim (Island Press, 2019) Bringing the soft back to cities Cities are often caricatured as hard and harsh. Concrete... Read More

Events Toronto

Remembering the city-building poet laureate

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In 2004, I was introduced to Pier Giorgio DiCicco, then recently unveiled at the City of Toronto’s poet laureate. Little did I... Read More

Architecture Toronto

Embodied carbon and the problem of concrete Toronto

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Whatever else you might think about Sidewalk Labs (SWL), the controversial smart city proposal has made one undeniably positive... Read More

Events Vancouver

EVENT: 2019 Year-in-Review Panel, February 6, 2020

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A panel discussion on the planning milestones that transformed Vancouver in 2019 Expropriation of derelict hotels. Plans for 6,000 new... Read More

The Future Fix Podcast: The secret life of sensors

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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

Waterfront Toronto

The delicate dance of governing Sidewalk Lab’s Quayside project

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Three-and-a-half months after The Great Re-Set trimmed the sails of everyone’s favorite smart city villain, Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan... Read More

The Future Fix Podcast: Smart Mobility, Fare Play and Quebec City’s New Tramway Project

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

Housing Vancouver

Vancouver’s Rents and Incomes: A Critical Analysis

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Our housing crisis is fundamentally a rental crisis. As such, it’s important to keep the numbers straight so that we can better focus... Read More

Housing Toronto

When do we admit that Toronto’s housing crisis is an emergency?

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Should the City of Toronto declare a housing and homelessness emergency? Reports on deaths of homeless people, increasing levels of... Read More

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