Politics Toronto

In defense of Toronto becoming a charter city

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This column is in response to Professor Zack Taylor’s analysis of Toronto becoming a Charter City on Spacing In an opinion... Read More

Transit Toronto

A comparative look at Toronto’s CLRVs

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At the end of December 2019, Toronto’s iconic CLRV streetcars will depart from city streets after more than 40 years serving the city... Read More

Community Vancouver

Release: Save Ron Thom’s 1962 Forrest House in West Vancouver Petition

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Please sign this petition to save the famous Canadian architect Ron Thom’s 1962 Forrest House in West Vancouver which is slated... Read More

Architecture

Book Review – An Architect’s Guide to Construction: Enduring Ways in the Age of Immediacy

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Author: Brian Palmquist (self-published, 2nd ed., 2019) Much has changed in design and construction since the first edition of an... Read More

Culture Toronto

The secret small-town urbanism of TV Christmas movies

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At first glance, the made-for-TV Christmas movies that have come to dominate the holiday season on certain channels – and recently... Read More

Housing Toronto

Toronto’s missing middle should be built along collector roads

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Much of the conversation about missing middle development in Toronto has been focused on how to smuggle additional housing units into... Read More

Politics Toronto

LORINC: John Tory’s tax hike and the myth of the electoral mandate

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In his column on the weekend, the Globe and Mail’s Marcus Gee took Mayor John Tory to task for committing an electoral... Read More

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

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