Parks

Book Review – Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

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Author: Vaclav Smil (MIT Press, 2019) There are few terms as pervasive in discussions about contemporary cities than “growth”. It... Read More

Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 7

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Time and the City: A Living City-wide Plan We’ve come a long way in addressing the many challenges associated with city-wide planning... Read More

Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 4

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Planning Goals and Objectives – Criteria In light of the common shortcomings described earlier, let’s consider a list of... Read More

Vancouver

It’s complicated — our relationship with Instagram and nature

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On a hike to Upper Joffre Lake near Pemberton this summer, I saw a dozen people frozen in the same pose. In one hand, they held out... Read More

Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 1

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Can city design be good? Few would doubt that they can, yet an honest answer must be tentative. It must pry into city planning... Read More

Toronto

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 036, Canadian City Parks

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This episode, we partnered with Park People to bring you highlights from their national Heart of the City conference: the first of... Read More

Toronto

Cricket keep-up: changing demographics mean adapting facilities to reflect new needs

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Multiple World Cup appearances. Team Canada captaincy. Blistering statistics as a batsman. As far as Canadian cricketing is concerned... Read More

Toronto

Green space invaders: a look at Toronto’s unwelcome plant guests

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For over 200 years, invasive plant species have wreaked havoc on Toronto’s green spaces. While the City continues to combat them... Read More

Toronto

Bark is worth the fight: after decades of conflict, dog parks have found a place in the city’s greenspaces

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As a kid in the 1970s, the superintendent in Ricky Farrell’s North York apartment complex paid boys a nickel a turd to collect the... Read More

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