Politics
LORINC: The paradox of the City’s new sidewalk snow removal program
By John Lorinc
A question for the immediate aftermath of the heaviest snowstorm in ten years: Following years of resident complaints and half-hearted... Read More
Vancouver Needs Way More Co-ops. Here’s How to Get Them
By patrickcondon
The cost of housing has reached a crisis point in Vancouver, with no clear agreement on what to do about it. Which made it a rare... Read More
LORINC: Is the City of Toronto’s buffed up climate plan just hot air?
By John Lorinc
I’ve expressed this frustration before (here and here), and I suspect I’ll express it again: watching Toronto City... Read More
Regent Park Revitalization: A Progress Report by Spacing
By Spacing
Beginning this week, Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) and Tridel formally commence a public consultation process that marks the... Read More
LORINC: The Revenge of the Market Urbanists
By John Lorinc
Here’s a tale of two cities… In the City of Toronto (pop. 2.8 million), there are about 1.1 million private dwellings, and... Read More
Deconstructing Visuals 2.0
By Erick Villagomez
It’s been 10 months since I wrote Deconstructing Visuals. Within that piece, I argued that the architectural profession’s dominion... Read More
Smart city in a post-pandemic world: Small-scale, green, and over-policed
By Anna Artyushina and Alina Wernick
On the face of it, the smart city market is bleeding. In May 2020, Alphabet pulled the plug on Sidewalk Toronto, the company’s... Read More
Vancouver Plan – An Opportunity for Climate Input
By Andrew Cuthbert
The City of Vancouver is in the midst of the next phase of engagement for the Vancouver Plan, a planning process that will ultimately... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 061, Community sports and urban farming
By Spacing Radio
In this episode, we follow up on the municipal elections in Edmonton and Calgary, with a bit of a rant about rooming houses. Then, we... Read More
LORINC: Unanswered questions about John Tory and the Rogers Centre
By John Lorinc
Questions about Mayor John Tory’s relationship with Rogers Communications Inc. have dogged him since even before he was elected mayor... Read More