Green Space

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

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

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

Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto

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OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for... Read More

Adam Beck’s monumental “Little Worries”

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If you’ve found yourself in downtown Toronto recently, you may have noticed a change to the Adam Beck Memorial, at Queen and... Read More

REID: Some interesting public furniture in Russia

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I recently returned from a trip to several cities in Russia, and wanted to share some interesting public space furniture ideas I... Read More

LORINC: Doug Ford’s un-greening of Ontario

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If you take a quick stroll through the Government of Ontario’s air quality tracker site – which I’d recommend doing before it... Read More

Mapping the flood vulnerability of the Toronto Islands

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The recent inundation of the Toronto Islands has been a shocking reminder of their vulnerability. This spring saw the worst flooding... Read More