Housing

Misuse of Heritage Conservation Districts can deaden both past and future

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The City of Toronto believes it has found a silver bullet to control development pressure in the downtown core through the use of a... Read More

LORINC: Housing affordability, not hydro bills, is what’s really hurting Ontario

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As has been widely reported, the showpiece of Kathleen Wynne’s Monday Throne Speech is a pledge to reduce runaway hydro bills by... Read More

How co-housing designs community into developments

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For a lot of city dwellers, knowing their neighbors names is a rarity, let alone knocking on their door to ask to borrow an egg or a... Read More

REID: Is there (sometimes) induced demand in housing?

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A recent study divided U.S. cities into “expensive” and “expansive” categories when it comes to housing. The... Read More

LORINC: A Trip Advisor for rental apartments?

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When the members of the Municipal Licensing and Standards committee meet tomorrow at City Hall, they’ll be considering the latest... Read More

LORINC: Why Toronto needs to use open data to improve apartment safety

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When I went on Kijiji Thursday morning, I quickly found the following listing: a basement apartment in a bungalow for $515 a month, to... Read More

SPACING: House party for the housing issue!

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WHEN: Friday, May 13, 8pm-12am WHERE: 159 Manning Ave. (just east of Trinity-Bellwoods Park) TIME: 8pm – 12am SHARE... Read More

When Haileybury burned, Toronto sent streetcars

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The town of Haileybury sits on the shore of Lake Timiskaming, a serpentine body of water on the northern reaches of the Ottawa River... Read More

A history of developers and holdouts in Toronto

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When the Imperial Oil company began assembling land for its new executive offices on St. Clair Ave. W. in 1952, it didn’t reckon... Read More

The fall of Sir Henry Pellatt, king of Casa Loma

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A carved marble fountain of child figures supporting a dolphin, a solid bronze buffalo head, and hundreds of champagne flutes, wine... Read More