Infrastructure

2013 Excellence in Planning Awards recap

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Projects based on making communities healthier and more livable were recognized at the Ontario Professional Planners Institute’s... Read More

Is this the oldest catch basin grate in the city?

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Down at Fort York, amongst the War of 1812 buildings and the construction site of the new visitors centre, lies a grate for a catch... Read More

REID: Re-engineering road standards for cities

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For a long time, road engineering standards have been a bane of good city-building. Generally designed to enable cars and trucks to... Read More

Blocking the Way: Railways and freeways are major barriers to pedestrians

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Pedestrian crossing of GO Transit Stouffville Corridor, at Marilyn Avenue near Agincourt Station The biggest barrier to pedestrians... Read More

Instaflaneur: late night bike rides, Toronto flooding, & following the water

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In lieu of a vacation trip this season, it has been a summer of long long bike rides, mostly at night, around Toronto and sometimes up... Read More

LORINC: Union Station re-visited, part II

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It’s sometimes said that surgeons and commercial pilots out-distance all other professions for sang froid and audacity. But if I had... Read More

Considering the Bay/Bloor pedestrian scramble

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Last night I attended a public meeting about changes to the intersection of Bay and Bloor, including a proposal by the City to remove... Read More

Etobicoke stories: the DIY shortcut to Eatonville Library

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My tower neighbourhood was built with modernist ideals of green space, low density and novelty. In the ‘50s, Toronto planners and... Read More

Toronto Flood 2013: The revenge of Garrison Creek

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It’s no coincidence that places like Christie Pits, Trinity Bellwoods Park, and the train bridge underpass at King and Atlantic... Read More