Infrastructure
LORINC: Doug Ford’s un-greening of Ontario
By John Lorinc
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
A need for high speed rail reality
By Sean Marshall
GO Transit commuter train at Brampton Station, on the Toronto-Kitchener rail corridor Last week, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the... Read More
The oddities of the Dundas Street Extension
By Chris Bateman
In December 1954, the railway tracks near Logan Avenue presented the final obstacle in one of Toronto’s first major post-war... Read More
A new low for the Scarborough Subway champion
By Sean Marshall
For 2016’s annual Torontoist Heroes and Villains feature, I nominated Toronto Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38... Read More
The demise of the first “air rights” project in Toronto
By Chris Bateman
When Toronto’s first subway line opened in 1954, much of track north of Bloor Street was located in a shallow, open trench. The... Read More
The Shell Oil Tower is a lost 1950s masterpiece
By Chris Bateman
A little over 30 years ago this winter, one of Toronto’s earliest Modern buildings was pulled to the ground. When the Shell Oil... Read More
LORINC: A watchdog for all those $2 road tolls
By John Lorinc
During the (only half-finished) debate over John Tory’s road tolls scheme, the mayor offered up what looked mostly like a... Read More
Metrolinx’s suburban plans for an urban transit system
By Sean Marshall
At its last board meeting on December 8, Metrolinx presented an update on the status of 12 new GO Transit rail stations, all located... Read More
LORINC: The new Toronto Courthouse emerges from The Ward
By John Lorinc
As archeologists begin to reveal two centuries of commerce on the North Market site, Toronto’s other major active dig site – the... Read More
LORINC: Trump, Trudeau and the Liberals’ economic agenda
By John Lorinc
The surrealist performance art show that is the Trump transition process has provided the world with a torrent of distraction that... Read More