Infrastructure

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

A need for high speed rail reality

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The surrealist performance art show that is the Trump transition process has provided the world with a torrent of distraction that... Read More