Neighbourhoods
THE WARD MUSICAL: Songs and Sounds of a Lost Toronto Neighbourhood
By John Lorinc
If you try to imagine your way back into the early 20th century streets and laneways of The Ward — the dense immigrant enclave razed... Read More
The lost streets of South Parkdale
By Chris Bateman
No Toronto neighbourhood paid for the Gardiner Expressway quite like Parkdale. Before construction of the lakefront highway in 1958... Read More
401 Richmond is already at its highest and best use
By Jake Tobin Garrett
I loved 401 Richmond before I even knew what it was. It was 9 years ago and I was in Toronto, visiting from Vancouver. My friend... Read More
Behind the Kensington Market Research Project
By Sarah Yellin
Joshua Barker is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and the director of the University’s Ethnography... Read More
The space age Parkway Plaza, Toronto’s first heritage supermarket
By Chris Bateman
It was only a shopping mall, but when the Parkway Plaza opened at Ellesmere Road and Victoria Park Avenue in 1958, it signalled the... Read More
Misuse of Heritage Conservation Districts can deaden both past and future
By Michael McClelland
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
The life and death of Peter Dickinson and The Inn on the Park
By Chris Bateman
Peter Dickinson was dying when he designed the Inn on the Park. From a bed in Mount Sinai hospital, his body weakened from cancer... Read More
Toronto’s Summerville pool is a slice of the Mediterranean
By Chris Bateman
It’s easy to overlook the Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pools. Despite its sturdy presence on Lake Shore Boulevard East, the... Read More
LORINC: The Rail Deck Park considered
By John Lorinc
About two years ago, deputy city manager John Livey, Toronto’s top planner, realized the strategy of creating pocket parks and little... Read More
Misleading Leaside: Lobbyists score a hat trick with digital billboard
By Dave Meslin
Outfront Media wants to construct a massive digital billboard in the residential community of Leaside. The problem is, no one wants... Read More