Neighbourhoods

THE WARD MUSICAL: Songs and Sounds of a Lost Toronto Neighbourhood

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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

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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

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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

The space age Parkway Plaza, Toronto’s first heritage supermarket

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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

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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

The life and death of Peter Dickinson and The Inn on the Park

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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

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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

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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

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Outfront Media wants to construct a massive digital billboard in the residential community of Leaside. The problem is, no one wants... Read More