Housing

LORINC: Housing affordability, not hydro bills, is what’s really hurting Ontario

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As has been widely reported, the showpiece of Kathleen Wynne’s Monday Throne Speech is a pledge to reduce runaway hydro bills by... Read More

Waterfront

Going back in time to Toronto Island of the 1800s at Long Point

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While gazing over old maps of Toronto, I often long to experience the city before its landscape was so significantly altered. What was... Read More

Politics

LORINC: Why a Patrick Brown government will target Greenbelt and Metrolinx

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At this stage of the game, it would be foolish to depict Raymond Cho’s by-election victory for the Tories last week as a harbinger of... Read More

Architecture

Book Review: Toronto Then and Now

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Toronto Then and Now is an elegant, large-format coffee table book that highlights the past and present of some of Toronto’s... Read More

Curiosities

LORINC: The next massive mural should be at Yonge & Bloor

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It seems to me that the act of adornment – indeed, the compulsion to adorn – is a fundamentally human impulse that speaks to our deep... Read More

Photos

THE ARTFUL CITY: Imaging Toronto

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By: Ilana Altman Over the course of the last year Boston-based photographer Matthew Monteith has been working with The Artful City to... Read More

Parks

How to get it right with the Rail Deck Park

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In the last few weeks, City officials made a preliminary announcement about a new “Railway Deck Park” for downtown Toronto. This... Read More

Architecture

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

Urban Design

THE ARTFUL CITY: Public Space ARTivism – An Interview with STEPS

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Interview by: Ilana Altman STEPS is an award-winning public arts organization that has been responsible for some of Canada’s most... Read More

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