Urban Design
Anishnawbe Health finds a new home
By Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere
On Indigenous People’s Day, June 21, Anishnawbe Health Toronto held its ground-breaking ceremony for the Indigenous Hub that will... Read More
Shining a light on Toronto’s streetlamps
By Sean Marshall
Street lighting is an important, yet overlooked, part of any city’s standard infrastructure. For over seventy years... Read More
LORINC: Why Toronto’s urban design needs a lesson on climate and equity
By John Lorinc
Many Torontonians, including critics, have long bemoaned the absence, at least in recent decades, of a unique architectural character... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 056, Rail Deck Park and best laid (official) plans
By Spacing Radio
This episode is all about plans: big and small, successful and dashed. First, Toronto Star city hall reporter Jennifer Pagliaro takes... Read More
LORINC: The cautionary tale of Rail Deck Park
By John Lorinc
If Toronto’s Rail Deck Park plan ended up dying in a dense thicket of legalistic land-use planning arguments, it would be fair... Read More
LORINC: Which green standard will reduce Toronto’s carbon?
By John Lorinc
Few would argue that the City of Toronto’s goal of reducing building-related carbon emissions to zero by around 2030 is a worthy... Read More
LORINC: The vital need to renew Tower Renewal
By John Lorinc
Almost exactly a year ago, a team of American affordable housing experts from the Urban Land Institute came to Toronto to offer up... Read More
LORINC: Raising the stakes in the MZO wars
By John Lorinc
The judge who handed down a temporary injunction last week, halting the demolition of the historic Dominion Foundry in the West... Read More
OP-ED: YongeTOmorrow is an opportunity not to be missed
By Yonge TOmorrow
This is an op-ed by from YongeTOmorrow and co-signers Richard Florida, Rana Florida, Ken Greenberg, Dr. Robin Mazumder, Brent... Read More
When it comes to parking minimums, less is more
By Lyndsey Rolheiser
Is parking policy in Toronto finally going to be meaningfully reformed? On January 5th, the City of Toronto released a “Report for... Read More