Urban Design
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
LORINC: The never-ending war between Queen’s Park and City Hall
By John Lorinc
There could have scarcely been a more succinct visual metaphor for the chronically dysfunctional relationship between City Hall and... Read More
LORINC: Yonge Street’s new mission
By John Lorinc
It sometimes seems as if the ‘whither-Yonge Street’ question has been loitering on the edges of our civic debates ever since the... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 052, Public Realm Resolutions
By Spacing Radio
We began 2020 with a bit of optimism — how could we know? We had an episode about the public realm and its importance, and spoke to... Read More
LORINC: 2020, a year of urban resilience
By John Lorinc
The answer to the “whither-cities” question that’s buzzed around the edges of pandemic punditry was never seriously in... Read More
Reading List: John Sewell, “The Shape of the Suburbs”
By Dylan Reid
When John Sewell’s book The Shape of the Suburbs: Understanding Toronto’s Sprawl came out in 2009, I read it soon after publication... Read More
LORINC: Crombie’s resignation from Greenbelt Council reminds us to look upstream
By John Lorinc
Of course, the Ford government responded with misdirection and a bit of money. In the wake of David Crombie’s weekend resignation from... Read More
COVID-19 stimulus spending needs to be wise to the perils of road building
By Nicholas Sanderson
In times of economic crisis, stimulus spending is important. But spending it wisely is even more important. In the midst of the... Read More