Urban Design
Re-purposing Toronto’s city-owned golf courses
By Cara Chellew
Public space has never been so popular. Over the summer in Toronto, we saw streets closed for active recreation, parks filled with... Read More
Parks, policing, and the pandemic
By Adri Stark
Park People’s national COVID-19 survey shows that parks have become more important than ever to Canadians during the pandemic. While... Read More
Fixing Avenue Road
By Murray Campbell
The car wins on Avenue Road. It always does. The pattern of valuing the convenience of drivers over everything else has been fixed... Read More
Coming clean on Regent Park’s Social Development Plan
By Spacing
By Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie and Lena Sanz Tovar Earlier this year, the City of Toronto at long last approved $635,000 to partially... Read More
Farewell, Regent Park
By Spacing
By Lena Sanz Tovar and Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie Farewell Oak Street, produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1953, presents... Read More
LORINC: Building a better residents association
By John Lorinc
We live in a society where individuals aren’t regulated in the ways in which they participate in (legal) group activities — from... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 049, City scenes that saved summer
By Glyn Bowerman
It’s been a rough summer for everyone, but people have found ways to get outside and make the most of it. In this episode, we... Read More
Why is urban planning so white?
By Spacing
By Saquib Ahsan, Ruth Belay, Abigail Moriah, and Gervais Nash The deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Abdirahman Abdi, Ejaz Choudry... Read More
COVID RECOVERY: Timid bus priority plan in Toronto needs to be bigger & bolder
By Tricia Wood
This week, the Executive Committee of Toronto City Council is considering a motion to prioritize public transit on select roadways... Read More
LORINC: What’s in a street name? Dundas and other uncomfortable truths about our city
By John Lorinc
The street where I live, near St. Clair West and Christie, was originally called Victoria after it was carved out of a farmer’s field... Read More