Urban Design
LORINC: The paradox of the City’s new sidewalk snow removal program
By John Lorinc
A question for the immediate aftermath of the heaviest snowstorm in ten years: Following years of resident complaints and half-hearted... Read More
Growing up in Eb Zeidler’s Toronto
By John Lorinc
For the record, I did not attend the infamous Teenage Head concert in June 1980, which turned into a melee, which became an excuse to... Read More
Regent Park Revitalization: A Progress Report by Spacing
By Spacing
Beginning this week, Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) and Tridel formally commence a public consultation process that marks the... Read More
Vancouver’s Dramatic New Plan for Broadway: Five Questions
By patrickcondon
The City of Vancouver’s Broadway Plan has been released for public comment and is full of dramatic proposals. Profusely illustrated... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 062, The PATH ahead for Toronto’s underground
By Spacing Radio
With many people still working from home, the future of Toronto’s PATH system — the underground mall serving the financial... Read More
LORINC: The Revenge of the Market Urbanists
By John Lorinc
Here’s a tale of two cities… In the City of Toronto (pop. 2.8 million), there are about 1.1 million private dwellings, and... Read More
Deconstructing Visuals 2.0
By Erick Villagomez
It’s been 10 months since I wrote Deconstructing Visuals. Within that piece, I argued that the architectural profession’s dominion... Read More
Smart city in a post-pandemic world: Small-scale, green, and over-policed
By Anna Artyushina and Alina Wernick
On the face of it, the smart city market is bleeding. In May 2020, Alphabet pulled the plug on Sidewalk Toronto, the company’s... Read More
Achtung! Go for a German Walk T.O.
By Shawn Micallef
Over the summer and fall I was happy to work with a team put together by the German Consulate in Toronto on a series of audio walks... Read More
The Virtual Urban Realm
By Yuval Fogelson
The virtual urban realm is a digital version of the physical city. It is represented graphically and geographically in real-time... Read More