Urban Design
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
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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
Book Review: Planning on the Edge
By Yuri Artibise
Editors: Penny Gurstein and Tom Hutton (UBC Press, 2019) Planning On The Edge: Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Social... Read More
PODCAST: 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?
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By Saquib Ahsan, Ruth Belay, Abigail Moriah, and Gervais Nash The deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Abdirahman Abdi, Ejaz Choudry... Read More
Book Review – The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness
By Erick Villagomez
Author: Emily Anthes, Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2020) We spend most of our lives in buildings. According to... Read More
The Dufferin Grove Stones and the surprisingly winding trail to discover the origins of mysterious Toronto architectural ruins
By Andrew Lochhead
Hidden amongst the shrubs of one of Toronto’s best-loved parks lies a collection of architectural ruins – carved stones – recently... Read More
Transform Underutilized Lands, Revitalize Our Cities, Recover Our Economy
By carlaguerrera
It’s time for the new normal. But what exactly is the new normal? For the city building sector, it could be using a confluence of... 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