Waterfront
Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto
By Spacing
OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for... Read More
LORINC: Throwing out the baby with the harbour water?
By John Lorinc
The long-awaited auditor general’s report on Waterfront Toronto (WT), released yesterday, is really two evaluations for the price of... Read More
REID: The Unilever lands and public space
By Dylan Reid
The Unilever Precinct (also sometimes called “East Harbour”) is a remarkable opportunity to create an entirely new business district... Read More
LORINC: Waterfront Toronto gets tough with Sidewalk Labs
By John Lorinc
In a striking move that marks a clear change in the relationship between Waterfront Toronto (WT) and Sidewalk Labs, officials with the... Read More
REID: Some interesting public furniture in Russia
By Dylan Reid
I recently returned from a trip to several cities in Russia, and wanted to share some interesting public space furniture ideas I... Read More
LORINC: The post-Will era begins
By John Lorinc
Waterfront Toronto’s public positioning to accompany the gang-plank resignation yesterday of its now former CEO Will Fleissig could be... Read More
Notes from the Maritimes
By Sean Ruthen
At the end of May, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) held their 2018 Festival of Architecture in Saint John, New... Read More
Why I revived the Bureau of Municipal Research
By Gabriel Eidelman
Ten years ago, as a grad student researching the history of Toronto’s waterfront, I came across a study, published in 1977, that could... Read More
LORINC: What Toronto should learn from Hamburg’s self-driving shuttle pilot
By John Lorinc
HAMBURG, GERMANY — At some point in 2019, the first of three curiously upright shuttle vehicles will begin tooling around a 3.6km loop... Read More
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