Waterfront
LORINC: Who is behind the Therme Group, the spa company redeveloping Ontario Place?
By John Lorinc
When Sidewalk Labs rolled into Toronto in 2017, there was no ambiguity about the corporate family tree. Sidewalk officials repeatedly... Read More
RENZETTI: What we lose when we lose Ontario Place
By Elizabeth Renzetti
On a gusty warm Sunday in September, I enjoyed a bit of paradise at the edge of Toronto. I know: Toronto and paradise, not exactly... Read More
LORINC: Clear-cutting Michael Hough’s landscaping at Ontario Place
By John Lorinc
Toronto, arguably, is in the midst of what the city may look back on as a golden age of landscape architecture and design. In the past... Read More
Ontario Place re-development: Paving over paradise
By Francesca Bouaoun
Looking out to Lake Ontario in late March, when the ground is still thawing from winter, a daring aerialist deftly skims the water’s... Read More
LORINC: The slow boats to Centre Island
By John Lorinc
After the dock collision on the weekend that injured more than a dozen people and has reduced ferry service to the Toronto Islands for... Read More
Protecting Ontario Place’s pebble beaches
By Steve Mann
Downtown Toronto’s only beaches adjoin Ontario Place, where we swim year-round, even in winter. The most magical of these is... Read More
LORINC: The future of Ontario Place must become an election issue
By John Lorinc
The only thing worse than the design proposed for Ontario Place’s indoor spa mega-project is the fact that a firm with such a... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 037, Ken Greenberg’s Toronto
By Spacing Radio
To celebrate three years of the Spacing Radio, we have an in-depth conversation with urban designer Ken Greenberg. We talk about his... Read More
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