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OP-ED: Can Toronto give itself a green light?

Antoine Belaieff and Kelly Rowe offer solutions to Toronto's movement problem

This op-ed launches our pre-election discussions of key issues ahead of Toronto’s October 26 municipal election. Our election issue will be published later in September. On an icy day last December, Mac Bauer, AKA the 514runner, beat the brand-new Finch LRT by 18 minutes over 10 kilometres. In a recent rematch, Mac lost to the LRT after measures were taken to speed it up. Why did it take so much public attention to get it right? On King Street, Toronto dramatically improved streetcar... Read more

Vancouver Features

Minority Rules, Revisited: Who Actually Votes with Whom?

Last April, shortly after Vancouver’s by-election, I turned the result into a game. It was admittedly a geeky one. Going into the by-election, ABC...
By Erick Villagomez
Toronto Culture

OP-ED: What Does Toronto Remember?

Beneath Toronto’s roads and buildings lies another city, shaped by memory, relationships, routines, and care
By Lisa Ditschun
Vancouver Politics

UCS #112: The Political Graveyard

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: How Mayor...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate
National Architecture

Book Review: Finding Ella Briggs – The Life and Work of an Unconventional Architect

“We hope that, beyond the revelations themselves contained in this book, the methods used to arrive at those revelations will also leave their mark...
By Sean Ruthen
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 95, Saving Toronto

In this episode: the island airport, a summer read, and cops vs. bikes.
By Spacing Radio
Vancouver Politics

UCS #111: It’s Not Easy Being Green

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Can Eby...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate

Vancouver Streetscape

From Bleecker St. to Bedford Ave.

What does gentrification look like? It is hard to pin down. A process of change over time, deeply location dependent, in search of something that feels authentic, yet can be both shallower and deeper than the caricature suggests.
By Yuval Fogelson
Toronto Neighbourhoods

Exploring Liberty Plaza

In the wake of a suspicious fire, photographer Peter MacCallum trains his eye on this Scarborough strip mall.
By Peter MacCallum
Vancouver Politics

UCS #110: Summer In The City – 1

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: E-scooters...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate
Toronto Housing

Bridging the gap between houses and high-rises

How building code reform can enable the 'missing middle'
By Conrad Speckert
Vancouver Politics

UCS #109: Speaker 36,431 on the Line?

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate
Toronto Bikes

Zine gives space to unheard cycling voices (part 2)

Cycling columnist Sabat Ismail talks to the creators of the zine "Journey Lines"
By Sabat Ismail

National Podcast

THE OVERHEAD: When Policy Pauses Public Ownership

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: What We’ve Learned About Evictions

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 094, The Landlords

In this episode: rental construction, Bill 60, and tenants' rights.
By Spacing Radio

Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 93, Everything Eglinton

In this episode: celebrating the Crosstown, lessons learned, and Scarborough's Golden Mile.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Rent Control and Rent Hikes

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 92, Resolutions for Toronto leadership

In this episode: the election starts now, the Doug Ford problem, and public toilets.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Community land trusts gaining ground

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Decommodifying Housing

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Indigenous-led housing

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 90, Bless this urban mess

In This Episode: we talk incremental change, embrace urban chaos, and take a stroll down Toronto's laneways
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 089, Global ideas for local placemaking

In This Episode: what is placemaking and what can we learn from placemakers around the world?
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 088, Big City Mayor Takes on Canadian Housing

In This Episode: recent Vancouver history, Canada's new housing minister, and Scarborough cuisine
By Glyn Bowerman

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Jet Dreams on Toronto Island (Part 1)

Premier Doug Ford and the Toronto Port Authority, the federal agency that owns Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, have been extraordinarily secretive...
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Modernizing e-bike rules

This article is co-authored with Muskan Fatima. E-bikes are good for our cities. They offer reliable transportation for people of all ages and abilities...
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I’m Voting for Neighbourhoods. Are You?

I believe that Vancouver is, first and foremost, a “City of Distinguished Neighbourhoods”, and that Vancouver neighbourhoods are poised to...
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Rees Park: The rug that can tie the post-FIFA waterfront together

The waterfront as an east-west canvas for events and animation in Toronto will show its potential like never before during the upcoming FIFA World Cup...
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OP-ED: Invitation as Urban Policy

This spring, at Bloomberg CityLab in Madrid, social prescribing reached the agenda of the world’s largest cities summit for the first time. It was a...
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The truth about the University Avenue bike lanes

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