Events
Toronto
This weekend, starting at King St. and Church St. in front of St. James Cathedral, the Hungry for Comfort Neighborhood Tour will highlight Toronto’s... Read More
ELECTION: The next term of council is a time to mobilizeAs Toronto’s fall elections begin to take form in the mid-summer heat, the message from a chorus of departing councillors couldn’t be... Read More
Protecting Ontario Place’s pebble beachesDowntown Toronto’s only beaches adjoin Ontario Place, where we swim year-round, even in winter. The most magical of these is... Read More
Book Review – Meet Me By The Fountain: An Inside History of The MallWhat was your mall? Mine was Oakridge Centre in Vancouver. It wasn’t particularly glamorous with its exterior of boring brown brick... Read More
Eight simple ways to cool a cityIt continues to get hotter in Toronto, with summer temperatures in the high 30s becoming common. We must make immediate changes to our... Read More
LORINC: The future of Ontario Place must become an election issueThe 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
Architecture and Capital in the 21st Century: An Interview with Matthew SoulesArchitecture, cities, and economics have always had an intimate relationship. The last century has seen the largest explosion of... Read More
Biking through Barrie’s Black historyCycling along Barrie’s waterfront trail, on a cloudless day with the sun burnishing the sky, the trees quiet in the still air, I came... Read More
LORINC: Does Toronto need strong mayor powers or just a strong mayor?Over the 16 years prior to the news last week that Premier Doug Ford’s Tories are planning to impose so-called strong mayor... Read More
Transit transformation, part 1: confronting Scarborough’s housing challengesWith Edison Gao and Anika Munir In this “Transit Transformation” series, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) City... Read More
Urban planning is not a scienceUrban planning is not a science. For as long as planning has been a profession, however, we’ve tried to make it one. I’ve been a... Read More
The Vancouver Plan: A Letter to Council from Abroad 
The emergence of the “Toronto Special” Modernist walk-up apartments 
The Power of Place: Artists as City Builders 
‘Most Livable City?’ A 30-Year Gap in Life Expectancy Exists Within Vancouver 
ELECTION: Rethinking progressive populism 
Reconnecting with the Waterfront: Bentway Design Competition Winners