Neighbourhoods Toronto

Coming clean on Regent Park’s Social Development Plan

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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

Neighbourhoods Toronto

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

Architecture

Book Review: 100 Ideas That Changed Architecture

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Written by Richard Weston (Laurence King Publishing, 2020)  This book’s title poses two obvious questions: what is an architectural... Read More

Community Toronto

LORINC: Building a better residents association

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We live in a society where individuals aren’t regulated in the ways in which they participate in (legal) group activities — from... Read More

Walking Toronto

REID: Our bridges should be places we want to walk

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The City of Toronto is criss-crossed with ravines and sunken railways, and the way we connect the city across these gaps is with... Read More

Community Toronto

FULLAN: Take the students outside this school year

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With school resuming over the next few weeks, the most important message many Canadian students can hear right now might not have... Read More

Culture Toronto

‘Out of this world’ sculptures land in midtown

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In Toronto, there are a number of public artworks that re-imagine the human subject. I’m thinking, for example, of Hadley+ Maxwell’s... Read More

Urban Design Vancouver

Book Review: Planning on the Edge

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Editors: Penny Gurstein and Tom Hutton (UBC Press, 2019) Planning On The Edge: Vancouver and the Challenges of Reconciliation, Social... Read More

Podcast Toronto

PODCAST: City scenes that saved summer

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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

Green Space Toronto

Toronto’s squirrels have become carnivorous

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On a trip to the Rogers Centre for a Blue Jays game last summer, Catia Brito caught sight of a large grey squirrel eating on a patch... Read More

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