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Neighbourhood tour: the beginnings of Afro-Caribbean food culture in Toronto

By Liam McCurry

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

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ELECTION: The next term of council is a time to mobilize

By Josh Fullan

As 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

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Protecting Ontario Place’s pebble beaches

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Downtown Toronto’s only beaches adjoin Ontario Place, where we swim year-round, even in winter. The most magical of these is... Read More

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Book Review – Meet Me By The Fountain: An Inside History of The Mall

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What was your mall? Mine was Oakridge Centre in Vancouver. It wasn’t particularly glamorous with its exterior of boring brown brick... Read More

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Eight simple ways to cool a city

By Todd Irvine

It continues to get hotter in Toronto, with summer temperatures in the high 30s becoming common. We must make immediate changes to our... Read More

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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

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Architecture and Capital in the 21st Century: An Interview with Matthew Soules

By Erick Villagomez

Architecture, cities, and economics have always had an intimate relationship. The last century has seen the largest explosion of... Read More

Bikes Toronto

Biking through Barrie’s Black history

By Jacqueline L. Scott

Cycling 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

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LORINC: Does Toronto need strong mayor powers or just a strong mayor?

By John Lorinc

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

Housing Toronto

Transit transformation, part 1: confronting Scarborough’s housing challenges

By Zachary Hyde & UTSC City Studies Students

With Edison Gao and Anika Munir In this “Transit Transformation” series, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) City... Read More

Urban Design Toronto

Urban planning is not a science

By Giulio Cescasto

Urban 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

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