Housing

Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 8

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By Way of Conclusions We’ve come a long way, covering a lot of meaningful ground around the city-wide planning process. Like Lynch... Read More

Book Review – Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

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Author: Vaclav Smil (MIT Press, 2019) There are few terms as pervasive in discussions about contemporary cities than “growth”. It... Read More

Toronto

How to build a low-rise apartment building

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If you’re in the Bloor and Dufferin neighbourhood a couple of summers from now and happen to head north on Dufferin, just past the... Read More

Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 7

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Time and the City: A Living City-wide Plan We’ve come a long way in addressing the many challenges associated with city-wide planning... Read More

Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 6

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Developing Alternatives Let’s assume that we’ve managed to develop clear, meaningful objectives that have been made more comprehensive... Read More

Toronto

Is there a smarter way to spend Toronto’s housing dollars?

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In June, 2019, Toronto’s Auditor General, Beverly Romeo-Beehler published an audit on Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) housing... Read More

Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 2

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Common City Planning Initiatives We would be forgiven if our initial reaction to the nature of the contemporary city described in Part... Read More

Toronto

EXCLUSIVE: John Tory discusses housing goals and planning reforms

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Later this fall, city council will receive the first of what will likely be a long series of planning reports responding to a July... Read More

Planning City-Wide: A Primer – Part 1

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Can city design be good? Few would doubt that they can, yet an honest answer must be tentative. It must pry into city planning... Read More

Vancouver

Titanic Lack of Focus May Sink Vancouver’s Chance to Make Housing Affordable

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Last week Vancouver’s city council approved a city-wide planning process. If you’d followed my advocacy for a city-wide plan in The... Read More