Housing
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LORINC: It’s time to talk about the Committee of Adjustment
The building pictured above — a three storey walk-up with five units — is located at the end of the block where I live. I’ve always thought of it as...
By John Lorinc -
The Urban Photography of Arthur Goss, Part 2: The Housing Series, 1936-1940
The Housing Series is the product of the last new project Arthur Goss undertook as the City’s Official Photographer. Between March, 1936 and January...
By Peter MacCallum -
Hidden Density in Harbord Village: Notes from a Rooming House
At first glance, our house — or I should say, my landlord’s house — is a conventional Harbord Village home. On a quick walk, you’d notice little...
By Zoë Johnson -
Upzoning Shouldn’t Be Given for Free, Says Economist
Do landowners own the air space above their properties? “In the 1920s, property lawyers were puzzling over the aeronauts because air travel was just...
By Christopher Cheung -
OP-ED: Rethinking the role of Toronto’s Chief Planner
When Toronto last searched for a new Chief Planner, in 2017, we encouraged the City to look at planning, and planners, through the lens of human rights...
By Alan Broadbent and Elizabeth McIsaac -
LORINC: The time to solve Toronto’s student housing crisis is now
The federal Liberals spent a good chunk of January fixating on foreign students, and how Canadian universities and colleges have become addicted to the...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Why is Toronto obsessed with taxing foreigners who buy real estate?
Governments across Canada have an apparently bottomless appetite for foreign buyers’ taxes, a mild and very Canuck form of policy racism that begins...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Toronto’s ongoing property tax drama
There are some pundits who specialize in setting up the double-loaded trap for left-leaning politicians. If they break their election promises, they get...
By John Lorinc -
A year-end interview with Mayor Olivia Chow
With the final council session of the year now in the rear-view mirror, Mayor Olivia Chow is spending part of this week powering through year-end...
By John Lorinc -
The Future Fix: Ending Energy Poverty
THIS EPISODE: Ending Energy Poverty Many people across the country struggle to make ends meet. In many cases, that means they experience energy poverty...
By Spacing Radio -
Dense Confusion
Dense /dens/ (adjective) 1 marked by compactness or crowding together of parts 2 slow to understand: thickheaded The BC Government recently released its...
By Erick Villagomez -
Observations on Bill 47
The City of Vancouver image above summarizes the province’s intention to introduce 20 storey towers at the center of each concentric ring where transit...
By scothein