Neighbourhoods
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To the Dogs
As far as pet owners are concerned, the big news that broke in 2025 is that there are now four times more pets in Canada than children under the age of...
By mariastanborough -
NEW ISSUE: Crossing Town
We still don’t know when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open. It could be any day – the testing is all done. Or it could be many weeks away, given its...
By Dylan Reid -
21st Century Road Allowances
Yvonne was in her early 40s, with short brown hair and a solid build. She was taller than my 5’ 5” frame, but when I met her she was seated on the steps...
By mariastanborough -
Gerrard Street East Part 2, 2023-2024
The first part of this series focused on the section of Gerrard Street East between Broadview Avenue and the Carlaw-Pape development zone slated for a...
By Peter MacCallum -
Joe Medwecki and the triumph of the wraparound balcony
Location, location, location is the old saying about what matters in real estate. But what if you combined location, with architecture, and terrific...
By Alfred Holden -
The Overhead: Decommodifying Housing
THIS EPISODE: Decommodifying Housing On previous episodes of this series, we’ve talked about the impact of an over-financialized housing market. It...
By Spacing Radio -
The Language of Uplift
In 2023, the Vancouver City Council recently adopted a motion titled “Uplifting the Downtown Eastside and Building Inclusive Communities that Work for All...
By Erick Villagomez -
The Costs We Don’t See
Vancouver’s proposed 2026 Budget arrives with a promise that feels, at first glance, like a reprieve: a 0% property tax increase in a year when almost...
By Erick Villagomez -
Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy
I have lived for many years less than 30 metres from what was once one of Toronto’s storied corner stores — a green grocer known locally as...
By John Lorinc -
Do Toronto’s small urban spaces have a social life?
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design will be screening The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces this...
By John Lorinc -
Gerrard Street East Part 1, 2023-2024
In the spring of 2023, a friend who was familiar with my earlier documentary photography of the city’s main streets suggested that I consider doing a...
By Peter MacCallum -
The Overhead: Indigenous-led housing
THIS EPISODE: Indigenous-led Housing What does Indigenous housing look like? Are there special forms of housing needed by Indigenous communities in...
By Spacing Radio