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LORINC: The Tories’ use-it-or-lose housing ruse
Province may force shovels in the ground in the Greenbelt but they should be forcing high-rise developers to stop sitting on land, too
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What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 2)
Ian Darragh digs into the big projects being proposed for Ontario Place, including moving the Ontario Science Centre and the Live Nation lease.
By Ian Darragh -
What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 1)
Ian Darragh reports from a panel discussion about Ontario Place and talks to some of the many people who are visiting the site now, contradicting the provincial government's claim that it is a "deserted wasteland."
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LORINC: The housing planets align
Mayor Olivia Chow could advance her own housing agenda by leveraging the political crises facing both Trudeau and Ford
By John Lorinc -
Event: Alain Bertaud on Vancouver Salon – Sept 19th
Alain Bertaud on Vancouver DATE: Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 TIME: Dinner with Alain from 6:00 – 7:30 pm. Presentation from 7:30 – 9:00 pm...
By Spacing -
OP-ED: “Vision One” – killing pedestrians one at a time
Gillian Kranias recounts how pedestrian safety concerns in her Vaughan Road neighbourhood were ignored and even made worse in the lead up to a tragic death.
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Re-imagining laneways in Toronto
Architect Dean Goodman says that laneways can be a lot more than just a place for housing
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Book Review: Exploring Vancouver – Ten Tours of the City and its Buildings
Written by Harold Kalman & Robin Ward, Fifth Edition (Harbour Publishing, 2023) This fifth edition of Exploring Vancouver brings the city’s...
By Sean Ruthen -
Mayor Chow’s cycling network challenge
PhD student Thomas van Laake analyzes the challenges faced by Mayor Chow and the City's cycling staff in accelerating the expansion of Toronto's cycling network.
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Olivia Chow’s revenue tools plan is the sound of one hand clapping
The new mayor has to move quickly to counter the tax-hating right of council
By John Lorinc -
On Municipal Declarations of Abuse Epidemics
Andrea Gunraj looks at the context around Mayor Chow's declaration of gender-based violence as a city-wide epidemic
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Reimagining Chinatown: In conversation with the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust
Upcoming film screenings highlight projects working to reimagine Toronto's Chinatown
By Linda Zhang
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered