Politics
LORINC: The failing of governance of Toronto
By John Lorinc
The debacle that was last week’s so-called debate over multi-tenant housing, which ended in a stalemate, was quite plainly evidence of... Read More
What Did Vancouver Just Do to the Future of Co-op Living?
By patrickcondon
It’s surprising how relatively minor issues, such as a citywide street parking fee of $45 a year attracts so much press attention... Read More
LORINC: Editing the moralism out of post-pandemic Toronto
By John Lorinc
We met friends for dinner on the weekend, on the patio of a little taco place along St. Clair West. Outside the patio, on the... Read More
EVENT: Order without Design Urban Lunch Series – Julia Harten and Erick Villagomez, July 22, 12pm-1pm
By Spacing
Order Without Design Urban Lunch Series – Julia Harten & Erick Villagomez DATE: July 22nd, 12pm-1pm PLATFORM: Zoom (Online... Read More
LORINC: Fiddling while Toronto burns
By John Lorinc
I watched Greta Thunberg ream out world leaders at the Austrian World Summit, a climate conference, last week, and found myself... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 057, Trinity Bellwoods encampment evictions
By Spacing Radio
In the aftermath of the Trinity Bellwoods Park encampment evictions, which saw a massive police presence, private security, and... Read More
LORINC: Trinity Bellwoods encampment and the persistence of Toronto’s old moral order
By John Lorinc
The violent clearing of the encampments at Trinity Bellwoods Park on Tuesday revealed Toronto at not only its most Tory, pun intended... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 056, Rail Deck Park and best laid (official) plans
By Spacing Radio
This episode is all about plans: big and small, successful and dashed. First, Toronto Star city hall reporter Jennifer Pagliaro takes... Read More
Book Review – Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century
By claireadams
Author: Matthew Soules (Princeton Architectural Press, 2021) The installation of Rodney Graham’s Spinning Chandelier, the $3.5 million... Read More
LORINC: The cautionary tale of Rail Deck Park
By John Lorinc
If Toronto’s Rail Deck Park plan ended up dying in a dense thicket of legalistic land-use planning arguments, it would be fair... Read More