Politics
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LORINC: Therme’s likely carbon nightmare at Ontario Place
The environmental critiques of Therme Canada’s mega-spa scheme have rightly focused on the project’s most visible and violent impacts: the...
By John Lorinc -
S101S: Describing Building Types: Formal and Use-Types
What are formal building types and use-types, and why is this differentiation important to planning? With a broad background on building types and it’s...
By Erick Villagomez -
The below-grade scandal of the Ontario Place redevelopment
Over the past year or so, the debate over the future of Ontario Place — and particularly the West Island — has focused, mainly, on what will happen above...
By John Lorinc -
OP-ED: Auditor general must investigate what’s going on at Ontario Place and the Ontario Science Centre
Like the flawed process to remove Class 1 agricultural land and wetlands from the Greenbelt, the Ford government’s plan for Ontario Place is also flawed...
By Ian Darragh -
S101S – Describing Building Types: Why They Matter
Why is an understanding of building types important to urban planning and design? What aspects of planning are they connected to? Given that urban...
By Erick Villagomez -
LORINC: The Tories’ use-it-or-lose housing ruse
On the north-east corner of Bathurst and St. Clair West sits a snazzy purpose-built condo sales office, ostensibly there to promote Foret, a giant...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: The housing planets align
The housing file, as everyone knows, is burning hotter than the forests in western Canada, but might this issue be having a moment? I’m struck by a...
By John Lorinc -
Olivia Chow’s revenue tools plan is the sound of one hand clapping
There’s plenty to applaud about the proposed revenue measures that will go before an emergency session of Mayor Olivia Chow’s executive...
By John Lorinc -
On Municipal Declarations of Abuse Epidemics
One of the first actions Toronto’s new Mayor Olivia Chow took was to declare intimate partner violence and all forms of gender-based violence a city-wide...
By Andrea Gunraj -
Technical Difficulties
About a week ago, I was riding the Scarborough RT and missed my stop. It wasn’t by any misstep on my end, however. Instead, the train hurtled towards...
By Sakeina Syed -
LORINC: The great expectations of Olivia Chow
It’s been a heck of a long time since a new mayor took office with the goal of doing something to build the city, as opposed to halting something...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 071, Toronto’s next mayor and the job ahead
The June 26th mayoral by-election is coming up fast. We’ve seen plenty of debate, a crowded field of candidates, and increased voter engagement...
By Spacing Radio