Green Space
Eight simple ways to cool a city
By Todd IrvineIt continues to get hotter in Toronto, with summer temperatures in the high 30s becoming common. We must make immediate changes to our city if we want to... Read More
Green Space
LORINC: The future of Ontario Place must become an election issue
By John Lorinc
The only thing worse than the design proposed for Ontario Place’s indoor spa mega-project is the fact that a firm with such a... Read More
Biking through Barrie’s Black history
By Jacqueline L. Scott
Cycling along Barrie’s waterfront trail, on a cloudless day with the sun burnishing the sky, the trees quiet in the still air, I came... Read More
LORINC: Does Toronto need strong mayor powers or just a strong mayor?
By John Lorinc
Over the 16 years prior to the news last week that Premier Doug Ford’s Tories are planning to impose so-called strong mayor... Read More
Transit transformation, part 1: confronting Scarborough’s housing challenges
By Zachary Hyde & UTSC City Studies Students
With Edison Gao and Anika Munir In this “Transit Transformation” series, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) City... Read More
Urban planning is not a science
By Giulio Cescasto
Urban planning is not a science. For as long as planning has been a profession, however, we’ve tried to make it one. I’ve been a... Read More
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John Lorinc
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Dylan Reid
REID: The Toronto vote in the 2022 Ontario provincial election REID: Sixty-two pages of overdue staff reports REID: Shadows and light – a longstanding debate -
Matthew Blackett
SPACING’S NEW BOOK: Souvenirs of Toronto Sports 2021 Toronto Heritage Award winners PACKAGED TORONTO: The type of book for font lovers
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Urban planning is not a science 
Growing the urban forest in the face of climate change 
LORINC: Highway 413 and Doug Ford's tactical whataboutism 
LORINC: The future of Ontario Place must become an election issue 
LORINC: Doug Ford's electrification plan is actually a gas-powered climate nightmare