Architecture
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Beyond the Big Box
Editor’s note: This is the second post in a series by students at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Each piece...
By Sonia Ramundi -
Between The Ravine and The City
Carving through much of Toronto is the largest network of ravines in any city in the world, providing 10,500 hectares of wilderness escape to its...
By Sonia Ramundi -
The view from a condo — a resident of the new Fort York neighbourhood sees much potential as the area matures
EDITOR: We’re pleased to publish a guest essay by Kanishk Bhatia, a Toronto resident who recently returned to the city after living in London...
By Spacing -
Mirvish + Gehry sing a new tune: A change of plans for King Street West
My, how things can change. With the recent announcement that Mirvish + Gehry Toronto, David Mirvish’s proposed mixed-use development under the...
By Kristen Gagnon -
On loving Toronto — memories of the Annex and discovering Scarborough
EDITORS NOTE: We’re pleased to publish this meditation on being from Toronto by Christina Wong. Christina recently got her PhD in Music...
By Spacing -
Understanding the proposed Development Permit System
The City of Toronto Planning Department is proposing to introduce a new option for managing development, the Development Permit System (DPS), which could...
By Dylan Reid -
Started from the bottom now we’re here
The exhibition “Hands-On Urbanism: How to Make a Difference,” at Urbanspace Gallery until March 7th, showcases stories of groups of people — who aren’t...
By Dale Duncan -
Toronto’s Art Deco district? Take a walk along Eglinton Avenue West
On a recent walk along Eglinton just east of Bathurst, I noticed that several blocks are lined with beautiful Art Deco apartment buildings. The apartments...
By Daniel Rotsztain -
Yorkville Avenue fire at former home of Toronto writer Mazo de la Roche
Yesterday’s fire at 86 and 84 Yorkville Avenue was a day long event; when I walked by 11 hours after it started Toronto Fire was still pumping water...
By Shawn Micallef -
FoodShare’s new food trucks aim to give grocery stores food for thought
In the early 90s, when FoodShare first thought up the idea of bringing markets on wheels — food trucks filled with fresh, affordable produce for sale — to...
By Dale Duncan -
REID: An opportunity at Yonge + Bloor
Yonge and Bloor is one of the most notable intersections in Toronto, the meeting of our central north-south street with one of our longest east-west...
By Dylan Reid -
Reading Toronto on the drive from the airport: Toronto’s accidental city gate
Recently, my father and I dropped my mother off at Pearson airport. As we were saying our goodbyes, I thought about what my mother might think when...
By Sheraz Khan