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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Dale Duncan

  • The Blueprint to End Homelessness launches today

    Compare these average monthly costs of housing and homelessness: social housing ($199.92); shelter bed ($1,932); provincial jail ($4,333); hospital bed...

  • Yes, In My Back Yard!

    It seems neighbourhood groups are constantly fighting bad reps. Dispelling stereotypes isn’t always easy. Take the experience of Active 18, for...

  • Finally, a plan for affordable housing

    How do we meet the growing need for affordable housing in this city? The problem has become so big, it’s almost overwhelming — each year more...

  • Rejuvenating the waterfront, one big box store at a time

    The land where the Toronto Film Studios sits is one step closer to being taken over by big box retail. Big box store developer Mitch Goldhar now owns a...

  • A question for candidates: would you help fund BikeShare?

    Cross-posted to Spacing Votes BikeShare — a bike-lending program run by the Community Bicycle Network — is in trouble. Despite their numerous...

  • Give your 2 cents on the future of Lamport Stadium

    Allan A. Lamport stadium is falling into disrepair, and the City wants to fix it. Problem is, as is the case with so many other things that need fixing in...

  • Green space for the living

    Last week, the Toronto and East York Community Council shot down a plan to build a 24,000-square-foot visitation center in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. This...

  • Dufferin Grove Park is building a place to pee

    Everyone seems to like Dufferin Grove Park, and it’s not hard to understand why. They’ve got outdoor bread ovens, a community garden, snack...

  • Negotiating neighbourhoods

    John Lorinc writes about Section 37 in yesterday’s Globe and Mail. The term refers to part of the Planning Act that allows the city and developers...

  • Burning for Sweden

    Now that a deadline has been set to stop trucking Toronto’s garbage to Michigan, the problem of what to do with the city’s trash is on the...

  • Inspiration for Toronto

    In Toronto, connecting with our lost rivers means taking walks along the streets where they were buried. Talk about dismantling the Gardiner Expressway is...

  • The bright lights and tall towers of Bundang

    I’ve spent the past two weeks in the neighbourhood of Bundang in the city of Seongnam, South Korea. (My business here is not Spacing-related —...