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By Ian Malczewski

  • Toronto Public Spaces in Creative Writing

    One of the ways we interact with public spaces is through their representation in media like film, photography, and literature. It might be the...

  • MVVA Wins Lower Donlands Design Competition

    I just got back from the Leading With Landscape lecture, where it was announced that the the team led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. (MVVA...

  • Lower Donlands Designs: A Closer Look

    Last week I went to the see the presentations of the four design teams vying for the opportunity to redevelop the Lower Donlands. A massive amount of...

  • What Is Project Symphony?

    A few weeks ago Christopher Hume wrote a piece in the Star about “Project Symphony,” a development planned for the foot of Jarvis Street: A...

  • Join TRCA Watershed Committees!

    With Mayor David Miller unveiling an ambitious plan to tackle climate change, you may be wondering how you can kick in. Well, the Toronto and Region...

  • The Waterfront Renaissance

    New York’s Projects for Public Spaces (PPS) recently dedicated their website to discussing what they call “The Waterfront Renaissance.”...

  • Does the Redpath have to go?

    John Barber’s article in the Globe the other day compared the Redpath Sugar plant to the Island Airport as a major stumbling block on the road to...

  • Sneak a peak at (what might be) Lake Ontario Park

    Last night I went to the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation’s Lake Ontario Park Public Forum expecting the half-full room of journalists...

  • Help redesign the Lower Donlands

    If everyone has had their fill of helping the TTC redesign their website, the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation would like some of that...

  • Portlands Energy Centre to host Canada’s largest solar research facility

    A press release (PDF) was issued today announcing that the Portlands Energy Centre, the embattled power plant going up in the Portlands, will host...

  • TWRC issues Herculean challenge

    As far as urban planning goes, few things are more exciting than a good design challenge. Take a derelict or declining space, ask some of the...

  • Best of 2006: The Waterfront

    2006 was a year of ups and downs for the Waterfront. We saw an innovative design competition announced for the Central Waterfront with a widely popular...