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  • “Port Authority Wins”?

    John Barber’s column in the Globe today betrays a sense of defeat about the Island Airport issue. You can find it in the Print edition of the paper...

  • The Lakeshore Median: Parkland or Parking?

    There’s an article in the Globe and Mail today about the debate concerning parking for the newly restored Palais Royale. A plan is in place to put...

  • Future of Island Airport Delayed

    Spacing seems to be the first media outlet reporting that the federal report on the Toronto Port Authority by Roger Tasse has been delayed. The report...

  • Quay to the City: Re-Lived!

    While the Quay to the City gave us a taste of what the revitalized Central Waterfront will be like, it also served another important function: it gave...

  • A New Solar Power

    What if every window in the financial district could be transformed into a translucent solar power generator, powering anything from the lights to the...

  • Nothing Sacred

    We’ve already seen subways, streetcars, and subway stations wrapped in advertising, but we can now add another part of our infrastructure to the...

  • What about winter?

    Maybe last week’s insane heat really did affect my head, but in a small way I found myself looking forward to winter. While summer will always be...

  • Water, water, everywhere…

    It looks like the summer’s high temperatures and humidity have sparked a lot of talk about the Waterfront these days. Today, Christopher Hume has an...

  • Quay to the City

    It looks like we can get ready for our first taste of a revitalized central Waterfront. As reported before, Queen’s Quay West from Spadina to York...

  • A gate fit for a prince

    John Lorinc has an article in the Globe & Mail today about a facelift at the CNE: Tomorrow morning the city will cut the ribbon on a landscaped...

  • A glimpse of the future?

    There was an article in the Star a few days ago about how the city will be temporarily closing down Queen’s Quay improve pedestrian access to the...

  • Working Towards A Clean and Beautiful Waterfront

    Last night I was at Cherry Beach watching the fireworks and lamenting the fact that I hadn’t brought a bathing suit to hop in the lake. When I told...