Green Space
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EVENTS: Urban forestry, Toronto’s competitiveness, the Post-Oil City, and Regent Park
WHAT: Understanding Your Urban Forest WHEN: May 1, 2013, 5-7pm WHERE: University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street Earth Sciences Building Room 4001 COST...
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Diversity Garden deep downtown
It really seems the strangest place to put a garden: tucked back behind City Hall. Nestled neatly at the corner of Foster Place and Elizabeth Street just...
By Jonathan Zettel -
How to delay a sidewalk
The saga of the proposed Chine Drive sidewalk continues. This Scarborough road, which is the only access to the local elementary school, needs to be...
By Dylan Reid -
Making the case for Ontario Place: Part 3
The final video in our three-part series showcasing new visions for Ontario Place was created by students Christian Rutherford and Paul Willem van der...
By Dale Duncan -
Making the case for Ontario Place: Part 1
There’s been much discussion and debate lately of MGM Resorts International’s recently released proposal for Exhibition Place and Ontario...
By Dale Duncan -
The legacy of Michael Hough
“I believe in the necessity of cities as sentinels of global-regional change, and the need to characterize them as urban landscapes. Ecology is...
By Dale Duncan -
NO MEAN CITY: ‘tactical urbanism’ and the Green Line
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Architects and urban designers, have a look at this: The Green Line, a new...
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Toronto Talks: October 23-26, 2012
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23 Kohn Shnier Architects Lecture: Antón García-Abril Daniels Faculty, 230 College Street, Room 103 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Anton...
By Dale Duncan -
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup kicks-off in Toronto
The 19th annual Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup kicked-off this weekend at Toronto’s Woodbine Beach. Volunteers from across the country are gathering on...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Headspace: Boris Issaev and Alex Berlyand of Parkbus
Boris Issaev and Alex Berlyand run Parkbus, an express bus service that connects downtown Toronto to several different Ontario Parks. The only service of...
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Event: Saturday Green Festival on Central YMCA’s green roof
If you’ve not been to the Metro Central YMCA this weekend is a good time to see this city-in-one-building for yourself, and their great green roof...
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NO MEAN CITY: the Brick Works’ Design by Nature
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture This weekend I headed to the Brick Works for the market, and also to see a...
By Alex Bozikovic