Housing
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 064, Toronto Shelter Collapse
By Spacing Radio
Those working with unhoused people in Toronto, like Sanctuary Toronto outreach worker Lorraine Lam, are warning about the total... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 063, The War on Robots
By Spacing Radio
We end the year with a classic case of man vs. machine, as journalist and culture writer Graham Isador talks about tiny delivery... Read More
Regent Park Revitalization: A Progress Report by Spacing
By Spacing
Beginning this week, Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) and Tridel formally commence a public consultation process that marks the... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 062, The PATH ahead for Toronto’s underground
By Spacing Radio
With many people still working from home, the future of Toronto’s PATH system — the underground mall serving the financial... Read More
LORINC: The Revenge of the Market Urbanists
By John Lorinc
Here’s a tale of two cities… In the City of Toronto (pop. 2.8 million), there are about 1.1 million private dwellings, and... Read More
Modest Hopes: The story of Anne O’Rourke of Corktown
By Don Loucks and Leslie Valpy
This is an excerpt from Modest Hopes: Homes and Stories of Toronto’s Workers from the 1820s to the 1920s — by Don Loucks and... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 061, Community sports and urban farming
By Spacing Radio
In this episode, we follow up on the municipal elections in Edmonton and Calgary, with a bit of a rant about rooming houses. Then, we... Read More
LORINC: Council prepares to bring in inclusionary zoning, finally (updated).
By John Lorinc
Update: Council’s planning and housing committee approved an amended version of the inclusionary zoning staff report today... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 060, Alberta’s municipal power vacuum
By Spacing Radio
With the mayors of both Edmonton and Calgary stepping down, and Alberta municipal elections taking place October 18, we decided to... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 059, Federal Election Panel 2021
By Spacing Radio
A snap federal election in the face of a potential “fourth wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic means an emergency panel episode... Read More