Infrastructure

Metrolinx’s suburban plans for an urban transit system

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At its last board meeting on December 8, Metrolinx presented an update on the status of 12 new GO Transit rail stations, all located... Read More

LORINC: The new Toronto Courthouse emerges from The Ward

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As archeologists begin to reveal two centuries of commerce on the North Market site, Toronto’s other major active dig site – the... Read More

LORINC: Trump, Trudeau and the Liberals’ economic agenda

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The surrealist performance art show that is the Trump transition process has provided the world with a torrent of distraction that... Read More

The life and death of Peter Dickinson and The Inn on the Park

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Peter Dickinson was dying when he designed the Inn on the Park. From a bed in Mount Sinai hospital, his body weakened from cancer... Read More

Toronto’s Summerville pool is a slice of the Mediterranean

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It’s easy to overlook the Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pools. Despite its sturdy presence on Lake Shore Boulevard East, the... Read More

The sidepath: a solution for suburban cycling infrastructure

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On busy suburban roads, sidepaths offer an appealing alternative to installing bike lanes. But where they have been implemented, there... Read More

LORINC: The Scarborough subway and the climate change agenda

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What will future residents of Scarborough think, 30 or 40 years hence, when they cast their minds back to the craven transit decisions... Read More

How Toronto built the CN Tower

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The CN Tower is one of the most important buildings ever constructed in Canada. Like it or loathe it, the absurd, 553-metre concrete... Read More

Lost and found in the PATH: the case for new wayfinding

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This summer, a pilot project will be launched to test a new wayfinding system in the PATH — Toronto’s subterranean... Read More

Who will save Toronto’s old streetcars?

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Toronto’s outgoing fleet of streetcars could be the first not to get a second life in another city. Perhaps due to advanced... Read More