Neighbourhoods

Coming clean on Regent Park’s Social Development Plan

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By Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie and Lena Sanz Tovar Earlier this year, the City of Toronto at long last approved $635,000 to partially... Read More

Farewell, Regent Park

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By Lena Sanz Tovar and Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie Farewell Oak Street, produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1953, presents... Read More

The Dufferin Grove Stones and the surprisingly winding trail to discover the origins of mysterious Toronto architectural ruins

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Hidden amongst the shrubs of one of Toronto’s best-loved parks lies a collection of architectural ruins – carved stones – recently... Read More

REID: Examples of east side gentle density

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One of the things I started looking out for on my local walks during the our locked-down pandemic spring (in addition to former... Read More

888 Dupont: Conversations with an old building

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I went over to see 888 Dupont Street earlier this month. “I hope you haven’t come to criticize me,” said the old building, aware of... Read More

REID: Spotting (and reviving?) the neighbourhood corner commercial building

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Like so many people during the current pandemic lockdown, I’ve started to get to know my neighbourhood much more closely on... Read More

LORINC: Sidewalk Labs steps away from Toronto waterfront

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From the earliest days of Sidewalk Labs’ bid to establish a beachhead on Toronto’s waterfront, the cultural mismatch, for lack... Read More

Lessons on urban mobility and inequality during a pandemic

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Many cities around the world have started to open up road space for non-automotive movement to give people room to get some exercise... Read More

Observing urban change through the window of a GO train

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I wrote this piece last year, long before Covid 19 kept almost everyone at home and before riding transit was something to be avoided... Read More