Neighbourhoods
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Community activism not enough to deviate Toronto flight paths
Sheryl Herle awakes at 3 a.m. to a loud, drowning sound of something flying overhead her house. Her two children are sleeping, and she has to be up at 6...
By Amber Daugherty -
Lost Villages: L’Amoreaux
The farming hamlet of L’Amoreaux, which straddled the border between the newly surveyed York and Scarborough Townships was settled in 1816...
By Sean Marshall -
Making the TTC and downtown hospitable to families
Yesterday morning, I got into an argument with a stranger while riding with my wife and kids on the subway. I’d been standing for several stops with my...
By Todd Harrison -
Brainstorming begins for O’Keefe Lane revitalization
O’Keefe Lane and St. Enochs Square are areas of the city thousands of people walk by without noticing every day. Why? Because the lane showcases the...
By Amber Daugherty -
LORINC: Could transit construction prevent another Danzig?
Mayor Rob Ford, a man spectacularly unsuited for the crisis that opened beneath his feet last week, committed so many gaffes after the Danzig shooting...
By John Lorinc -
Cities for People: In the Galleria Mall’s shadow, new urban amenities for the Wallace-Emerson neighbourhood
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD U’s Cities for People workshop. This post & design intervention is by Julie Forand, Dakota...
By Shawn Micallef -
Cities for people: reconnecting young and old in Davisville Village by design
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD U’s Cities for People workshop. This post & design intervention is by Yaw Asante, Lorene Casiez...
By Shawn Micallef -
NOCD: How Toronto is Making Space for Culture
Editor’s note: This is the fourth post in a series that investigates the emerging concept of the Naturally Occurring Cultural District (NOCD). Posts...
By Claire Nelischer -
Cities for People: Simcoe Street Revival
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People workshop. This post was researched and written by Laura Headley, Margarita...
By Shawn Micallef -
Cities for People: Davisville Village is Toronto’s small town neighbourhood
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People workshop. This post was researched and written by Yaw Asante, Lorene Casiez...
By Shawn Micallef -
Cities for People: the lowdown on Toronto’s Wallace Emerson Neighbourhood
This is part of a series of posts by students in OCAD’s Cities for People workshop. This post was researched and written by Dakota Wares-Tani, Emily Laur...
By Shawn Micallef -
BLOCKS T.O. brings historical photos to life
Lovers of adventure and scavenger hunts took to the streets of Toronto on Saturday. Armed with cameras and archival photographs of buildings, their...
By Amber Daugherty