Neighbourhoods
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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 -
NOCD: Toronto’s Downtown Cultural Work District
Editor’s note: This is the second post in a series that investigates the emerging concept of the Naturally Occurring Cultural District (NOCD). Posts...
By Claire Nelischer -
My City Lives: Graffiti BoxMen Series Part 3
The Toronto based installation, Graffiti BoxMen project, was created with the intent to comment on the role of graffiti art in the urban environment...
By My City Lives -
NO MEAN CITY: An affordable modern house in Leslieville? Yes
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Yes, that title sounds like a tease. (Eames era Knoll modern Mies van Der...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Laneway Housing: Berryman Street & Barton Myers revisited
EDITOR: This is a continuation in our series looking at the laneway housing projects created in a University of Toronto Architecture Faculty’s...
By Shawn Micallef