Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

TTC TTC won’t rush time-based transfers [Toronto Sun] TTC considering time-based transfers  [Toronto Star] TTC looking into more flexible transfer...

Toronto’s Art Deco district? Take a walk along Eglinton Avenue West

On a recent walk along Eglinton just east of Bathurst, I noticed that several blocks are lined with beautiful Art Deco apartment buildings. The apartments...

LORINC: Ford’s land transfer tax fantasy

Mayor Rob Ford showed up to his budget show-down presser yesterday wearing a Denver Bronco’s jersey, and I suppose the logic isn’t hard to fathom. The...

If a tree falls in Etobicoke, does anyone notice? (Yes)

Last week I was walking to the convenience store up the street when I came across the tree above. It was the remains of a huge willow that I grew up...

Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Friday

TTC looking to cut bus and streetcar stops, mulls time-based transfers

At the next Toronto Transit Commission meeting on January 28, staff will present a report [PDF] that may affect the locations of bus and streetcar stops...

Yorkville Avenue fire at former home of Toronto writer Mazo de la Roche

Yesterday’s fire at 86 and 84 Yorkville Avenue was a day long event; when I walked by 11 hours after it started Toronto Fire was still pumping water...

Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

ROB FORD Ford calls latest videos and drinking a ‘minor setback’ [Globe & Mail] Toronto is more than just Rob Ford: Wynne [Toronto Sun...

Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday

ROB FORD Rob Ford faces news calls to step aside as new video could damage re-election bid [National Post] Councillors not surprised Mayor Rob Ford still...

Lee’s Palace before it was Lee’s Palace — the roots of Toronto’s famous music venue

This is what Lee’s Palace looked like when it first opened, nearly 100 years ago. It was the spring of 1919 — the first few months after the end of...

Jennifer Keesmaat talk about walking to school

Walk Toronto is hosting a talk by Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmat about walking to school on Feb. 12, to be followed by its 2014 general meeting. Keesmaat...

Turnout Toronto 2014

On the evening of January 14th, the Annex branch of the Center for Social Innovation hosted Turnout Toronto 2014, a civic engagement fair bringing...