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The Power of Place: Artists as City Builders

By Barbara Gray

Welcome to The Power of Place: Artists as City Builders. This series emerged out of my strong interest to share with you the... Read More

Infrastructure

How District Energy is Decarbonizing Cities

By Glenn Miller

Although many communities in Ontario and across Canada have pledged support for the government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero... Read More

Neighbourhoods

The Sun is Always in Your Eyes in Rexdale

By Kunal Chaudhary

This essay originally appeared in issue 57, summer 2021. The author, Kunal Chaudhary, has been nominated for the Best Emerging Writer... Read More

Culture

The Power of Place: Artists as City Builders

By Barbara Gray

Welcome to The Power of Place: Artists as City Builders. This series emerged out of my strong interest to share with you the... Read More

Housing

LORINC: The back-channel lobbying of residents’ associations

By John Lorinc

Should residents’ associations be required to register as lobbyists? This loaded question, as it turns out, was canvassed, sort... Read More

History

REID: Shadows and light – a longstanding debate

By Dylan Reid

It’s an argument, it turns out, that has been going on for centuries. When new tall or mid-rise buildings are discussed, one of the... Read More

Politics

LORINC: Doug Ford’s electrification plan is actually a gas-powered climate nightmare

By John Lorinc

It being election season (and Earth Day), the Ontario government news releases are arriving a dime a dozen right now, and many seem to... Read More

Housing

OP-ED: Look to co-op housing to address Canada’s affordability crisis

By Margaret Kohn

The cost of housing doesn’t have to be exorbitant, but it will stay that way as long as the government continues to stimulate the... Read More

Politics

LORINC: The horrible lies of Pierre Poilievre’s real estate lessons

By John Lorinc

Why do we have a housing crisis? Let me count the ways: Low interest rates, restrictive zoning, permissive zoning, contractor... Read More

Housing

OP-ED: Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force pushes for private sector power over true affordability

By Heather Breeze, Mona Dai, and Samuel Ganton

Written on behalf of The Architecture Lobby Toronto/Tkaronto (TAL-TO). TAL-TO is a volunteer-run collective working to improve the... Read More

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