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National Housing Innovation event tackles Toronto’s housing affordability crisis
Toronto’s housing affordability crisis has long dominated headlines and political discourse, but measures introduced by our governments have so far been...
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In defense of Toronto becoming a charter city
This column is in response to Professor Zack Taylor’s analysis of Toronto becoming a Charter City on Spacing In an opinion column here on Spacing...
By Doug Earl -
A comparative look at Toronto’s CLRVs
At the end of December 2019, Toronto’s iconic CLRV streetcars will depart from city streets after more than 40 years serving the city. While these...
By Brian Doucet -
REID: The secret small-town urbanism of TV Christmas movies
At first glance, the made-for-TV Christmas movies that have come to dominate the holiday season on certain channels – and recently, Netflix – are...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto’s missing middle should be built along collector roads
Much of the conversation about missing middle development in Toronto has been focused on how to smuggle additional housing units into residential areas...
By Geoff Turnbull and Laurence Holland -
LORINC: John Tory’s tax hike and the myth of the electoral mandate
In his column on the weekend, the Globe and Mail’s Marcus Gee took Mayor John Tory to task for committing an electoral bait-and-switch, promising during...
By John Lorinc -
The Beautiful Mess of Toronto Laneways, my newest book for Spacing
There is no public space that holds my heart quite like a laneway. When I moved downtown in the mid-1990s I began to wander the city’s alleys to marvel at...
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LORINC: What exactly does ‘affordable housing’ mean in Toronto?
With the unveiling yesterday of the City’s ten-year “Housing Opportunities Toronto” (HOT) action plan, Mayor John Tory and city council’s housing czar Ana...
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The Ward Cabaret is Toronto’s original musical
When immigrants arrived in Toronto in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they disembarked either at Union Station or one of the commercial wharves...
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Dear Toronto: We need to talk about city charters
Is the answer to Toronto’s problems a city charter? According to the aptly named Charter City Toronto, it is. From my perspective, the group’s proposal...
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Is the future of ride hailing friendly?
Torontonians love Uber and Lyft. So much that there are an estimated 70,000 private transportation company (PTC) vehicles operating on our city streets...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 041, Toronto’s endless transit circus
It’s been a while since we delved into the always amusing world of Toronto transit. There have been major proposals from the province, major...
By Spacing Radio
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered