Spacing Toronto

Saving an oak forest – from bylaw enforcement

Eric Davies has been ordered to cut down the heritage oak seedlings he has been cultivating and giving away in his front yard

By Lorraine Johnson

Housing

Op-Ed: Can green infrastructure thrive in high-density urban development?

Carolyn Whitzman and Roy Brooke say their new report makes the case for linking the housing and climate change agendas

By Guest Columnists

Transit

LORINC: Toronto’s transit agenda has gone missing

Even a transit-friendly mayor doesn't have much appetite for altering the status quo

By John Lorinc

Culture

‘I remember where I was when I read that book…’

"Book-besotted troubadour" Corin Raymond explores the books he's loved, lost, and lent in cities all over the world

By Joseph Wilson

Housing

Op-Ed: Why is there so little rental construction?

A developer unpacks the math that makes purpose-built rental so challenging to build

By Jonathan Diamond

Housing

LORINC: Major planning change for Toronto’s major streets

Council is debating a transformational plan to allow small scale apartments on every main artery in Toronto

By John Lorinc

Green Space

Clearcutting in the Don Valley

Giant machines have felled every tree and scraped all vegetation through great swaths of the Don Valley to make way for the Ontario Line subway. Photographer Steven Evans captures stunning images of the impact, accompanied by text by Ian Darragh.

By Ian Darragh

Traffic

OP-ED: Addressing Toronto’s congestion will take more than technology

We first have to recognize that congestion is an intractable problem whose solution requires the meaningful participation of diverse stakeholders, say Mahtot Gebresselassie and Tricia Wood

By Mahtot Gebresselassie and Tricia Wood