Urban Design

Fixing Avenue Road

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The car wins on Avenue Road. It always does. The pattern of valuing the convenience of drivers over everything else has been fixed... Read More

Coming clean on Regent Park’s Social Development Plan

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By Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie and Lena Sanz Tovar Earlier this year, the City of Toronto at long last approved $635,000 to partially... Read More

Farewell, Regent Park

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By Lena Sanz Tovar and Keisha St. Louis-McBurnie Farewell Oak Street, produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1953, presents... Read More

PODCAST: City scenes that saved summer

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It’s been a rough summer for everyone, but people have found ways to get outside and make the most of it. In this episode, we... Read More

Why is urban planning so white?

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By Saquib Ahsan, Ruth Belay, Abigail Moriah, and Gervais Nash The deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Abdirahman Abdi, Ejaz Choudry... Read More

The Dufferin Grove Stones and the surprisingly winding trail to discover the origins of mysterious Toronto architectural ruins

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Hidden amongst the shrubs of one of Toronto’s best-loved parks lies a collection of architectural ruins – carved stones – recently... Read More

COVID RECOVERY: Timid bus priority plan in Toronto needs to be bigger & bolder

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This week, the Executive Committee of Toronto City Council is considering a motion to prioritize public transit on select roadways... Read More

LORINC: What’s in a street name? Dundas and other uncomfortable truths about our city

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The street where I live, near St. Clair West and Christie, was originally called Victoria after it was carved out of a farmer’s field... Read More

Five organizations come together to produce a community map of Toronto “safeways”

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In a great display of community collaboration, five Toronto-based organizations dedicated to improving and enhancing the city’s public... Read More