Urban Design

Our new issue launches at Laneway Block Party

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WHAT: Issue 50 release party / Laneway Block Party WHEN: Saturday, June 22 4pm-10pm WHERE: Foxley Place, at Ossington Ave. and Foxley... Read More

LORINC: Celebration and Toronto’s Public Space Moment

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The hundreds of thousands of soccer fans spilling onto St. Clair West after Italy’s 1982 World Cup victory marked a turning point for... Read More

LORINC: Ford Nation’s growth plan cruises across the finish line

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Now that Mayor John Tory has put the muzzle back on his political attack puppy, it’s safe to conclude that nothing else stands between... Read More

From Bach to Transport: Leipzig holds a key to the future of cities & Canadians should pay attention

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The International Transportation Forum is an inter-governmental organization of the OECD. It holds a summit of transport ministers... Read More

Changing the definition of accessibility

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André Darmanin is a recovered transit planner and currently writes on planning and policy issues on his blog — Metro Governance... Read More

Understanding Ron Arad’s new public art at Yonge and Bloor

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Outside of One Bloor East, two towering cylindrical figures slink around one another. The sculpture’s reflective steel encasement is... Read More

OP-ED: Toronto’s planning needs less politics, not more

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Brad Bradford is a Toronto city councillor and former urban planner When I saw Doug Ford’s new planning legislation my first... Read More

Is it time for Canadian cities to think about road pricing? Put it to the people and find out.

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Editor: With congestion grinding cities down and road pricing hitting political buffers, is there a better route to a solution... Read More

Suburban land use & climate change: Making the connections and taking action

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In the wake of the sudden and unexpected announcement of the termination of her position, the Environmental Commissioner for the... Read More