Urban Design
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Proposed changes to make Dundas and Sterling intersection safer for cyclists
Months after a tragic accident at the intersection of Dundas Street West and Sterling Road, community members of Ward 18 are talking about ways to make...
By Amber Daugherty -
Humanizing traffic counts at Toronto intersections
Humanizing and humanely utilizing the endless stream of data coming out of cities may be a 21st century urban planner’s greatest challenge. Eyes on...
By Jake Schabas -
LORINC: What should be on the new chief planner’s to-do list
Progressive Toronto was feeling pretty darn good about its collective self last week when the City revealed it would be hiring the poised planning...
By John Lorinc -
Spacing’s Shawn Micallef one of this year’s TEDxToronto speakers
A partial list of speakers for this year’s TEDxToronto conference was released yesterday and includes our Senior Editor Shawn Micallef along with...
By Spacing -
Headspace: Susan McIsaac, CEO of the United Way, discusses priority neighbourhoods
Susan McIsaac is CEO of the United Way of Toronto. Since 1956, The United Way has been working to provide services to the poor and needy in our city...
By Luca De Franco -
Meet Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto’s new chief planner
In the lead-up to the previous municipal election, Spacing identified the most pressing urban issues facing the city. In our urban planning feature we...
By Matthew Blackett -
An imagined future in Upper Toronto
It’s a pie in the sky idea, purposefully. Upper Toronto is “a science fiction urban design project” that proposes the building of a new city, right on...
By Claire Nelischer -
NO MEAN CITY: Ossington Avenue, condofication, and the changing city
On Ossington Avenue yesterday, I saw front-end loaders turning an old warehouse into rubble and crumbs. If you’ve been following the news you may...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Separating bike lanes
Toronto needs separated bike lanes — on wide, fast roads such as the Richmond/Adelaide corridor, suburban Eglinton Avenue where the LRT will be...
By Dylan Reid -
NO MEAN CITY: 5468796, Winnipeg’s architecture upstarts
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture I recently wrote a story for the Globe about the Winnipeg...
By Alex Bozikovic -
LORINC: Welcome to the huburbs of Greater Toronto
An elegant little planning book is doing the rounds these days – an intriguing 123-page volume entitled “Huburbs: Transit and Urbanism in the...
By John Lorinc -
Headspace VIDEO: Anna Simone, The PUG Awards
Anna Simone is co-founder of the PUG Awards. Each year, the PUGs hold an online vote to determine the best and worst of Toronto architecture. Award...
By Luca De Franco