Urban Design
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A new life for historic O’Keefe laneway
Vibrant public space that encourages walking and physical activity is exactly what 8-80 Cities thinks Toronto needs right now. Some areas in the city that...
By Amber Daugherty -
Event: This Space Available at Next Wave Film Festival
From May 10-12, young movie lovers will take over the TIFF Bell Lightbox for Next Wave, a film festival programmed for and partly curated by cinema lovers...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
My City Lives: Adam Vaughan
Adam Vaughan is serving his second term at Toronto City Hall where he is completing his mandate to bring change. In this video Vaughan discusses how to...
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NO MEAN CITY: Shim, Lambert, and Bow-Wow honour George Baird
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Tonight (Friday) I’ll be attending the opening of what should be hugely...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Headspace: Katerina Cizek discusses Tower Renewal
This regular online series will feature interviews with fascinating and influential urban thinkers, with a focus on discussing how Toronto can become a...
By Luca De Franco -
NO MEAN CITY: A RAD condo renovation
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Welcome to the age of the fixer-upper condo, the older apartment that needs...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Beyond Speedbumps: other ways to calm traffic on residential streets
Last fall, I went on a community walk in Rivertowne, a new development north-west of Queen E. and Broadview that combines public and market townhouses...
By Dylan Reid -
Urban Planet: Extending the Lives of Bridges
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
Is there Planning Law or just City Politics?
I live-blogged an interesting conference last week at the University of Toronto Law School called “Is there Planning Law or just City...
By Dylan Reid -
Is there Planning Law or just City Politics?
This Friday (Jan. 13), the University of Toronto Faculty of Law is hosting an all-day Conference on Municipalities and Land Use Planning, “Is there...
By Dylan Reid -
NO MEAN CITY: The architecture of health
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture There’s an interesting panel discussion coming up on Thursday at U of...
By Alex Bozikovic -
NO MEAN CITY: The waterfront and the generic city
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture I haven’t touched on the waterfront very often this year (I was busy elsewhere...
By Alex Bozikovic