Urban Design
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Smart Growth 1966, or “plus ca change …”
Here’s a quote from “Proposals for a New Plan for Toronto”, published in 1966 for public discussion at the Toronto Planning Board. A...
By Dylan Reid -
NO MEAN CITY: Is Toronto climbing, collapsing or both?
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Recently I met with an American magazine editor who was in town for a...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Fourth Wall: Communicating with the public
This series features highlights from the ongoing exhibit The Fourth Wall: Transforming City Hall. The exhibit, on now at the Urbanspace Gallery, considers...
By Hilary Best -
City won’t put a sidewalk on a route to school
A local resident recently brought my attention to an impending decision by the City of Toronto to not add a sidewalk to Chine Drive, a local road in...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto’s current urban planning conflicts rooted in the past
The seeds of Toronto’s modern-day political discord, as it pertains to urban development, were planted in the 1950s. According to Stephen Bocking, one...
By Liam Lahey -
NO MEAN CITY: Tour, Centre for Justice Leadership
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture. Recently the Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Awards announced this year’s...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Headspace: Debbie Field, Foodshare
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: Toronto Urban Design Awards
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture A night about design, and it turned into a civic pep rally. That was the...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Bike City: What could have been [?]
It’s often touted among cycling advocates in our city that there was a time when Toronto ranked as North America’s #1 cycling city. One could say it all...
By Fred Sztabinski -
The Official Plan Review
Toronto is undertaking a review of its Official Plan. The Plan was adopted by City Council in 2002, but it didn’t come into force until 2006 after...
By Dylan Reid -
Impressed by Doug Ford’s backroom vision for the Toronto Port Lands? Take a look at Mayor Bert Xanadu’s vision for the Toronto Islands: “The Islands in my Brain.”
EDITOR: It’s circa 1973. Bert Xanadu is the Mayor of Toronto and owner of the Imperial Six cinemas on Yonge Street. Mayor Xanadu has been governing...
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NO MEAN CITY: How to invite people into the development process?
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture The always energetic Dave Meslin has noticed a design problem that needs some...
By Alex Bozikovic