Urban Design
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LORINC: Subways in the suburbs, a contrarian view
Between 1954 and 1980, Toronto built two subway lines with 62 stations and 55 km of track. Between 1980 and 2018, by which time the Spadina extension to...
By John Lorinc -
HEADSPACE: Architect Michael McClelland discusses Heritage Preservation
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: Will Alsop, subways and context
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture I’m happy to see that the Toronto Star has stirred up some debate about...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Lost Villages: West Hill
West Hill and its neighbouring “lost” village, Highland Creek (featured two weeks ago) share a common early history. Both villages were...
By Sean Marshall -
Rock & Roll Urbanism: The Pretenders & My City Was Gone
With the Empress Hotel fire on Yonge Street last week our thoughts have been turned to the city’s built form and how to better preserve the worthy...
By Shawn Micallef -
NO MEAN CITY: Designs on a downtown park
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture This year, the redesign of downtown Toronto’s John Street into a...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Lost Villages: Highland Creek and Danforth Road
The Morrish General Store at Kingston Road and Meadowvale; now the home of the Scarborough Historical Society At the dawn of the 19th century, a road was...
By Sean Marshall -
Lost villages: Mount Pleasant
In northwest Brampton, at the junction of Bovaird Drive (formerly Highway 7), Creditview Road (3rd Line East), and the CN Halton Subdivision/GO Georgetown...
By Sean Marshall -
Is Tower Renewal rising again?
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture Good news: Tower Renewal may be getting new life. With a new report, Tower...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Lost villages: Barbertown
After a lengthy hiatus, I bring you the latest installment in my occasional series on the “lost villages” of the Greater Toronto Area...
By Sean Marshall -
Building a better intersection for pedestrians
I recently came across an interesting proposal to improve the safety of pedestrians at busy intersections. Korean designer Jae Min Lim studied the routes...
By Matthew Blackett -
The future of Tower Renewal
The Tower Neighbourhood Renewal plan (aka Mayor’s Tower Renewal) is an ambitious initiative with great potential to increase the quality of life of...
By Adrian Lightstone