Urban Design
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GTA’s lost villages: Thistletown
23 Jason Road, Thistletown’s first house, built around 1802 Thistletown, perhaps Toronto’s best-hidden historic neighbourhood, is located at...
By Sean Marshall -
GTA’s lost villages: Agincourt
The brutalist Chelmsford Apartment towers loom over an old village house. This is the first in a series I plan to do over the next little while on the...
By Sean Marshall -
Richard Serra’s King City Shift
High on my long list of Spacing posts I’ve not yet had time to make is one on Richard Serra’s “Shift” sculpture. It sits in a...
By Shawn Micallef -
WATERFRONToronto unveils design for East Bayfront development
A “milestone day in the effort to revitalise Toronto’s waterfront”, according to John Campbell, President and CEO of Waterfront Toronto...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
Empty Danforth plot undergoes redevelopment plans
I recently attended a community meeting regarding the redevelopment proposal for 2055-2057 Danforth Avenue, at the intersection of Danforth and Woodbine...
By Nicole Bruun-Meyer -
CIP / OPPI Conference: New Strategies for Consultation
Spacing contributor Ian Malczewski spent September 30-October 3 in Niagara Falls at a joint conference held by the Ontario Professional Planners Institute...
By Ian Malczewski -
North York redux: A Leona Drive Project discussion event
It’s a busy week for talking about North York: Last week I wrote about the Leona Drive project in Willowdale, tonight is the North York Modernist...
By Shawn Micallef -
Informal infrastructure and haunted house in Scarborough
In late September, I had the privilege of sitting in on one of the walkability studies that are taking place in conjunction with the City’s Tower...
By Dylan Reid -
STREET SCENE: Train Over Traffic
A little excitement while driving on the Parkway in the morning. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Bungalow’s last stand in North York — The Leona Drive Project
In this week’s Eye Weekly my Psychogeography column is dedicated to wandering the bungalow and skyscraper skyline of Willowdale in North York but...
By Shawn Micallef -
The new zoning bylaw: a confusion of bases
1545 Eglinton Ave West by Kevin Steele A few weeks ago I wrote about the project to create a new comprehensive zoning bylaw for Toronto. In an effort to...
By Dylan Reid -
OPPI / CIP Conference: Contemporary Approaches to Heritage Planning
Spacing contributor Ian Malczewski spent September 30 – October 3 in Niagara Falls at a joint conference held by the Ontario Professional Planners...
By Ian Malczewski