Urban Design
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EXCLUSIVE: What is the source of Therme’s financing?
When Infrastructure Ontario executes public-private partnership arrangements, there are numerous permutations — design-build-finance-maintain, outright...
By John Lorinc -
Making places out of Toronto Centre’s neglected laneways
There’s a tactic in marketing: surprise and delight. It’s used to attract and engage with customers new and old by interacting with them in unexpected...
By Maryam Siddiqi -
LORINC: Ontario Place and a tale of two message tracks
After spending much of last Wednesday watching Therme Canada and its consultants perform in public, first during a four-hour session with a combined...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Speaking truth to power about Therme’s mega-spa
Tomorrow will be an all-day spa event in Toronto. The day will end with an online “consultation” session at 6pm, showcasing Therme...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Where will the mayoral candidates stand on Ontario Place?
Here’s a question for the women and men positioning themselves for a run at the mayor’s chair: Do you think Therme’s proposed $350...
By John Lorinc -
Megalandscape: A counter-proposal for Ontario Place
The Ontario government’s proposal to cannibalize Ontario Place by building a monstrous, for-profit spa on public land will destroy a waterfront ecology...
By Catherine Howell, Ramsey Leung, and Joe Loreto -
Reimagining under the Gardiner
Toronto’s journey towards urban renewal could witness a new stage unfold with plans to transform overlooked areas beneath the Gardiner Expressway between...
By Nicole Capogna -
LORINC: The taxing discussion about a parking tax
Can anyone who pays attention to City Hall say they didn’t see this one coming? The latest news from the budget committee’s deliberations is...
By John Lorinc -
Rexdale deserves a spa: An invitation to Therme
Therme Canada’s proposal for a spa is better suited for Woodbine Entertainment’s renewal plan, and would allow the City of Toronto and the...
By Chloe Brown -
LORINC: Toronto’s development charge showdown is a distraction
As the battle over Bill-23 — a.k.a. the “More Housing Bigger Profits Act” — rumbled towards its inevitable conclusion yesterday, the central...
By John Lorinc -
EVENT: “Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto” book launch at the Spacing Store
WHAT: Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto book launch WHERE: Spacing Store, 401 Richmond St. W. WHEN: Thursday, November 24th at 6:30pm...
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LORINC: Paul Bedford on what happens next with the Ontario Place redevelopment
In the days immediately following the municipal election, the second round of public consultations on the revitalization, so-called, of Ontario Place. A...
By John Lorinc