Urban Design
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Postal
It’s confounding that so many Toronto condo projects are given such unfortunate names that have nothing to do with this city or this geography. Like...
By Shawn Micallef -
Renderings for Nathan Phillips Square re-design
Spacing associate editor Dylan Reid has already posted a critique of the four finalists, so I’ll spare you my opinions (they don’t differ too...
By Matthew Blackett -
Monday afternoon links
On Sunday, I wanted to catch the 4:43am ride on the newly opened section of the St Clair right-of-way (ROW) but I came down with a serious flu bug...
By Matthew Blackett -
A non-crosseyed vision for 2011?
Today, Artscape launched a new campaign called Vision 2011: Thinking Big About Culture-led Regeneration aka A Roadmap for Toronto’s Future. Now, we...
By Leah Sandals -
Dale Duncan at City Hall: Feb. 15, 2007
Everyone’s bored of the board If there’s one thing city council can agree on these days, it’s that the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB...
By Dale Duncan -
New York creates the Jane Jacobs Medal
In 1997, a conference here in Toronto called “Jane Jacobs: Ideas That Matter” gathered hundreds of the world’s most prominent thinkers...
By Matthew Blackett -
Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • GO Transit on track as CN conductors strike [ Toronto Star ] • GO riders should plan for CN strike, official says [ Globe and Mail ...
By Matthew Blackett -
Articles to help kill a Friday afternoon
TRANSIT • GO urges commuters to make own plans as strike looms [ Toronto Star ] • For City, TTC’s a big ticket [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
By Matthew Blackett -
A Sunday of immodest proposals
The Sunday Star had a few articles of note (since Tuesday is the best time to reflect on the Sunday paper): Why not shop the better way? Andrew Chung...
By Shawn Micallef -
A bike-tastic vision for the waterfront
Paris bike lane pic by Gadl Last week I attended the first public meeting for the Central Waterfront redesign. I am happy to report that the presentations...
By Tammy Thorne -
Mapping our urbanism – water mains
In the Toronto Star last weekend was a special 2-page spread on the sorry state of Toronto’s water mains with emphasis on who’s to pay for...
By Robin Chubb -
Toronto can and must set up an alternative to the OMB
Christopher Hume, interviewing former Toronto chief planner Paul Bedford, has written one of the best columns I’ve seen so far about the issue of...
By Dylan Reid