Urban Design
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In this week’s NOW
Dylan Reid based his latest NOW article, No place to meet, on the 64 comments made to his recent Spacing wire post, in which he asked: “if you had...
By Spacing -
Portlands Energy Centre to host Canada’s largest solar research facility
A press release (PDF) was issued today announcing that the Portlands Energy Centre, the embattled power plant going up in the Portlands, will host...
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TWRC issues Herculean challenge
As far as urban planning goes, few things are more exciting than a good design challenge. Take a derelict or declining space, ask some of the...
By Ian Malczewski -
Best of 2006: bike lanes
It’s nearly impossible to pick a “best” bike lane for 2006 — I mean, 10 kilometres were added to the bikeway network last year...
By Tammy Thorne -
Best of 2006: lists from around the continent
Did you know that for the first time in North America there are more poor residents of suburbs than central cities? Or that America’s older...
By Matthew Blackett -
A tardy alt-weekly round up
This week, NOW’s Mike Smith writes about TTC development: Other side of the tracks. He focuses on the idea of selling TTC land to developers, as a...
By Spacing -
Monday’s links to weekend articles
This is the best photo of Toronto I have seen in a long time. It was posted in Torontoist’s Flickr Pool and is making the rounds on the internet...
By Matthew Blackett -
Nathan Phillips Square re-design finalists announced
photo by Sam Javanrouh • see it larger A short-list of finalists have been annouced in the re-design of Nathan Phillips Square. The jury studied...
By Matthew Blackett -
Thursday’s compendium of links
Moscoe touts landlord licences [Toronto Star]: You need a licence to drive a car, why not a licence to be a landlord? That seems to be the thinking behind...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s mid-afternoon links to run out the day
Kensington Market declared national historic site [National Post]: Kensington Market, that neighbourhood that has survived for 80 years as a good place to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Scarborough in the NOW
NOW city hall reporter (and Spacing contributor) Mike Smith looks at the issues facing the former municipality of Scarborough over the next four years...
By Dale Duncan -
Goodbye Stump (Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em)
The scene Monday in front of Scotiabank Centre was loud. The Murray Demolition company (I always wonder what the omnipresent Toronto demolisher Murray...
By Shawn Micallef