Urban Design
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A Toronto “What If?”
Today’s Toronto Star has a great section called “What If?” It is very much like our “History of our Future” issue from last...
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Architecture is a transformer
The Saturday edition of the Globe and Mail has a few articles on the architectural and culutral renaissance Toronto is undergoing. Lisa Rochon has the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Developing downtown Vaughan
As we posted a few weeks ago, “downtown” Vaughan will rise thanks to the provincial government’s decision to fund the Spadina/York...
By Matthew Blackett -
Last day for street furniture survey
Today is the last day for the public to fill out a street furniture survey. It is very important for as many people to fill this out so that the City...
By Matthew Blackett -
Public space in the news today
Here are a few links to articles in today’s papers: The TTC is going shopping for new streetcars. The photo above, from Minneapolis, is the new...
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Pedestrian Bridges
In Saturday’s Globe and Mail, John Lorinc reports that there is a proposal afoot for a pedestrian bridge designed by architect Will Aslop (of OCAD...
By Dylan Reid -
Making Rural Development Work
The Town of Caledon, a rural area just north of Brampton, has come up with a promising way to encourage development without sprawl. The township prides...
By Dylan Reid -
Community-guided development
In Thursday’s Toronto Star, Christopher Hume writes an excellent piece about the efforts of community group Active 18 to create a...
By Dylan Reid -
Map jewelry
If you haven’t seen Ann Lindsay MacDonald’s Toronto-inspired jewelry, you’re missing out. She makes rings, brooches and bracelets using...
By Matthew Blackett -
Waterfront, GTTA news, Mississauga BRT, trees in Oakville
The Toronto Star has a number of articles today that may be of interest to you: Christopher Hume from the Toronto Star, on the city’s waterfront...
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Absolute Mississauga
Mississauga unveiled the winner of its landmark development Absolute near the city’s civic centre and Square One shopping mall. The jury picked the...
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Active 18 vs. WESTside Lofts
[Crossposted on the Eye Blog] Back to back press conferences taking place Thursday morning will provide two perhaps contrasting visions for development...
By Dale Duncan