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LORINC: MGM’s Casino Ex-travaganza: have we seen this show before?
When MGM Resorts International unveiled its flashy proto-proposal for the CNE yesterday, the company’s officials were eager to talk about the 10,000 new...
By John Lorinc -
EVENT: Rethinking Ontario Place
In December of last year, a group of 40 architects, designers, planners, and other creative types got together to imagine the future of Ontario Place. The...
By Dale Duncan -
NO MEAN CITY: Don River Park, Hurricane Sandy and the meadows that will save Bay Street
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture What did we learn about building cities in 2012? From Superstorm Sandy, the...
By Alex Bozikovic -
STREET SCENE: The Harbour
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Waterfront Toronto officially breaks ground on the Queens Quay
With the drop of a pick axe political dignitaries, city councillors, and community organizers officially marked the ground breaking of the Queens Quay...
By Andrew Russell -
The Convention Centre, Norman Foster and imaginary parks
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture The Globe and Mail reports today that Oxford Properties, the large developer...
By Alex Bozikovic -
New plan actually improves the Port Lands
Last week, Waterfront Toronto released a revision of the plans for the Port Lands (pictured below). The revision was part of the “Port Lands...
By Dylan Reid -
Island artist brings attention to city workers
A bright lime green building stands at the edge of the beach on Toronto’s Centre Island. Life-size photographs of City workers line its outer walls...
By Amber Daugherty -
Sunday on the Island 1: Slippery Names, Soft Sands.
This is the first of some posts for Spacing Toronto exploring the Toronto Islands as the potent place that they are to our city. New posts will go up on...
By Erica Yudelman -
Queen’s Quay promenade makeover finally on its way
Queen’s Quay is finally on its way to becoming the signature tourist street in all of Toronto. Yesterday, Waterfront Toronto CEO John Campbell and...
By Amber Daugherty -
My City Lives: Waterfront Toronto
Ken Greenberg is an architect and urban designer residing in Toronto. Instead of redevelopment, Greenberg believes in revitalization, and the protection...
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Ideas for Ontario Place
Over the weekend the National Post ran a story collecting the thoughts of nine different architects and planners (including me, a pretend...
By Shawn Micallef