Waterfront
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The Lakeshore Median: Parkland or Parking?
There’s an article in the Globe and Mail today about the debate concerning parking for the newly restored Palais Royale. A plan is in place to put...
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Port Authority appoints new board members
Toronto waterfront, 1918 Yesterday, Spacing reported that the release of federal government report (the Tasse Report) assessing the need for the Toronto...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s headlines
• Who said cops are lazy? Well, a Toronto Star reader did and asked the Fixer why, after nine years of amalgamation, the Toronto Police HQ on College...
By Matthew Blackett -
Future of Island Airport Delayed
Spacing seems to be the first media outlet reporting that the federal report on the Toronto Port Authority by Roger Tasse has been delayed. The report...
By Ian Malczewski -
DuskTOdark Cycling Adventure
On September 15, Toronto will see its first “Dusk TO Dark” evening mass cycle ride, a 25km trip through the waterfront starting at Fort York...
By Dylan Reid -
Quay to the City: Re-Lived!
While the Quay to the City gave us a taste of what the revitalized Central Waterfront will be like, it also served another important function: it gave...
By Ian Malczewski -
Three people don’t make it “mixed reviews”
The Star has an article today about the Queen’s Quay pedestrian/bike lane experiment. They had quotes from three residents who didn’t seem...
By Matthew Blackett -
We tear down the good to erect the bad
Toronto skyline, 1931 Christopher Hume had an excellent piece in the Star yesterday. His opening three paragraphs are a reminder of what we’ve let...
By Matthew Blackett -
Nothing Sacred
We’ve already seen subways, streetcars, and subway stations wrapped in advertising, but we can now add another part of our infrastructure to the...
By Ian Malczewski -
Saturday’s public space headlines
• Roadsworth getting his street cred [ Toronto Star ] • A problem with the Beav on Ward’s Island [ Toronto Star ] • A garden of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Weekend headlines
• Bike sculpture built for 300 [ Toronto Star ] • HUME: Glorious kick in the asphalt [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto’s east-west divide ...
By Matthew Blackett -
Stockholm syndrome
I’m in Stockholm, Sweden for a week and plan to post my observations about the city’s public realm as much as possible during my time here. I...
By Matthew Blackett