Walking
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Church Street is being pedestrianized — that wasn’t so hard, was it?
In well under a year, which is like the blink of an eye in City of Toronto time, a plan to pedestrianize that portion of Church Street bisecting The...
By John Lorinc -
Last-Mile Urbanism
A small cube-shaped robot rolls carefully along a crowded sidewalk, weaving between patio tables, cyclists, utility poles, and pedestrians carrying...
By Erick Villagomez -
OP-ED: Yonge Street deserves pedestrianization
I live near the intersection of Yonge and Dundas Streets, where, according to the city’s own data published in 2021 (PDF), 76% of road users are...
By Shane Gates -
Walking the City, Together: Jane’s Walk Vancouver Returns This Spring – April 30-May 3
From April 30 to May 3, Jane’s Walk Vancouver returns with a citywide series of free, community-led walking tours that transform everyday streets into...
By Spacing -
Church Street Needs to Be Pedestrianized
It’s evening in Toronto’s Gay Village and the sidewalks are bustling with people. The air is warm and electric. People sweaty from the dance floor pop out...
By Rodney Chan -
OP-ED: Walking the Lonely City
Cassandra Alves, Sarah Luca, Wesley Reibeling, and Celia Beketa are members of the Jane’s Walk steering committee. There exists a paradox in city...
By Cassandra Alves, Sarah Luca, Wesley Reibeling and Celia Beketa -
More housing near transit won’t solve Toronto’s affordability crisis
Onah Jung is a Toronto-based architect, urban designer, and founder of Studio Jonah. The City of Toronto recently revealed plans for more housing around...
By Onah Jung -
a red rectangle of our urban density hinge-mounted like a stamp
nights, bearings, routes
By Derek DeLand -
Do Toronto’s small urban spaces have a social life?
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design will be screening The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces this...
By John Lorinc -
To the Dogs
As far as pet owners are concerned, the big news that broke in 2025 is that there are now four times more pets in Canada than children under the age of...
By mariastanborough -
LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course
Does the City of Toronto see its network of sidewalks as transportation infrastructure? Officially, the answer is yes. Transportation services, the...
By John Lorinc -
Running the City
Dawn doesn’t so much break over Toronto on marathon morning as creep in behind the sound of trucks, radios, and zip-ties. Streets that usually hum with...
By Alex Kharabian