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Exploring Black Creek, Toronto’s mini-LA River
I’ve been reading a lot about the LA river recently because of the announcement that Frank Gehry is working with the City of Los Angeles on plans to revitalize the river (plans that some say may clash...
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The very first ride at the CNE
It all started back in the mid-1800s, as a relatively small provincial fair. They held it in a field out behind Upper Canada College, which was on King Street back then (on the northwest corner of...
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Book Review From the Stacks – Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities: Design...
These days it has become nearly impossible to open a newspaper or read a website without encountering numerous doomsday predictions of our bleak-looking future. Seven Rules for Sustainable...
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Forgotten TTC architecture a reminder of nixed transit plans
Toronto is building the East Bayfront LRT. Well, sort of. This week, Metro News reported that the City of Toronto has set aside $2 million to “rough in” an light rail station in the basement of a...
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What Philadelphia can teach Toronto about art, history, and public spaces
Among North American cities, few can boast the depth of history that’s on offer in Philadelphia. The compact downtown, plotted out by William Penn in the late 1600s, has buildings and districts that...
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BACK TO SCHOOL: Why I use the city as a classroom
By Laurie Townshend At this time of year, the signs abound. Colourful backpack displays have replaced the Slip-N-Slide demo at Walmart. And if you listened closely last week, you could hear the faint...
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Results Driven Land-Use Planning
In North America, cities are increasingly burdened with a growing list of required infrastructure maintenance and replacements. With few options for generating tax revenue, these obligations are...
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LORINC: Why the Tories’ mean-spirited refugee policy has awoken urban Canada
Like many Canadians, I was riveted to the point of distraction by the extremely disturbing events of last week, and the way the developments in Europe’s refugee crisis reverberated in this city, and...
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LORINC: Faced with backlash on refugee stance, Conservatives keep digging
Over the weekend, according to media reports, the Conservative’s election crisis response to public outrage over Ottawa’s handling of the refugee crisis began to take shape: expedited applicant...
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Shedding light on public transit and invisible disabilities
A few years ago, Stats Canada conducted a survey exploring disabilities and found that 3.8 million adult Canadians identified as “disabled.” However, a number of demographic groups, including...
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That time Toronto City Hall starred in Star Trek
EDITOR’S NOTE: This articles was originally posted in October 2013; it’s being re-posted to celebrate the 50th anniversary of New City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square. Toronto has made an appearance...
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Urbanists Guide to Toronto Events: Sept. 13-19
SUNDAY Frankel Lambert Community Garden Harvest Festival Where: Frankel Lambert Park (340 Christie St.) When: 3:00pm – 7:00pm What: A day of food, activities, and music along with an opportunity to...
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The mysterious case of the grave of Stella Vanzant
When little Stella Vanzant died of causes unknown some time in the early 1800s, her bereaved father interred the girl’s young body in a six by four-foot grave in a quiet corner of the family property...
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Investing in Cycling in Scarborough
This post by Marvin Macaraig, Ph.D., is part of Spacing’s partnership with the Toronto Cycling Think & Do Tank at the University of Toronto. Marvin is the Scarborough Cycles Project Coordinator at...
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GARDINER EAST: Using the rail corridor to crack the highway riddle
The Gardiner East Follies returns for yet another extended run at City Hall beginning on Tuesday morning, when city officials present three scenarios for relocating the highway’s eastern end to free...
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Urbanist’s Guide to Toronto Events: Sept. 21-27
TUESDAY Bike Day For Women and Trans People Where: Koffler House UofT (569 Spadina Crescent) When: 2:30-9:00pm What: A day of programming for women and trans folk, including cycling and mechanic...
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Joe Carter’s World Series-winning dream
The Blue Jays had won the World Series. For the first time in history, Major League Baseball’s championship banner was flying north of the border. But winning again wasn’t going to be easy. Many of...
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Book Review – Timber in the City: Design and Construction in Mass Timber
Author: Andrew Bernheimer (Oro Editions, 2015) About two and a half years ago I had the opportunity in my last year of University to do an internship with Michael Green Architecture (MGA). This was...
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The TORONTO sign: How life imitates graphic design
To the delight of many, it was recently announced that the TORONTO sign in Nathan Phillips Square will remain in front of City Hall until its structural expiry date of 2016, when it will be replaced by...
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What Amsterdam taught a Torontonian about urbanism
Tulips, windmills, and all those salacious, smoke-filled thoughts aside, Amsterdam is internationally regarded as a haven for urbanism and as a hub for design and technology. I recently had the...
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