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401 Richmond is already at its highest and best use
I loved 401 Richmond before I even knew what it was. It was 9 years ago and I was in Toronto, visiting from Vancouver. My friend Lauren, a curatorial student, took me out to a party. We pulled up to a...
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WWW: Rethinking urban space
Designing urban spaces for women How Vienna incorporates gender into public policy and urban planning practices to promote inclusive urban design. Placing pedestrians first to improve urban livability...
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LORINC: A watchdog for all those $2 road tolls
During the (only half-finished) debate over John Tory’s road tolls scheme, the mayor offered up what looked mostly like a nerve-soothing rider for the right — a request for staff to investigate the...
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WWW: Making art functional in cities around the world
Alleys to Art A neighborhood in Philadelphia has transformed a formerly derelict alleyway into a work of art by installing a glowing LED mural. The project aims to improve the safety of underused...
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The Shell Oil Tower is a lost 1950s masterpiece
A little over 30 years ago this winter, one of Toronto’s earliest Modern buildings was pulled to the ground. When the Shell Oil Tower at Exhibition Place was completed in 1955, Toronto didn’t have any...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 007 – PopCanCrit: Crisis in Criticism
In part two, of our PopCanCrit special, we look at the role of the architecture critic, in a changing media landscape. Our experts discuss who gets to be an architect critics, in a world where everyone...
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Book Review – Austere Gardens: Thoughts on Landscape, Restraint, & Attending
Author: Marc Treib (ORO Editions, 2016) With no less than sixteen books under his belt focused on landscape and architecture and countless contributions to a wide variety of similarly themed...
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WWW: Transportation strategies to accommodate new technology
Sao Paulo’s innovative plan for regulating Uber Regulating alternative transportation services such as Uber has proved to be a controversial topic within urban public policy. Sao Paulo’s unique plan...
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Book Review—Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
Author: Robert Kanigel (Knopf , 2016) Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs is the first significant biography of the woman who changed the way many of us view and live in cities. And just like...
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WWW: How global cities are adopting new technologies to improve their livability
From highline to lowline: New York City approves the world’s first underground park Faced with the success of the Manhattan Highline project, New York has approved the redevelopment of an unused...
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LORINC: Cities need to heed signals from Trudeau government
The little explosion of sweaty news last week about an apparently buried federal report predicting “decades” of gigantic deficits added just a bit more fuel to the fire crackling around Justin...
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THE ARTFUL CITY: A Tale of Two Seasons
By: Ilana Altman Toronto is a city of both climatic and cultural extremes. Hot long summer days are populated by more festivals than one can count; from outdoor art and music events to public film...
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Book Review—Local Code: 3659 Proposals About Data, Design, and the Nature of...
Author: Nicholas de Monchaux (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016) Sometimes, you don’t know where you are going until you get there. And perhaps no better statement can be used to describe Nicholas...
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WWW: Improving the viability of bike sharing infrastructure
The high cost of bike shares vs. public transit How can we readjust the pricing of bike shares to be more accessible and economical for public transit customers, particularly for single-ride users?...
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The demise of the first “air rights” project in Toronto
When Toronto’s first subway line opened in 1954, much of track north of Bloor Street was located in a shallow, open trench. The money-saving open cut construction technique was an old one: The...
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LORINC: Be very wary of Canada’s Trump-lite politicians
What kinds of thoughts, I wonder, were skittering through the minds of Conservative leadership hopefuls Kellie Leitch and Kevin O’Leary when they tuned in to the astonishing scenes of protest from...
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Book Review: Where Are the Women Architects?
Author: Despina Stratigakos (Princeton University Press, 2016) The title says it all. In this poignant, frank, and succinct volume, University at Buffalo State University of New York associate...
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WWW: Rethinking affordable housing
Floating shipping containers as affordable housing A Copenhagen design firm has created new affordable housing units out of refurbished shipping containers that float, tethered to a dock in the inner...
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The truth and post-truth about Pride and Black Lives Matter Toronto
Guest post by Mariana Valverde and Akwasi Owusu-Bempah Toronto’s police force has long been known for its sophisticated, expensive PR machine. It is thus not surprising that in the wake of the January...
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Parks as natural places for engagement across difference
Ahead of Park People’s first national city parks conference in Calgary this coming March 2017, Park People’s Jake Tobin Garrett caught up with keynote speaker Jay Pitter, an author, placemaker, senior...
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