Yvonne was in her early 40s, with short brown hair and a solid build. She was taller than my 5’ 5” frame, but when I met her ...

I am not a daily commuter, but as a documentary photographer of Toronto’s urban fabric, I depend on the TTC to get me to ...

Transit planning is a long-term endeavour, not a one-time project with a single solution. In a municipal election year, we ...

The first part of this series focused on the section of Gerrard Street East between Broadview Avenue and the Carlaw-Pape ...

Community Land Trusts Gaining Ground A good news story in recent years is the amount of progress Community Land Trusts (CLTs) ...

Location, location, location is the old saying about what matters in real estate.  But what if you combined location, with architecture, and terrific views, as Joseph (Joe) Medwecki did at 190 St.

Steel girders that used to carry cars across the Don River now carry conversations on a quiet stretch of East Chinatown. Outside Hugh’s Room, two benches sit along the sidewalk, their industrial ...

In 1864, Fydor Dostoevsky wrote his seminal Notes from Underground, a novella exploring existentialism and alienation in a large city – in his case, St. Petersburg – the premise of which in many ways ...

As befits a fall when the Blue Jays have again become contenders, the $10 billion-plus question hanging over the soon-to-be-opened Crosstown LRT is whether it will attract riders. We built it, but ...

In the intricate machinery of urban governance, one figure looms large but largely out of sight: the City Manager. Appointed by City Council, not elected ...

There’s a word that shows up a lot in housing debates—one that tends to end conversations rather than deepen them: viability. I hear this word constantly in comments to articles I write and in the ...

[Editor’s note: This letter, signed by 27 prominent B.C. experts in urban planning and architecture, was sent last week to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister of Housing Gregor Robertson, and was ...