Ontario

Online Game Lets You Balance Toronto's Books

Simulation allows citizens to experience the tough budgetary decisions facing Toronto's municipal leaders.
28 March 2004 - 9:00am
The Toronto Star

Quality Home Design Meets Mass Production

"What if you could actually afford to buy a house by award-winning architects?"
16 March 2004 - 10:00am
The Globe and Mail

Toronto's Waterfront Vision Imperilled

Intergovernmental gridlock frustrates plans for revitalization of the Lake Ontario shoreline
16 March 2004 - 6:00am
The Toronto Star

Toronto's Regent Park To Be 'Transformed'

Canada's first public housing project will be demolished and rebuilt as a mixed-income community.
1 March 2004 - 5:00am
The Toronto Star

New Vision for Toronto Waterfront Unveiled

A rushed federal report proposes 39 new waterfront projects including considerable new parklands.
29 February 2004 - 1:00pm
The Toronto Star

Housing Solution Could Be Down Toronto's Alleys

Rear lanes may prove to be an untapped resource in Toronto's plans to house a growing population.
27 February 2004 - 12:00pm
The Toronto Star

Ontario's 'Eviction Factory'

Housing advocates are decyring the ease with which landlords may now evict residential tenants.
16 February 2004 - 5:00am
The Toronto Star

Imagination Required For Successful City Building

Experts suggest that the great cities of the world are those that have room for human imagination.
13 February 2004 - 9:00am
The Toronto Star

Too High A Density Can Also Promote Sprawl

Densification is often promoted as a solution to sprawl, but too much density too quickly can also backfire.
9 February 2004 - 7:00am
Planetizen

Gehry To Unveil Redesign For Art Gallery of Ontario

Toronto architects ponder the influence of Frank Gehry on the eve of his long-awaited homecoming
28 January 2004 - 2:00pm
The Toronto Star

Suburban Life Not So Cheap After All

A new study finds that living in Toronto's suburbs may actually be more expensive than in the central city.
27 January 2004 - 8:00am
The Toronto Star

The Stairway That Killed Main Street

Architect says onerous building code requirement frustrates Toronto's efforts to intensify.
23 January 2004 - 6:00am
The Toronto Star

Green Power Versus Aesthetics

A plan to develop a windmill farm on the Niagara Escarpment provokes controversy and intergovernmental infighting.
14 January 2004 - 6:00am
The Toronto Star

An Office Away From Home (But Not At The Office)

Telework centre offers best of the office and home while shortening commute times and feelings of isolation
13 January 2004 - 4:00am
The Toronto Star

Quality Design Transforming Toronto Condo Market

Condo purchasers are becoming increasingly savvy about architecture and urban design.
5 January 2004 - 10:00am
The Toronto Star

York's 'Big Pipe' Problem

York Region's 'Big Pipe' continues contruction despite inherent problems with gravity-fed system
4 January 2004 - 5:00am
The Toronto Star

Existing Provincial Policies Work Against Smart Growth

A new report details the costs of urban sprawl in southern Ontario.
30 December 2003 - 10:00am
Pembina Institute

Greenbelt Proposed Around Toronto

Development is banned in the fast-growing Ontario region known as the 'Golden Horseshoe'.
23 December 2003 - 11:00am
The Toronto Star

Ottawa: Reducing Sprawl At The Cost Of Housing?

Housing consistency in Ottawa may be shattered by new legislation.
20 December 2003 - 11:00am
The Ottawa Citizen

New Report Highlights Need To Curb Sprawl

Pembina Institute finds that existing provincial policies are an obstacle to reforming land use planning in Ontario
9 December 2003 - 2:00pm
Pembina Institute
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