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Toronto's Newest Improvement Area: Bloor

A new business improvement area aims to transform Toronto's most important shopping district, which has been declining rapidly.
13 August 2003 - 3:00pm
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A Day At The Dump

Scavenging is the best recycling program.
2 August 2003 - 9:00am
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Toronto Sprawl Costing Taxpayers Billions

Report finds long-term costs of sprawl outweigh short-term benefits.
30 July 2003 - 12:00pm
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Toronto Doomed Without A Visionary Leader, Top Planner Says

Toronto's chief planner throws down the gauntlet to the city's mayoralty candidates.
15 July 2003 - 10:00am
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Top Planner Says Toronto Is Crumbling

Toronto's public transit, housing, and social services, sidewalks, streets, and parks are in trouble.
11 July 2003 - 10:00am
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Planning For Shade

Planners, architects and dermatologists discuss how planning for more shade can help prevent cancer in Toronto.
29 June 2003 - 1:00pm
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Toronto Families Choosing Downtown Living

More and more parents are moving their families downtown to give their children a taste of Toronto.
13 May 2003 - 12:00pm
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Remaking Suburbia: Andres Duany Speaks

Andres Duany discusses resort planning and differences between U.S. and Canadian suburban development.
13 May 2003 - 8:00am
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Architecture You Can Feel

A universivally-accessible building uses talking signs, tactile floors, and transclucent wall systems.
21 February 2003 - 9:00am
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Smart Growth Plan For Greater Toronto Area

An unlikely smart growth panel is poised to release two reports that could fundamentally alter the direction of urban development in Ontario.
20 February 2003 - 11:00am
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Reviving Toronto's Waterfront

Toronto's waterfront is an asset.
18 January 2003 - 11:00am
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Toronto's Waterfront Park Plan Faces Criticism

Architects and councillors criticize the plan to revitalize Toronto's waterfront.
15 January 2003 - 11:00am
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Toronto On Verge Of Architectural Revolution

With several billions invested in new architecture and growth, Toronto is engaged in a building boom.
1 January 2003 - 11:00am
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Toronto's Waterfront Revitalization: Communication Failures

It makes for an ugly collision of values and communication failures dominate the debate over Toronto's waterfront revitalization plan.
6 December 2002 - 5:00am
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Smart Growth Needs Smart Taxes

A report by the C.D. Howe Institute demonstrates how some taxes can promote sprawl.
1 March 2002 - 9:00am
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Canadian Cities Are Being Strangled

Royson James looks at how Canadian cities are being harmed by 'downloading' from provincial governments.
1 February 2002 - 11:00am
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Managing Sprawl: Greater Toronto's Challenge

The Greater Toronto region in Canada faces urban sprawl and a transportation crisis.
4 January 2002 - 8:00am
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New Beginnings For Toronto's Neglected Waterfront

Toronto's central waterfront — that large, missing tooth in the city's smile — comes under unprecedented public scrutiny this week.
13 November 2001 - 12:00pm
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Is Toronto's Smart Growth Council Up To The Task?

Greater Toronto, Canada, needs a strong body to tackle landuse and transportation issues. Is the so-called smart growth management up to the task?
10 November 2001 - 4:00am
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Cloudy Future For Toronto Transit Commission

The Toronto Transit Commission is 80 years old. The transit system that serves a million passengers a day faces a bleak future due to lack of funds.
5 September 2001 - 1:00pm
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