Ontario
Use It Or Lose It
Housing activists are pushing city officials to adopt a type of eminent domain to take over neglected buildings and turn them into affordable housing. That idea is easier said than afforded by city coffers.
Downtown Toronto Booms
With a flood of new condos, booming downtown Toronto is the fastest-growing area in the city.
Take A Free Ride In The Suburbs
Home builders and city officials are teaming up to offer temporarily free transit services for suburban residents.
Greening Toronto's Waterfront Development
Toronto is positioning itself to become a world model for sustainable waterfront development and has now completed the design phase of a 30 year effort. Urban planner Mary Vogel sets out to explore whether they are meeting their mark.
Planners Could Learn From Toronto's Messy Urbanism
While other cities may be perfect examples of textbook urbanism, Toronto's diversity and rough edges makes it an especially useful model for 21st century cities, observes one planner.
Little Mosque In The Suburbs
Urban ethnic enclaves are nothing new. But Peace Village, just north of Toronto, is: it's Canada's first all-Muslim subdivision, where houses feature separate rooms for men and women, and the streets are filled with pedestrians.
Report Calls For 'Unbalanced' Trasnportation Planning
A recent report calling for less emphasis to be placed on cars than on other forms of transport has sparked a lively debate in Toronto.
Toronto Begins To Fill In
Three newly built houses in Toronto have fallen in line with a citywide plan to promote more infill housing. They have also garnered attention in the world of architecture by being included in a tour organized by Architectural Digest.
Ontario's Election Campaign Ignoring Roads, Bridges
The deterioration of Ontario's aging roadways and bridges isn't emerging as an issue in Provincial elections.
Is Toronto 'Headed For The Welfare Lines'?
Years of job losses, the expense of paying for services formerly offered by the Provincial government, and an over-reliance on property tax revenue have left Canada's largest city with a huge deficit.
To Park Or Preserve?
A plan to demolish a historic nightclub to make way for a 20-space parking lot in Toronto is "lunacy", writes Christopher Hume.
Toronto Transit Needs To Follow London's Lead
Transit-poor Toronto could learn a lesson from the highly mobile city of London, writes Christopher Hume.
Casino Idea A Losing Bet For Toronto
This column from The Toronto Star bashes the city's plan to spur economic activity by developing a city-owned casino.
Lack Of Viable Transit Plans Keeps Cars As Best Option
In this article from The Toronto Star, Wendell Cox looks at the "draconian" land use restrictions that have been imposed by planners in Toronto, and how despite planners bemoaning auto-dependency, no one has offered a viable transit plan.
Budget Woes Cut Quality of Life In Toronto
More than $83 million will be slashed from Toronto's annual budget, and many, including the mayor, predict a sharp cut to services and the city's general quality of life.
Sloping Sidewalks Pester Pedestrians
Car-oriented sloping sidewalks are upsetting pedestrians in Toronto, and they have called on politicians to look for a way to give the city's sidewalks back to walkers.
The History Of Toronto's Parks Deficiency
The city of Toronto originally had more park space than New York's Central Park. But the need to generate revenue caused the city to sell off much of its parkspace over the years, leaving a city with comparably few open spaces.
Access To Toronto Waterfront Parks Limited
With private home development crowding many of the waterfront areas next to Lake Ontario in Toronto, locals and parks advocates are left with few access options.
Toronto Looks To Casino To Fill Budget Deficit
Politicians in Toronto are looking to large-scale developments centered around casinos to help boost the city's economy. But the provincial legislation in Ontario may prevent the approval of any new casinos.
University of Toronto Snags Richard Florida
Florida is moving to Toronto, a city that ranks high on his own Creativity Index, to teach at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
