Decommodifying Housing On previous episodes of this series, we’ve talked about the impact of an over-financialized housing ...

In 2023, the Vancouver City Council recently adopted a motion titled “Uplifting the Downtown Eastside and Building Inclusive ...

Steel girders that used to carry cars across the Don River now carry conversations on a quiet stretch of East Chinatown.

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** ...

In the past few days, Toronto’s chronically testy conservation about mobility glommed onto the disappointing launch of the Finch West LRT (Line 6), which crawled along on its maiden journeys thanks to ...

Registration is open! Hundreds of placemaking leaders from around the world will gather in Toronto from June 8-11, 2025 to take part in the Global Placemaking Summit. The Summit is a unique ...

The 900 block of Granville Street in 1968. Item # CVA 780-52. In 1968, a B.C. skier struck gold at the Olympics, a few local landmarks were opened and a ...

The Networked City Walk along Yonge Street from Dundas Square to the waterfront and you will hear stories about the neighbourhood, revisit the old Bulova ...

For the second installment of The Urbanist’s Guide to Vancouver, we present a list of some of the great and interesting public spaces in and around ...

Last summer, I wrote an article in NOW magazine about pedestrians crossing in the middle of a block, noting that it is in fact legal to do so, so that ...

In the intricate machinery of urban governance, one figure looms large but largely out of sight: the City Manager. Appointed ...

When the University of Toronto’s John P. Robarts Research Library, located at St. George and Harbord streets, opened its doors in 1973, it was the largest academic library building in the world, ...