This op-ed has been written on behalf of the Toronto Public Space Committee (TPSC). Over the course of this World Cup, Toronto is welcoming 300,000 fans across the six matches we’re hosting. Fans and ...

By now, most City Hall watchers know that Brad Bradford has selected, as a pointed wedge issue, a proposal to rename Sankofa Square while simultaneously using its apparently neglected condition as a ...

We have plans for the future, but not always a path to get there. Somewhere between the long horizon and today's next step, ...

At this week’s City Council meeting, Mayor Olivia Chow will move a motion to develop a plan for commemorating the veteran ...

A croissant queue, a transit card, a sun cutting through Manhattan once a year. On being physically present in a city.

Rob Ford’s climactic parade into the hall. As soon as I entered the Toronto Congress Centre, my friends pulled me into the lineup they were standing ...

Cross-posted to Spacing Votes WARD 12 (York/South Weston) – Frank Di Giorgio – D NOW magazine calls him “Frank Who?”. Voted to ...

Although this book includes works from all phases of Kahn’s career, it is neither a “complete works” nor a monographic survey. To maximize the area dedicated to Kahn’s iterative and exploratory ...

The waterfront as an east-west canvas for events and animation in Toronto will show its potential like never before during the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Not just the main stadium at Exhibition Place ...

Over the past year, I have written multiple times about how misinformation and selective framing continue shaping Toronto’s transportation debates. In previous Spacing op-eds including Pedaling ...

There is a version of city-building that planners often imagine, if not quietly hope for. A place where vision aligns with implementation. Where institutions work in concert rather than at cross ...

In February, 2026 a friend who lives in the Junction emailed me to report that demolition had begun at the site of the former National Rubber factory on Cawthra Avenue. Having already produced an ...